Resources
Dr. Lu Schedule
Dr. McGriff Schedule
Class Topics
Selection: Figure/Ground
Color, Depth
Integration:Gestalt
Portfolio Presentation & Final Exercise
Resources
Key Sites
- Linda Lohr
- Creation Engine (buy software)
- Adobe Trial Downloads (try software)
- Microsoft How to Articles
- Sofia Project
- Lynda.com
- Creative Thinking
- File Format
- Photoshop Tips
- Microsoft Word Templates
- Dover Publications
- Principles of Graphic Design
Type
- daFont.com (Free fonts)
- Creative Typography
- Fonts at FontHaus
- Glossary of typographic terms
- Variations on a theme
- Tips for type
- Microsoft Typography
- Commercial Foundries
- Shareware Foundries
- Freeware Foundries
Job Aid
Color
Clip Art, Pictures & Media
- Microsoft Office
- Getty Images
- AbleStock.com
- Clipart.com
- NYPL Digital Gallery
- Fotosearch Stock Photography
- Big Stock Photo
PowerPoint
- PowerPoint website
- Before You Create a PowerPoint Presentation
- The Seven Deadly Sins of PowerPoint Presentations
- Giving Effective PowerPoint Presentations
Copyright Law
- PennState Copyright & Other Legal Information
- Stanford University: Copyright & Fair use
- University of Maryland: Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web
- The Educator's Guide of Copyright and Fair Use
- Copyright and Fair Use
Great Books
- Visual Literacy: A Conceptual Approach to Graphic Problem Solving by Judith & Richard Wilde
- A Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger von Oech
- The Elements of Graphic Design by Alex W. White
- The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards
- Adobe InDesign CS2 Hand-on-Training by Brian Wood
- Adobe Photoshop CS2 one-on-one by Deke McClelland
- Edward Tufte Books (the master of information design)
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