Free Flash Site

http://www.freeflashintros.com/flash/flash_intros.html

For Web content

http://www.alistapart.com

Grey Matter Open Source Blogging Software

http://noahgrey.com/greysoft/features.shtml

CSS Editor

http://www.blumentals.net/rapidcss/?refid=g4

Work on CSS 3

http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/current-work

CSS Play

For an interesting use of rollovers for images see: http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menu/avatars2.html

Web Resources for site ads

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Articles and Web Sites
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Design: Site Building, Graphics, Fonts
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W3Schools: Free site-building tutorials
HTML Goodies: Primers, tutorials, references, and tools for Web development and design
DevGuru: Quick references, tutorials, and features, including Ask DevGuru and Find the Bug
Builder.com: Downloads, white papers, online courses, and other tools
Search Engine Watch: Tips and information to make your site more accessible and visible to search-engine crawlers
David Siegel's Web Wonk: Tips for writers and designers
Books
Dive into Accessibility (free e-book)
Effective Java Programming Language Guide
Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference (Second Edition)
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
Cascading Style Sheets:The Definitive Guide
XSLT
Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason
Learning Perl (Third Edition)
Perl Cookbook (Second Edition)
Programming Perl (Third Edition)
Effective C++: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Design (Second Edition)
Problem Solving with C++:The Object of Programming (Fourth Edition)
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Designing With Web Standards
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web
More books on HTML, graphics, and design

http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html

Useful Web Tools Site

http://www.pacificwebeffects.com/webtoolsdirectory/css.html

1st Assignment

Cindy's Reading

Reading Assignments




Adobe Illustrator 1
Cyndi Reese
CIS 73.35
Summer 2005


Each chapter in the Hands-On Training includes exercises that will be specified in the posted labs on the class website.
The QuickStart Guide includes more detail than what is explored in the HOT book.
This class goes into topics beyond the scope of the HOT book.
You are responsible for the topics covered in the lecture notes.
Date--Lecture Notes--Hands-On Training--QuickStart Guide
Jun 14 Introduction to Illustrator what is illustrator. It is a vector based illlustration program. It allows you to draw objects that are able to be resized or altered without loss of eminence.
Recommended: Abode Studio
Chapter One: Introduction
Chp 3: Selecting and Arranging (Exercises 1-2)
Chp 2: How Illustrator Works
Basic Illustrator skills
Chp 2: Interface
Chp 3: Selecting and Arranging (Exercise 3)
Chp 1: Illustrator Interface Chp 3: Startup
Chp 4: Views Chp 22: Precision Tools
Document basics
Creating simple shapes
Chp 4: Basic Shapes (Exercises 1-2)
Chp 11: Pencil and Line Segment Tools
Chp 12: Paintbrush Tool (Exercises 1-2)
Chp 5: Object Basics
Chp 15: Brushes
Working with objects
Transform tools
Layers
Chp 3: Selecting and Arranging (Exercise 4)
Chp 6: Transformations
Chp 7: Transform
Chp 11: Layers
Intro to type
Quiz 1
Chp 8: Adding Text (Exercises 1-4) Chp 12: Create Type
Selection techniques
Reshaping paths
Chp 4: Basic Shapes (Exercises 3-4)
Chp 6: Select/Copy
Chp 8: Reshape
The Pen tool
Compound paths and shapes
Special effects
Chp 10: Pen and Point Tools
Chp 17: Filters and Effects
Chp 10: Pen Chp 17: Combine Paths
Chp 21: Distort Chp 22: Effects & Filters
Colors, fills and strokes
Document basics
Quiz 2
Chp 5: Fills, Strokes, and Color
Chp 9: Fill & Stroke
Chp 18: Gradients