Feb 08, 2025  
2024-2025 Course Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Course Catalog
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GRD 464 - Digital Artistry

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech
Course study will focus on development of content, establishing an intended message and visually interpreting content to engage the viewer. Material will concentrate on design and illustration aesthetics and will encourage discovery of illustration styles, trends and techniques. Adaptation of efficient workflow productivity and processes will be examined to attain advanced professional level skills.
Prerequisite: GRD 459 , GRD 463   
Competencies
 

  1. Appraise software interface
    1. Discuss the color management workflow process
    2. Determine correct color management profiles
    3. Apply color to stroke and fill of objects
  2. Determine image size
    1. Crop an image
    2. Change an image size
  3. Demonstrate advanced methods to manage layers
  4. Apply Advanced Layer Styles
    1. Edit layer styles using advanced methods
    2. Copy layer styles between layers
  5. Create complex layer masks
    1. Edit layer masks using advanced methods
    2. Use one layer to mask another layer
    3. Use a layer to mask multiple layers
  6. Manipulate digital files
    1. Explore available options for saving and exporting files
    2. Differentiate between file formats
    3. Determine correct save or export file 

Competencies Revised Date: AY2022



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