APGR72 Week 5 Reading and Homework

On this page you'll find all the homework for a specific week. For an overview of homework for the entire course, please check the "calendar" page. Reading assignments are an important part of the week's study so please make sure you complete them. The weekly quiz may well contain questions based on the week's reading assignments.

Reading due this week:
1. NDWB Chapter 9 (pages 167-184 3rd ed.)
2. Series of short articles on color read the sequence of color articles (under the COLOR heading on the right hand side of the page) at Newark 1.

Homework:

Assignment 7 -- Photo Color Palette for Project 2:
1. First read over what the designer at Newark 1 has to say about how he finds inspiration for web color palettes: http://www.newark1.com/.

2. Scan or download a photo (with attractive colors) that you would like to use in your final project. Make sure the photo is at least 500 pixels either wide or high. You can use the following site to find a suitable photo or you can use one of your own:
http://morguefile.com/
This site has a huge archive of free high resolution digital stock photography. The photos are post-production materials that are now for public use.

3. Open the photo in Photoshop (resize so it fits on your homework assignment page -- at least 500 pixels wide or high. Make sure it's 72 dpi!).

4. Use the eyedropper tool to select suitable colors from the photo (see sample assignment below). You'll need:
         A page background color
         A heading color
         A text color
         An active link color
         A visited link color (this could be the same as the heading if you want)

5. Create a sample page in Photoshop that includes the photo at the top, the background in your chosen color, a heading in your chosen color (shown at a suitable size for a heading), a paragraph of text underneath the heading in your chosen color and then samples of active and visited links. (Check the sample assignment below to make sure you are doing this correctly)

6. Make color swatches for each of these colors and provide the HEX numbers for them. (A quick way to do this is to create a layer, then use the marquee tool to define a square, then use Edit > Fill to fill the square with the color you selected using the eyedropper -- or use another method if you prefer.) You can find the HEX numbers in the Color Palette (click on the foreground color at the bottom of the toolbar to launch it). Save your file as a jpeg.
Note: your palette colors do not have to be web safe.

7. Lastly, describe what type of color scheme you have created in the palette: analogous, complementary, split complementary or triadic.

Please upload this to your server and send me the URL in an e-mail (kthornley@santarosa.edu) with the subject line: Assignment 7 your_name.
        Look at a sample Assignment 7
Due: 9/28 by midnight.

Project 2: Website: Make sure you have completed the design plan, flowchart (storyboard) and sketches for your site (if you did not complete these by 9/21). Work on a preliminary computer layout for your project 2 site. Upload this to your homework site and send me the link.
Due: 9/28 by midnight (Project due: 10/12 by midnight)

Quiz: Complete Week 5 quiz (link on Week 5 page).
Due: 9/28 by midnight.