Course Description: This course is designed to teach students how to use computers to create multimedia works of art. Students will use technology to digitize photos, video, music, voice, and animation to create computer multimedia projects. Students will learn digital concepts, video and photo manipulation, research strategies, and computer animation. Students will have an opportunity to determine the focus of their projects. Creative writing, storyboard construction, and research skills will be used to plan and develop projects
Software we will be using....
Adobe Photoshop, or simply Photoshop, is a graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems It is the current and primary market leader for commercial bit map image manipulation, and is the flagship product of Adobe Systems.*
Adobe Flash (previously called Shockwave Flash and
Macromedia Flash) is a set of multimedia technologies developed and distributed
by Adobe Systems and earlier by Macromedia. Since its introduction in 1996,
Flash technology has become a popular method for adding animation and
interactivity to web pages; Flash is commonly used to create animation,
advertisements, various web page components, to integrate video into web pages,
and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications.*
Adobe Premiere
Elements is a video editing software application for non-linear video
editing, published by Adobe Systems. It is a scaled-down version of the
professional-level Adobe Premiere Pro, and is optionally bundled with Adobe
Photoshop Elements. It is the number one selling consumer video editing
software. Its main competitors are Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas Movie Studio,
Ulead VideoStudio, Final Cut Express and iMovie.*
Wikipedia Premiere Link