Essential Question #9

Flash is used to create animated movies. Flash has a lot of terms and effects that Photoshop and Illustrator don't. Obviously, all of the animation effects aren't included in the other two programs because those are just for photos. Some of the terms are different as well, such as stage (where the work is created), keyframe (where an animation changes), and tween (the way one animation changes to another). I like Flash for its designed purpose but I dislike it in the way I dislike most computer programs, there are too many features and I'm just not tech savvy.

Essential Question #8

• What have you liked about this class so far?

I like working with these nice computers. Whatever I have to do is smooth and simple. I liked the trace face a lot and that was super easy. I liked the abstract effects in Illustrator.

• What do you still want to learn?

I know it's not great to say this but I'm not too eager to learn much of anything. My profession has nothing to do with digital imaging of any sort, but I really needed a computer class. It's a great class but I have no idea what I'm doing or what I need to do in the future.

• What has been a weakness of this class?

I'm not very computer literate. I took a summer course on computer languages (Basic and C++) and failed those miserably. I'm really good at operating word documents, I can do that like a pro. The most impressive thing I've done is probably making a really really awful movie with Alice. I'm simply not that great with computers. I'm also not very imaginative/creative. I can learn arty things, I just can't create them.

• What has been a strength of this class?

I'm also not very sure on that one. I'm a bit of a perfectionist so in a relaxed setting, I can tweak and tweak things until they look really nice. Is that a strength?

Essential Question #7

Scrapbook and magazine pages are usually very busy but with a common theme from page to page and within the page. The setup (like the background, font, and framing) should be about the same per page. To set up said pages, you'll need an 8.5 by 11 background and then you'll have to make a design thats not too busy with roughly matching framework and font that accents the theme.

Essential Question #6

I'm pretty sure Trace Face is STILL my favorite project. I just like how clean it turned out. I didn't feel compelled to make it busy with effects and Photoshop. It was just tracing.