Mid-Term

It's hard to believe the Mid-Term exams are next week. Please review the following: Quiz of 9/21/06 and Tests of 10/11/06 and 11/29/06. Paper on "iLife": What is iLife? What is iTunes? What is iPhoto? What is iDVD? Review for Test on iPhoto (What are "keywords", "ratings", "albums", "smart albums", "slide shows", "book themes", "Red-Eye feature", "Ken Burns Effect", "Crop Tool", "Information Pane", "Enhance Feature" and "Settings Button".) Lesson 6 - paper on iMovie (iMovie interface - The Viewer, The Clip Pane, The Workspace).
What is Digital? What are Binary Digits? What are Digital Cameras? What is Resolution? What does it mean to have a "high resolution"? What is CCD? Which is the main feature that sets the digital cameras appart from the conventional cameras? What is a "pixel"? What is a "megapixel"? What does "multimegapixel" stands for? What are the most popular file formats to store images in a computer. What is Photoshop? What are Bitmaps? How do you import images in Photoshop? What is a Copyright?
There will be a Photoshop exercise - please review how to convert pictures to black and white, how to use the following tools: the Marquee Tool, the Lasso Tool, the Magnetic Lasso, the Crop Tool, the Text Tool, and the History Brush. Also practice using different filters and creating a frame on your pictures.
We will be reviewing this week of January 8th. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Here's your chance to get an A - make the commitment to study! Good Luck!