Topics include demystifying new media and interactivity, new technologies and digital delivery systems, new media authoring, 2D and 3D graphics, digital audio and non-linear digital video editing. Topics include using HTML to define page layouts, structuring information for easy navigation, linking external media to web sites, and more advanced interactive features such as forms, tables and animated graphics.
Students apply their skills to the production of a personal web site accessible on the Web.
Students learn to create 2D animation in the Flash environment through lectures, demonstrations, exploration, tutorials and homework assignments. Apple s Final Cut Pro is an affordable new video editing system that allows you to edit video from your desktop. This course introduces students to the basics of digital video editing and video effects using Final Cut Pro. Students learn to digitize and organize source footage, edit sync and non-sync material, trim sequences, edit audio, add effects, create titles, and output work to videotape and for distribution through the internet. This courses covers the fundamentals of JavaScript, including image rollovers, forms, interacting with the audience and controlling windows through the document object model.