Animation & Multimedia course for Novice by ThinkNEXT Technologies

Introduction to Multimedia & Animation

Back ground of Art
Color theory overview
Sketching & illustration
Storyboarding.

Graphics & Publishing

Introduction to Graphics & Publishing
Use of Graphics in Multimedia
Overview of Vector and Raster Graphics
Adobe Photoshop
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CS3
Exploring Photoshop basic
Opening & Saving files
Image size
Resolution
Modes and colour concepts
Overview of the Menu
Tools
Palettes & other option bar

Using Selection tools:
Lasso tool
Polygon lasso tool
Magnetic lasso tool
Magic wand
Quick selection tool
Transforming Selection
Refine selection
Saving & reloading a selection

Shapes:
Working with shapes using pen tool
Modifying shapes

Using Layers:
Working with multiple layers
Layer blending modes
Layer opacity
Transforming and distorting layers
Layer Mask
Creating & modifying Layer Mask

Image Adjustments:
Using adjustment layers
Levels
Colour balance
Hue and saturation
Curves
Selective adjustments using masks
Color Variations

Image Retouching:
Spot healing
Healing brush
Patch tool
Clone tool
Content aware fill

Filters:
Overview of filters and their uses
Advantages of using filters
Image sharpning
Image Blurring
Selective filtering

Typographic:
Using type tool
Fonts
Adjust type size
Use character and paragraph panels to set styles

Layer effects:
Using layer effects
Blending options etc

Slicing:
Using slice tool
Slicing images
Edit slice options

Exporting:
Exporting images in different format.

Corel Draw

Introduction to Corel Draw

Interface:
Working with menus
Toolbars
Dockers

Document Setup:
Setting Page Size& Orientation
Document Navigation
Rulers & Guidelines
Status Bar

Drawing and Coloring:
Creating basic shapes
Modifying shapes
Applying color&outline

Text:
Formatting
Text Layout
Text to Path
Extruding text
Skewing and rotating
Creating drop shadow
Working with Bitmaps
Including tracing
Colouring manipulating

Objects:
Grouping & locking objects Trim
Weld & Intersection of objects
Lines & Curves
Artist media tools
Color & Palettes
Using blending
Contouring envelopes
Extrudes
Lenses
Power clip
Fill
Special effects
Print & publishing the Document
Saving & Exporting files.

Abobe illustrator

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
Setting Up a New Document
Toolbox
Menus
Application Bar & Panels
Using Rulers
Guides & Grids

Drawing & transforming objects:
Rectangles
Squares
Ovals
Circles
Polygons
Stars

Making & saving selections:
Using the Selection Tool
Lasso Tool
Magic Wand Tool Saving & Reloading Selections

Managing shapes:
Moving & Copying Shapes
Aligning & istributing
Grouping
Locking & Hiding
Transforming Shapes

Working with color:
Applying Fill & Stroke
Copying Fill & Stroke
Using Gradients

Creating & manipulating paths:
Using the Pencil
Eraser & Smooth Tools
Working with pen tool
Creating Artistic Brush Effects

Working with typography:
Creating Artistic & Paragraph Type
Importing & formating text
Wrapping Text around Objects
Creating Type on a Path
Saving & Exporting files
Save for Web & Devices.

2D Animation

Principles of 2d Animation
Adobe Flash (Basics of Action Script)
Flash Interface
Adding Elements to the Stage
Duplicating Library Items
Introducing Keyframes
The Transform Tool & Tweening
Creating Animations
Using Graphic Symbols
Movie clip Buttons
Adding Audio
Adding & Labeling Action Keyframes
Adding Behaviors to Buttons
Testing a Movie
Introduction to Action Script
Creating preloders with actionscript
Components of flash
Exporting flash movies
Project.

Audio Video Editing

Sound Forge
Introduction to Sound Forge
Understanding File Formats
Recording a Sound
Data Selection Using the Set Selection dialog box
Converting Files from one Format to Another
Audio Mixing

Effects:
Process Menu
Effects Menu
Exporting sound file to Mp3
CD etc.

Adobe Premiere pro

Introdcution to Adobe Premiere pro
Importing audio video file types and arranging sequences
Capture media for use in Premire
Transformation and key frame animation
Using built in transition and video effects
Using Chroma Keying
Changing parameters in the Effect Controls panel
Working with titles
Export media options.

PROJECT WORK

A development project in the above domain areas would be taken up using the development tools VB C Symbian and voip.

Website Design

Principle of visual
HTML & CSS
A brief overview of HTML and the world wide web
Various Browser and resolution issues
Difference between HTML and XHTML
Basic structure of an HTML document -
Understand the different Doctypes Strict
Transitional and Frameset
Understand HTML elements (inline and block)
HTML & XHTML Tags Inserting images
Links
Using List
Basics of CSS
Add Styles to Web Pages
CSS Positioning and Layout
Using Cascading Style Sheets for Formatting Web pages
Using Cascading Style Sheets for Positioning
Advanced CSS Topics
Adobe Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver Interface
Insert Bar & Properties Inspector Panel
The Menu Bar
Status Bar
Preferences
Setting Up a New or Existing Site
Creating a New Document
Using Tables & DIV
Adding & Formatting Text
Inserting & Aligning Images on a Web Page
Links
Anchors
Mail to Links
Displaying Images & Adding Flash and other Multimedia to webpages
Displaying Data in Tables
Creating Forms & Validating Form
AP Div and Behaviours
HTML & CSS Validation and browser consistency
Spry Framework
Cross Browser Compatibility.