COURSE CALENDAR | WEEK 14 CLASS OUTLINE | Homework

Review:

• Final Projects in progress and help.

Discussion:

• Review Week 13 Lesson
• Transparency: TransparencyQuickStart.pdf | DesignersGuidetoTransparency.pdf
• Transparency basics: You can apply transparency effects to any object (bitmaps, vector artwork, and type)... Illustrator CS2 and InDesign CS2 include four main transparency effects: soft drop shadows, feathered edges, blending modes, and opacity. You should also be aware of a process called “flattening,” (from Adobe TransparencyQuickStart.pdf)
• Opacity: You can vary the degree of transparency of an object or a group by adjusting its opacity. An object with an opacity of 100% is totally opaque (that is, you can’t see anything behind it); an object with an opacity of 0% is totally transparent. As you decrease an object’s opacity, the page background or any underlying objects become increasingly visible through the object. (from Adobe TransparencyQuickStart.pdf)
• Flattening: If you’re going to create transparency effects, you should also understand a little bit about flattening. All transparent objects in a file—as well as all linked graphic files that interact with transparency— must be flattened for print output, including Adobe PostScript®, Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), or when saving as PDF 1.3 and earlier. At its simplest, the process of flattening converts all overlapping areas in a stack of transparent objects into a collection of opaque objects that retains the appearance of the original transparent objects when printed. (from Adobe TransparencyQuickStart.pdf)
• Setting Transparency Flattener Settings: When you save or export a document with transparency as PDF or EPS, or print the document, you must specify the transparency flattener settings... Where necessary, flattening converts vector artwork and text into bitmaps (this process is called rasterization). Other effects, like drop shadows and feathers, are raster effects themselves. To save, export, and print these effects properly, you must specify the appropriate rasterization resolution in the flattener setting you use.
  
  Both Illustrator CS2 and InDesign CS2 software include three built-in transparency flattener presets: Low Resolution, Medium Resolution, and High Resolution.
  
  When you want to print a document—whether the output device is a relatively low-resolution proof printer or a high-resolution imagesetter—all transparent objects in the file, as well as any linked files that contain live transparency, must be flattened. That is, the transparency information in the file must be converted into a format the printer can understand. In most cases, flattening produces excellent results when you use appropriate flattener settings or a flattener preset. (from Adobe TransparencyQuickStart.pdf)
• Preparing Files for Print.

Lab:

• Work in class on Final Projects.

Homework | Week 14

Prepare for the Final Exam

• This practical exam evaluates your Vector Art technical skills.

The Final project is DUE in class on the last day of class for Critique.

• You will be presenting your work to the class. Any student who does not have a the Final Project IN class for the critique will receive a failing grade. The Final Project is 18% of your grade. Do not miss this class.
• READ, PLEASE!!!, READ the project requirements before coming to class for the critique.