Computer graphics it’s not just photoshop anymore

Computer Graphics:
It’s not just Photoshop
Anymore
Presented by
Jack Tovey

The Rationale for This
Brash Statement
Computer Graphics: It’s not just
Photoshop Anymore

Confluence of Forces
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It’s a Digital World
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Students have never known a world without computers
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The State is developing career paths in
High School
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To try to make learning more relevant
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Opportunities for careers in Art are
increasing
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Those careers require digital skills

Digital Culture
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This is a FUNDAMENTALY different environment

than the one we grew up in.
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It’s a 600-channel TV universe.
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It’s a 10,000 station radio universe accessible online.
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It’s an 8,000,000,000 plus page internet.
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World events can be viewed as they occur on TV
Understanding Digital Kids:
Training & Learning in the New
Digital Age
Ian Jukes

Digital Kids
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Kids have grown up with technology
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Video

Music
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Animations
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Their brains function differently from
previous generations
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Effects of viewing a bombardment of images
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Video Games

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Movies
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Television

Effect On Teaching
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While students are digital natives anyone 30 or older is an
immigrant with a digital accent
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When students walk into our classrooms they will be able to
discern our accents and sometimes because of the degree
of that accent they disconnect
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Teachers tend to unconsciously assume that students’ skills
are not as good and they are not as literate as teachers
because the students don’t seem to value or prioritize the
teachers’ literacies

Younger teachers may have grown up in the digital age, but
their educational institutions modeled a non- digital model of
education

State plan for Career Paths (Draft)
Graphic Arts Digital Arts Commercial Art Design Photography
Art 2D or 3D Art 2D or 3D Art 2D or 3D Art 2D or 3D Art 2D or 3D
Drawing 1- 3
Computer
Graphics
Commercial Art

1-3
Graphic
Design 1-2
Creative
Photography
1-4
AP Studio
Art /2D
Advanced
Computer
Graphics
Printing and
Graphic
Communications
IB Art and
Design 1-2
Color
Photography
Computer
Art
Applications
to
Printmaking
AP Studio
Art 2D
(Design
Portfolio)
Commercial
Photography
Technology

1-11

Current Course Offerings

Computer Graphics : to include 2D and 3D Vector and
Bitmapped graphics as well as 2D and 3D animations
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Visual Technology : to include storyboarding, video,
graphic design, PowerPoint or other visual
presentations, and 2D and 3D animation

Multimedia Design : to include 2D and 3D graphics,
storyboarding, 2D and 3D Animations, video,
PowerPoint presentations, and web pages

Film : to include lighting, sound, scenic design,
graphic design, animation, direction, editing, as well
as, business management

Employment in Art

Fine artists, including painters, sculptors,
and illustrators : 29,000

Artists and related workers, all other : 8,500

Median annual earnings of salaried fine
artists, including painters, sculptors, and
illustrators, were $38,060 in May 2004
/>Department of Labor Statistics

2006-2007

Multimedia Designers and
Game Designers

94,000Multi-media artists and animators
draw by hand and use computers to create
the large series of pictures that form the
animated images or special effects seen in
movies, television programs, and computer
games.

Median annual earnings of salaried multi-
media artists and animators were $50,360 in
May 2004.
/>Department of Labor Statistics
2006-2007

Opportunities for Careers in
Computer Graphics

Broadcast motion design artists
create the graphics used in multimedia or television broadcasting to display sports statistics,
animated logos, and advertising.

CG programmers
create the coding instructions that bring the characters to life.
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Character animators
analyze the way people and creatures move and use specialized software to create a simulation of that

movement on the screen.

Digital painters
use traditional and digital painting techniques to create textures, flats, character patterns, and colors
as well as retouching and enhancing computer renderings.

Lighting specialists
create the effects of light and shade that make animation look real.

Render wranglers
manage the computer process that takes the work created by animators and artists and creates the
final images suitable for scan out to film.

Special effects animators
produce special effects, such as tornadoes, or exploding asteroids


What Students Should Learn In
What Students Should Learn In
Computer Graphics
Computer Graphics
•
How to use computers, software, digital cameras,
scanners, digital tablets, and printers to create 2D
and 3D Digital Images.
•
How to produce objective and non-objective works
of art drawing directly on the computer and/or with
scanned images using the following software:
•

Vector Graphic Software: Examples: Adobe Illustrator,
Corel Draw
•
Bit Mapped or Raster Graphic Software:Example:Adobe
Photoshop,Paintshop Pro, Painter 9
•
3D modeling software: Amorphium Pro, Carrara 3d Basics 2

Our Curriculum
Start off using Painter Elements :
Get students used to using the graphic tablets
Introduction to tutorials ( First 10 days)

Our Curriculum
Vector Graphics ( Adobe Illustrator) 4 weeks

Our Curriculum
2D Animation (Flash) 3 weeks or…

Our Curriculum
2D Animation (Image Ready) 3 Weeks

Our Curriculum
Bit Mapped Graphics ( Photoshop) 4 Weeks

Our Curriculum
3D Animation (Amorphium 3, Carrara 3D Basics)
4 Weeks

Our Curriculum

Students create either a 2D picture for display in
school or Art Shows or A 2D 3D animation for
display on morning show news or Art Shows
1 Week

How this Helps Our Students

Experience with different types of computer
graphics
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2D – 3D
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Vector and Bit Mapped
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Still and Animation
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Experience with Industry Standard Software
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Painter, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
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Adobe Image Ready, Flash, Amorphium Pro
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Carrara, 3D Basics

That’s Great But I Have No Money
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2 D animations
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If You already have Photoshop you have Image Ready Built in
for 2 D animations

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Project Dogwaffle Win />
Vector Graphics:
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Inkscape Draw Freely : />css=css/base.css
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3D software
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Google sketch up : />
Free Seriff Software Win
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kwd=animation_software

How To Get Money
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Use every opportunity to show students work
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At School
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In Art Shows
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Public Functions
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SAC
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PTA
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Become part of the organizations that control money
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School Budget Committee

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SAC
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PTA

In Conclusion

Computer Graphics can’t just be Photoshop Anymore

Times Have Changed

Kids Have Changed

The State Wants Career Paths

The Job Market is Looking for Students With Skills

As Educators We Should Want To Teach What’s Best
For the Students

Make Changes

Show Off Accomplishments

Become part of organizations that can make things happen

Copy of this Presentation
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Pinellas County Schools Visual Arts Web Page
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Visual Art Teacher Resources :
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