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Course Description:

Digital images are produced using a variety of computer technologies.  Advanced color theory, surface rendering, and light control are emphasized in relation to technical illustration, hardware characteristics, and software capabilities.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate understanding of the primary attributes and differences between vector and raster graphics and their application to various communicative products and tasks.
2. Demonstrate understanding of analog and digital data forms and the conversion processes relating to digital imaging.
3. Appropriately use common imaging application features such as layers, channels, paths, filters, color adjustment and correction tools, histograms, color mode tools, and calibration tools.
4. Demonstrate understanding of input, manipulation, and output technologies related to raster graphics.
5. Demonstrate understanding of color theory, color models, color systems, and the physiological and psychological affects of color in raster imaging.
6. Demonstrate understanding of miscellaneous raster graphics issues such as file formats, compression technologies, vector to raster conversion methods and the legal implications of copyrights, trademarks, licenses, and releases.
7. Demonstrate skill and proficiency in creating professional raster graphics for all types of output including: textures for use in 3D environments, photographic reproduction, digital illustration, web delivery, CD-ROM multimedia, and self-promotion.

Course Textbooks:

Course Equipment:

• 1 Itoya Presentation/ Display Books - for submitting assignments
• Make sure it is 8 1/2" x 11" with at least 12 sleeves (they come in other variations)
• Available in the CGT student store
• 1 Strathmore Drawing Paper Pad, medium grade, 9" x 12" (Strathmore #400-4)
• 1 set of professional sketching pencils
• 2 Blending stumps (size: 1 medium and 1 small)
• CD-R or DVD-R's for project files
• Plastic diskette holder (for project submission)
• Wacom 21 UX Pen - not required.....but highly recommended

Course Administration - Lectures and Demonstrations

Lectures will concern the body of knowledge surrounding raster imaging. Demonstrations will cover specific operations and techniques. It is your responsibility to secure all materials and information presented in class. Lectures and demonstrations will not be repeated. Lectures may be recorded with the professor's permission.

Student Conduct and Policies:

No swearing, or derogatory comments about, or towards, any member of the class will be tolerated in any class period. 

No food or drinks of any kind will be allowed in any lab sessions. 

Students are expected to arrive on time for all class and lab sessions. 

Standards set by Purdue University as outlined in the Student Handbook and the University Regulations (1996-1997) will be observed in this course. Students are expected to be present at each and every meeting of the class. In the event that a student must miss a class period, they must inform the supervising instructor of the course of their absence and NOT a teaching assistant (TA). Should the student not be able to reach the instructor they are to leave a message for him/her at their office with the secretary. Should circumstances not allow this, the student may contact the Dean of Students Office and explain their emergency. The Dean's office will then pass the word along to each of the student's professors for them. Upon your return to Purdue, contact the supervising instructor as soon as possible in order to make arrangements for work, handouts, quizzes, or tests that they may have missed. The supervising instructor has the final word on what work, etc. students may be allowed to make up. Every student has the right to appeal to the university any decision made by their supervising instructor.

Late assignments will not be accepted unless prior arrangements have been made with the Instructor and because of extreme circumstances. (Not coming to lab, or forgetting, doesn't rate as an extreme circumstance.) 

No student will be allowed to make up any written exam, lab practical, exam, or quiz unless they have an official or medical excuse.

Standards set by Purdue University as outlined in the Student Handbook and the University Regulations (1996-1997) will be observed in this course. Any student found participating in cheating, plagiarism, copying material from another person's disk, using illegal cribs or other materials during a written examination, lying to course instructors and lab assistants about his or her own work, stealing tests, quizzes, or answer keys, and any such activities will be considered in conflict with the printed academic honesty guidelines as set out by Purdue University and the School of Technology. In such cases the matter will be reported to the Office of the Dean and the appropriate Purdue University administration officers for consideration and possible disciplinary action. (See Student Conduct Action Report).

Students who have special needs, i.e. hearing or visually challenged, etc., or in need of tutoring, etc., may contact the Dean of Students Office located in Schleman Hall, Room 207, 494-1747 for further assistance.

Campus Emergencies

In the event of a major campus emergency, course requirements, deadlines, and grading percentages are subject to changes that may be necessitated by a revised semester calendar or other circumstances. The following are methods for getting information about changes in this course:

• Official course web page (current location)
• Blackboard web page
• Facebook web page
• Instructor email address: maicher@purdue.edu
• Instructor office phone: 496-1831

Course Assignments, Exercises, and Projects:

Assignments and Exercises are designed to expose students to a broad range of areas. Some exercises will directly apply to the class projects while others will serve to introduce various aspects of media development. Students are expected to apply the same consideration and effort to all exercises.

Study Assignments: In addition to sketches required prior to executing projects, students will be assigned several sketch assignments throughout the course of the semester. Students will receive a pass/fail grade from the instructor for each study on the particular due dates. At the end of the semester, the sketches will be graded and will account for 5% of the total course grade. Each sketch is assessed by either the course or teaching assistant.

Study assignments should be considered professional submissions, kept in good condition and free of major scratches, tears, eraser marks, etc. Sketches will be graded based on their professional condition as well as on their content and quality.

All studies should be multiview drawings of the particular subject matter that provide enough information to adequately describe the subject. For examples of sketches, click the images below.

Projects: Students will be expected to successfully complete 4 projects during the course. A complete description, scenario, and deliverables listing is provided on subsequent pages on this site. Click here to see a sample of a project evaluation form. Each project will conclude with an in-class, peer review/ critique as listed on the weekly layout.

Note: Each project will conclude with an in-class, peer review/ critique as listed on the weekly layout. The peer-review will require that every project be displayed before the class. The class and instructor will discuss the projects and each student will pick 3 projects that they believe show outstanding work. Afterward the top three projects will be discussed in-depth (noting the positives and negatives of each). Each student will then vote for the best project in class. The best project, as determined by the class, will receive 5 bonus points to be applied to the "projects" section of the grade tabulation.  If students are not in lab the day of the peer review, their projects will not be accepted and they will receive a zero for the project.

Note: Late assignments will not be accepted unless prior arrangements have been made with the Instructor and because of extreme circumstances. (Not coming to lab, or forgetting, doesn't rate as an extreme circumstance.) 

Peer Evaluation: On the day that you hand in your project in lab, your lab instructor will lead the class in a peer evaluation process. Therefore, on the day that the project is due, you must come to class with your project completely finished and ready to turn in. When you come into lab, each student will display their work for a general discussion. Then each student will vote for three projects that they think are outstanding. After voting, the top 5 projects will continue to be displayed and discussed in greater detail. Following this second discussion, each student will vote for one project that they believe is the very best. Based on this second vote, each of the 5 projects will receive bonus points (top project: 5 pts, next 4 pts, and so on).

Exams: 

Exams: There are two exams given in CGT 211, a midterm exam and a comprehensive final exam. Both exams will be worth 30% of the final class grade (15% each).

The midterm exam will cover material from the readings, lectures, demonstrations, and lab sessions of the course and be administered during the regularly scheduled lecture period. The final exam will be a comprehensive exam and given at the appropriately scheduled time. 

Evaluation:

Note: Regardless of the above percentages, any student who completes less than 80% of the course work will receive an F for the course. 

Grading Philosophy: