Midterm - January 2008

Mid-Term Information:

Digital Applications (Period 1): January 25th - 8:45 am - 9:55 am (Mac Lab)
Digital Applications (Period 5): January 25th - 10:00 am - 11:10 am (Mac Lab)

It's hard to believe the Mid-Term exams are next week. Please review the following: Quiz of 9/20/07 (iLife and iPhoto) and Tests of 10/18/07 and 12/14/07 (iLife and Digital, Photoshop and File Formats). Review your notes on iLife. Also: What is Digital? What are Binary Numbers? What are Digital Cameras? What is Resolution? What is CCD? Which is the main feature that sets the digital cameras appart from the conventional cameras? What are the main parts of a Digital Camera? What is LCD? What is a "pixel"? What is a "megapixel"? What does "multimegapixel" stand 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 (desaturate), how to use the following tools: the Marquee Tools, the Lasso Tools, the Move Tool, the Crop Tool, the Type Tool, the Gradient Tool, the Eraser Tool and the History Brush Tool. Also practice using different filters and creating a frame on your pictures. You should be able to answer all the questions on the entry of 12/13/07 (review for test).

Review the Keyboard Short-Cuts:
Command - U
Command-Shift-U
Command-D
Command-T
Command-J
Command-Z
Command-A

We will be reviewing this week of January 14th. 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!