Journal Entry 10

q1. What career path did the speaker take to become a digital designer?

a. As I have no book, i will just guess that the speaker started out as a graphic designer for a print company.

q2. How has technology changed since the early days of digital media?

a. Even without reading the article the change in technology since the early days of digital media is probably extreme grpahical enhanced computers

q3. What does Mr. Vogler suggest as the best way to create designs that serve consumers' needs?

a. make the design simple to understand and have labels for everything so ppl can get what they want from the site without having to jump around like in a circus.

PS. THIS IS A TOTAL BS POST.

Journal Entry 9

The Author gives good examples of perfect portfolio's for software based designers, however for people who are not software based the online portfolios tend to be harder to manage. The primary reason for the harder management would be the extra time required to scan in or take pictures of their work to load into the site.

I prefer the Flash Portfolio option primarily because I can customize it almost entirely for whatever is needed to show to a possible employer.

You can use Flash Animation in your logo and also in more not so noticable ways so as to not take away from the main attraction that is the portfolio itself.

From what I've learned so far, it is quite possible to create my own personal portfolio. However I would like to have more professional items to add to it in order for it to be more pleasing to possible employers.

Journal Entry 8

1. the author recomends to use a web based portfolio that uses either blog format, pdf or flash.

2. the only drawback to creating any of the portfolios would be flash if you are unfamiliar with the program.

3. The author states that you can have your web based portfolio be two-sided having a professional side to showcase your work and having a personal side for side projects and fun that you can customize as much as you want.

Journal Entry 7

probably the most difficult thing to learn so far would be complex animations primarily because each action has a preaction and making sure they look natural is harder than it sounds.

The biggest helper for flash is to have real motion images to help you reference your animation sequences  to make the animation smoother and more natural looking.

In order to speed up anything you need to have a concrete grasp on what you want the end product to look like and a guide to keep you on track throughout the project. if you dont storyboard all possible events first then you will end up getting side tracked which can slow your workflow down considerably especially if your project starts to take a completely different turn from what you were originally intending.

Journal Entry 6

1. As far as advantages goes, it is easy to do motion and color changes in flash via the tweening objects instead of going through frame by frame animation. With flash you dont need an animation studio to help produce a quality cartoon, just a computer with the software and knowledge on how to use it.

2. As it is easy to do the tweens you still need to go through all the frames to make sure everything is going smoothly, i have seen several flash animations on the web where the designer failed to check his work before publishing and saw very noticable flaws in the animation.

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Journal Entry 5

Try to explain to the client that the designer that originally worked on their projects is no longer with the company. Also explain that what they mean is a header, not an ad banner, by describing both, and then proceed to ask the client which one he actually wants before going through with anything. If the client is still unsure then give demonstrations on both to show what they are. After the client has chosen what he wants, then proceed to go through with the selection.

Journal entry 4

A) I believe his views on digital designers are accurate if a little abrupt. The author has his own oppinion on what a designer should be, however i like to think i am different in how i do things.

B) My design philosophy is to make something in the least ammount of time with the highest quality permitted and adding to it if there is more time available after the initial finished product is done but the deadline is still a ways away.

C) Flexability is generally required in order to work on a project in case something needs to be done but the person assigned the task isnt available that way you have a backup on hand so the project can be completed.

D) A project can be both business and personal if it interests you, however if its just to make some side money then its business but you should add a personal touch so you can feel more comfortable with the finished product.

Journal Entry 3

According to Mr. Allman, Flash can be used for animation as well as web design and game creation to create seemingly random and yet closely organic scenes and animations. With my (limited) previous experience with flash that is information that isn't new to me, however from what we have covered in class it basically sums up what has been gone over.

Journal Entry 2

I would prefer using vector based imagry for creating art and after i finish the basic design i can convert it to raster to do touch up work and finalize it, however i should make 100% sure that im satisfied with the vector image before rasterizing it primarily because it is a 1 way street. The best situation for using raster based imagry is primarily for precreated images or editing photographs and other items. Vector art has a slightly more specific purpose in that it is used for creating 2d images and animations.

Journal Entry 1

My initial interest in flash was for school, primarily because it is a required class. During the first class it was mentioned that flash is a base tool for creating 2d animations and games, both of which are entertaining. Flash would also be a great program for creating a web portfolio to display other projects i complete.