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Welcome to Advanced Detailing with Greenie Advanced Photoshop Painter Detailing Class Syllabus
2007-08-31 COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES
Presented by SMZ Greenie Welcome to the 3D Design Department. In this course, we will be covering the following: - Introduction
- Tools
- Downloading the stuff you need.
- Photoshop
- Stylemaker
- Previewer
- DDS Viewer
- Reference Materials
- Templates (All of Them)
- Life as a lesson
- Atmospheres in THERE
- What it takes to get the job done
- Good books to get
- Why are you designing?
- Why are you in THIS class?
- Importance of sharing resources and knowledge
- Class homework and projects
- Choosing a project
- Taking your project a step further
- Final Touches
- Class Homework choices
- Schedules
- Budgets
- In-World Testing
- Packaging and presentation
- Class homework will consist of choosing a project for Halloween and following it thru from conception to completion. This can be clothing, objects or rides.
Homework will be ongoing and expected to be ready for In-World use by 10-31-2007.
The class project will be on the Medieval theme. Think Castles and Knights, Fair Maidens and Sorcerers! There will be a themed event to introduce the class designs to the public.
- Ethics
- Templates and Layers
- Getting to know your template
- Dissecting the Template (What goes where)
- Designing in 2D for a 3D model - The importance of UV Maps/Wireframes
- HiRes vs. LoRes - Image sized and how they affect detail
- Why do we use layers?
- Painting your object
- Saving files
- The importance of game testing
- Previewing your work
- Painting
- Making a color layer a texture
- Shaping your designs
- Depth and Dimension
- Movement
- Details
- How mistakes can become Happy Accidents
- That little something extra.
- Viewing your work in-world
- DDS files and DDS Thumbnail Viewer
- Swapping files
- Catalog Images - Drawing people to your work.
- Submitting your work
- Promoting your work
- Class project presentations and event(s).
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