Introduction Goal of this Assignment • learn the typographic rules • learn the craftsmanship of visual design Meetings • Review of the results of the previous task • Conversation • Introduction of the new task Tasks • Deliever them as PDF files (Adobe Acrobat) • Filename shall be: lastName_taskNumber.pdf • Send to
[email protected] as attachment (max 2MB) or internet link • Deadline is Mondays 12.00h Resources • This document is available at: http://www.bartneck.de/work/education/visualDesign/lectureNotesVD01.pdf Lecture Notes Visual Design Assignment, Version 1.3, May 2007, Copyright by Dr.Christoph Bartneck, http://www.bartneck.de Graphical Objects Vector graphics are described mathematical circle { center 100,120; radius 50; } Bitmap graphics are described with data 0,0,5,10,25,255,255,25,5,0,0 0,10,36,127,255,127,36,10,0 0,0,5,10,25,255,255,25,5,0,0 0,10,36,127,255,127,36,10,0 0,0,5,10,25,255,255,25,5,0,0 0,10,36,127,255,127,36,10,0 0,0,5,10,25,255,255,25,5,0,0 0,10,36,127,255,127,36,10,0 0,0,5,10,25,255,255,25,5,0,0 0,10,36,127,255,127,36,10,0 Lecture Notes Visual Design Assignment, Version 1.3, May 2007, Copyright by Dr.Christoph Bartneck, http://www.bartneck.de Converting Bitmaps and Vector graphics Rasterizing (vector to bitmap) Tracing (bitmap to vector) circle { Original Bitmap center 100,120; radius 50; } Apply a grid Resulting vector Resulting bitmap Lecture Notes Visual Design Assignment, Version 1.3, May 2007, Copyright by Dr.Christoph Bartneck, http://www.bartneck.de Units and Concepts General 1 meter = 100 cm, 1 cm = 10 mm 1 foot = 12 inch, 1 inch = 25.4 mm, 1 foot = 304.8 mm Resolution • Resolution is a proportion measured in pixels per inch (ppi) for screens and dots per inch (dpi) for prints.