Grade 12 Comm. Tech Open

More Adobe Illustrator tutorials.

Illustrator can be fiendishly difficult – try not to get frustrated, be patient and keep clicking!

These tutorials work with rotating and combining shapes to create interesting new images.

http://veerle-v2.duoh.com/blog/comments/illustrator_diamond_flower/

http://veerle-v2.duoh.com/blog/comments/illustrator_full_spectrum_spirograph/

If those ones are a little on the tough side for you, check out this one:

http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/illustrator-tutorial-how-to-make-3d-vector-vintage-stars

If all else fails, head over to google and search for “beginner illustrator tutorial”

Happy Illustrating!

Not very many people realize it, but Computer Ergonomics is an important part of working safely with computers.

Ergonomics refers to the ability to properly adjust your computer workstation to prevent injury or fatigue when using a computer.

Let’s take some time to learn about computer ergonomics and then develop a poster outlining some proper computer use tips.

Here are some resources that you can use to develop a poster in InDesign (warning, many of these links contain overly cheesy graphics)

http://www.princeton.edu/uhs/healthy-living/hot-topics/ergonomics/

http://otec.uoregon.edu/ergonomics.htm

http://www.orosha.org/cergos/goodhabt.html

http://www.orosha.org/cergos/poster1.html

http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/pdf/gl_comp_erg.pdf

some images

KPDSB (school board) ergonomics guidelines

Ergonomics Checklist

With the increasingly rapid upgrading and introduction of new technology, it is becoming more and more important to properly dispose of our old and unwanted equipment.

In Ontario, we have the Ontario Environmental Stewardship, an organization that takes fees collected when electronics and other environmentally harmful items are sold and used them to properly recycle electronic items.

Check out the Recycle Your Electronics website here.

In InDesign, create a poster outlining any of the following:

The importance of proper recycling of electronics

How to recycle your electronics

What kinds of electronics should be recycled.

As with the social media poster, export your image as a JPG and post it to your blog.

We are going to begin work on Adobe InDesign this week.

Adobe InDesign is “Desktop Publishing” software that is used to create printed and digital documents of all kinds.

We are going to create “Social Media Awareness” posters using InDesign and images that we find online (stock images) or create on our own (photography and/or photoshop).

Use the techniques we discuss in class to create an eye-catching and informative poster (design principles)

(a google search to direct your online research)

Take some time today to grab a camera and try your hand at some action photography.

There should be games going on in the gyms – see what sort of shots you can get.

When shooting sports I prefer to leave the flash off and use Av mode – I set the aperture as wide as it can go and then try to use existing lighting to my advantage. You may want to adjust the ISO setting of the camera to its maximum.

The 50mm lenses will work best for this as they let in the maximum amount of light.

Days with activities like this happening are also good for interesting candid photographs – there are usually lots of people hanging out that are happy to have their pictures taken!

Post your best shots to your blog.