This lesson looks at images and shows the students what they need to create and edit them. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
Work out your graphical approach by planning your approach, organizing your tools, and configuring your computer workspace
Differentiate between bitmap, vector, and 3-D images and describe the capabilities and limitations of all three
Describe the use of colors and palettes in multimedia
Cite the various file types used in multimedia
Few aspects of a multimedia project are as important as quality images. Before a designer can begin to create and prepare images for use in a multimedia project, an understanding of the fundamentals of computer images, color, and formats is crucial. This lesson shows the students how to prepare for the image creation process, how images are created and modified on a computer, how color is managed on computers, and what file formats are most commonly used.