IS 290-17: User Interface Design Tools
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Week 1 - January 16th
Topic: Course Overview


Week 2 - January 23rd - Lecture Notes
Topic: Photoshop 1 (Overview, Selection)
Resources: Photoshop CS2 (Mac) | Photoshop CS2 (Win)
Class Files: ducky.jpg | face.psd


Week 3 - January 30th - Lecture Notes
Class Cancelled


Week 4 - February 6th - Lecture Notes | Lecture Video.swf (39MB)
Topic: Photoshop 2 (Saving, Pref.s, Layers, Guides & Grid, Effects, Type, Photo Retouching)
Class Files: 1_Photo.gif | 1_Start.psd | 1_End.psd
2_Boat.psd | 3_Climber.psd | 4_Man.psd
Assignment 1: Postcard (due Feb 20th)


Week 5 - February 13th - Lecture Notes | Lecture Video.swf (37MB)
Topic: Photoshop 3 (Masking, Color Correction, Photo Retouching, Automation)
Class Files: Boat.jpg | Climber.jpg | Man.jpg | Flower.jpg | Tulip.jpg | Weeds.jpg | Clouds.jpg | Window.jpg


Week 6 - February 20th - Lecture Notes | Lecture Video.swf (18MB)
Topic: Illustrator 1 (Intro, Workspace, Layers, Shapes, Selection, Paths, Lines)
Resources: Illustrator CS2 (Mac) | Illustrator CS2 (Win)


Week 7 - February 27th - Lecture Notes | Lecture Video.swf (23MB)
Topic: Illustrator 2 (Typography, Pathfinder, Gradient Meshes)
Class Files: 7_start.ai | 7_end.ai | 7_pic.ai | 7_type.txt
Assignment 2: Wireframes (due March 6th)


Week 8
- March 6th - Lecture Notes | Lecture Video.swf (19.5MB)
Topic: HTML 1
Class Files: 8_flower.gif | 8_cookies.gif | 8_example.html


Week 9
- March 13th - Lecture Notes | Lecture Video.swf (11.8MB)
Topic: Tables in HTML 2/CSS
Class Files: Exercise_1.zip | Exercise_2.zip | Exercise_3.zip
Assignment 3: Homepage (due April 3rd)


Week 10
- March 20th - Lecture Notes | Lecture Video.swf (19.5MB)
Topic: Dreamweaver & HomeSite
Resources: Dreamweaver 8 Trial
Class Files: ducky.zip | ducks.psd


Week 11 - March 27th
Spring Break


Week 12 - April 3rd - Lecture Notes | Part1: Lecture Video.swf (4.5MB) | Part2 : Lecture Video.swf (19.4MB)
Topic: Fireworks
Resources: Fireworks 8
Class Files: 4_3_ducks.zip


Week 13
- April 10th - Lecture Notes | Part1: Lecture Video.swf (10.9MB) | Part2 : Lecture Video.swf (8.3MB)
Topic: Flash 1
Resources: Flash Basic 8 Trial
Class Files: 12_exercise.fla (start) | 12_exercise.html (finished)


Week 14 - April 17th - Lecture Notes | Part1: Lecture Video.swf (9MB) | Part2 : Lecture Video.swf (8.8MB)
Topic: Flash 2
Assignment 4: Flash Basics (due May 1st)


Week 15 - April 24th
Topic: Open Class


Week 16
- May 1st
Topic: Open Class

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