Michael Cole: Instructor
Office: A43
Ph: 864-8984 voice
Email: Michael
• course WEBSITES •
Offered in Winter '12 Arts 57
Offered in Spring '12 Arts 63
• REFERENCE •


ONLINE COURSE VIDEO TUTORIALS:

Arts 53B Project Videos: Intoduction to Visual technology (hybrid)
Beginning to advanced Photoshop techniques including new CS5 tools.

1. Click here: Colorizing a B/W Image – Selecting using the pen tool & channels
2.1. Click here: Compositing Images Part 1 – Magic wand, layer masking & channels
2.2. Click here: Compositing Images Part 2 – Extract tool (CS3) & refining
2.3.Click here: Compositing Images Part 3 – Advanced pen tool selecting
3.Click here: Poster Project – Advanced compositing with various tools
3.1. Click here: Poster Project - Combining the road image with the water image
4.Click here: Healing a Degraded Image – Healing brush and clone stamp tools
5.Click here: Optional Extra Credit – Creating a believable reflection, various tools
Click here: Reflection Tutorial - for 5 above

NOTE: Download files for the above projects are located on the 53B home page

NEW: CS5 Informational Videos & Alternative Projects
1. Click here: Ruler Tool, Crop Tool and Content Aware. (Informational)
2. Click here: Image Composite - Various tools. (Alternative)
3. Click here: Image Cleanup – Various tools, clone stamp, content aware. (Alternative)


Arts 55A Videos: Graphic Design Communication (hybrid)
Software techniques and information related to specific projects for the course.

1. Click here: Figure/Ground Reversal – B/W tile software demonstration
1a. Click here: Figure/Ground Reversal - Project Examples
1b. Click here: Figure/Ground Reversal – Color tile software demonstration
1c. Click here: Figure/Ground Reversal – Presentation Requirements
2. Click here: Grid Design layout – Examples of the project
3. Click here: Word & Image – Placing an Image inside a vector type layer
4. Click here: Word & Images - Project Examples
5. Click here: Print Cover Design – Project Examples

Arts 55B/C Videos: Graphic Design Communication (hybrid)
Informational videos and software techniques related to specific projects for the course.

SPRING QUARTER PROJECTS:
1. Click here: Word & Image Poster – Project examples
2. Click here: Wine Label Design – (New Project) Coming Soon
3. Click here: Website Design – (New Project) Coming Soon

Arts 55C Videos: Graphic Design Communication (hybrid)
Informational videos related to specific production techniques.
1. Click here: Offset Printing - Spot color, CMYK
2. Click here: Screenangles
3. Click here: Trapping

Arts 57 Videos: Graphic Design Typography (hybrid)
Informational videos related to specific projects for the course.
1. Click here: Design Your Name – Project examples & Presentation Requirements.
2. Click here: Type-Faces – Project examples
2a. Click here: Typography & Letterforms – Informational
3. Click here: Historical Layouts – Project examples & Presentation Requirements
3a. Click here: Historical Layouts - Project introduction
4. Click here: Typographic Variation – Examples & Presentation Requirements

Arts 63 Videos: Business Practices for Graphic Designers (hybrid)
1. Click here: Coming in the Spring '12
2. Click here: Coming in the Spring '12


SELECTED DESIGN VIDEOS PRODUCED FOR THE PROGRAM:
The following videos are informational and were gathered from various sources.

1. Click here: What is Art - Hilarious claymation by CreatureComforts
2. Click here: Picasso - Portrait of Picasso portraits by Philip Scott Johnson
3. Click here: Paul Rand - Video profile by Imaginary Forces
4. Click here: Saul Bass Titles - Film titles from the 50's and 60's
5. Click here: Helvetica - Trailer for the film Helvetica by Gary Hustwit
6. Click here: David Carson Lecture - Monterey Ca, 2003, Hilarious
7. Click here: Motion Graphics - Informational
8. Click here: Robin Hood, ending titles - By Gianluigi Toccafondo & Acme Filmworks