Web Design and Development

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Today is your final day in 4th Period Computers (Web Design).  Your final project is to complete a Final Survey.  Email me ( askgriff@gmail...

Ladies and Gentlemen, Unfortunately I had a death in my family and will be out on Friday [and probably Monday]. As I instructed today, we...

Today we will begin creating an Educational Software or Interactive Story.  I will show some examples in class and attach a template below: ...

Today we are going to be building "draggable" movie clips that will make a "Paper Doll" or "Mr. Potato Head" s...

Today we are going to be drawing an eye (facing left), converting it to a movie clip, dragging an instance to the desktop, naming your insta...

We have some requests for step-by-step instructions for Flash Project #11.  I'll do my best, although a video tutorial would probably wo...

Today we are going to begin putting all of the different techniques together into an Interactive Scene or a Multimedia Greeting Card.  You s...

Flash #01: Draw a Picture http://megaswf.com/view/11b401cc8926516d60ce8350ecf7a3c5.html Flash #02: Trace a Photo http://megaswf.com/vi...

Today we are creating an animated Movie Clip. We will begin just as we did with the Graphic Symbol and the Button -- by drawing a picture a...

Today we will begin creating buttons using Adobe Flash. Buttons are created much like graphic symbols -- you draw your button shape, select...

Okay, today we're going to learn another "tween" technique -- but this one involves a "Motion Tween".  If you draw a...

Todays project uses a function of Flash called "Shape Tweening".  To begin you draw a picture on a keyframe (1 for example).  Next...

Today we're going to be adding sound and/or music to our animation. This works similar to importing a picture. Simply go to FILE > IM...

Today we are doing frame-by-frame animation. Much like a flip-book, frame-by-frame animation entails drawing one frome, adding a new page [w...

Today we're taking an image (such as a photo or clip art) and tracing it using the Flash tools. Choose FILE > IMPORT > IMPORT TO S...

For the first project I simply want you to draw a picture.  Try to use a variety of tools and techniques.  Put different pieces of your pict...

Flash is used by artists, web designers, cartoonists, and video producers around the world. Some examples of Flash: Stick Figure Cartoons...

Welcome back!  I hope you had a great Spring Break.  Mine was very busy but also a nice break.  This week we are going to begin working on A...

Okay, we're into the home stretch -- at least for the 3rd quarter.  Friday, April 2nd (two days from now) is the end of the 3rd quarter ...

Today we have the following: First, work on your 3D room.  You should be well underway with this project by now.  If you are nearly finished...

Today is your day to catch up (if you are behind). Check out the 3D Assignments and make sure they are all on your portfolio for grading. ...

Today we're going to try something a little different -- you're going to work through a book tutorial to create a Rubber Duck. The ...

The following links open the Rhino Level 1 Training Manual and the Rhino Level 2 Training Manual.  We will be doing some projects out of the...

In this project we will learn about turning on "Control Points" so you can stretch a shape (like a cube or a sphere) into other sh...

Hi Everybody! Unfortunately my illness finally got the better of me and I am home sick today. I expect my students to treat my substitutes w...

Today we are going learn a few new tools to build a decorative table with an inlaid top and carved legs. We will be beveling the edges of a...

Today we will be using the "Extrude" command to turn a line/curve into a 3D shape -- in this case, a "ribbon". Next we ...

Today we are building a 3D shape such as a goblet or vase by drawing the profile of the shape, then using the "Revolve" command to...

Today we begin using a program called Rhinoceros 4.0 -- a 3d modeling program which is used in a variety of industries around the world.  Rh...

Use today to finish up your Bryce projects and get the rendered images on your Portfolio. Once your Bryce scene is fully rendered, go to the...

Today we will begin working with the camera in our 3D animation work. It's a little more complicated because we'll be having the cam...

Today and tomorrow we are going to explore basic 3D animation.  Obviously you can tell by the picture on the right, we aren't going to b...

Today we're going to experiment with using Bryce Symmetrical Lattice to make a 3D logo.  On the right you can see the finished YouTube l...

Todays project is really the absence of terrain... and sky... and haze.  It's space.  In this instance we will be creating a moon, stars...

Today we are going to be using both PhotoShop and Bryce.  We will create a grayscale image in PhotoShop (size 512 x 512 pixels) with several...

Today we are going to use our Terrain Editor, the sky editor, and some haze to make a scene that appears to be a desert. I will also be in...

Today we will be using the Bryce Terrain Editor to think a little bit out of the box.  We will be creating a forest.  We will be using a ter...

Today we will use the Terrain Editor to build a river valley / canyon.  It will be similar in setup to the Island project from yesterday -- ...

Today we begin using the Bryce 5.5 program which is designed to allow users to create virtual landscapes (both realistic and fantastic).  In...

After completing our unit in basic HTML, the overwhelming majority of students have asked to try other technologies not directly related to ...

As I graded projects and portfolios this weekend I captured some of the projects students in my classes have created over January and Februa...

Burke, Aubrie: http://aubrie13.blogspot.com Cimina, Reyes: http://istacku-b-z.blogspot.com  /  http://beatboxmasta91.blogspot.com/ Cruz, Ped...

Begin with the basic files (index.html and mybusiness.css).  The files already include H1 and H2 tags as well as a FOOTER and other formatti...

Download these files to a "mybusiness" folder. http://www.mendoclass.com/~griff 

Today we will begin exploring some more advanced features and functions of HTML and XML -- which, when used together, are XHTML.  There is a...

Today we began with the basics HTML.    You can click on the image to the right to view a sample HTML document. We also began using a free...

Today we are going to use PhotoShop to create a seamless tile.  To begin with, download one of the images below [or use your own].  Open the...

You will be using PhotoShop to create a realistic magazine cover. Your magazine can be an existing publication (People, Newsweek, etc.) or ...

Today we will begin using PhotoShop to create a new product -- in this case, a box of cereal.  We will be creating the box in 2D (flat on a ...

Select one of the attached damaged photos to repair and restore [or use your own].  Remember to save the original to include in your portfol...

Today we're practicing using the Text tool to add text (obviously) to an image. We will be using this technique for projects such as the...

Today we will look at examples of PhotoShop photo manipulations where things were added to [or removed from] photographs -- sometimes for ad...

Okay, we have worked on the following PhotoShop projects: Gondola Beautification Theme Collage Colorized Photo Project Frankenstein Wor...