Tressa McIff Blogs

This Semester News Story The very first project we did in video this year was a procedure video. We were supposed to take a basic procedure in ONW and make it into a sort of silent "How To" video. This took a couple weeks. Some challenges we faced were lighting and editing. We had a hard time finding good lighting so the final product came out kind of dark. I also had some trouble with editing since this was the first project we did this year. This project was a major refresher on the editing process, but it was also the first time I used the actual cameras instead of the iPads so I learned a lot about the cameras. Some feedback I was given was that the lighting was really off and that we needed to pay more attention to what was in the background. We did not do a re-edit of this video so I didn't change anything. Overall, I think this was pretty decent for being the first video that I did after summer break. Feature Stories This semester in convergence journal...

I did three projects this semester is Graphic Design. The first project was a raccoon, the second project was an infographic, and then I ended the semester with a vectorized self portrait. Raccoon This was the first project we did in Graphic Design. The three parts of this project were the basic raccoon, the fall raccoon, and the postcard. The whole project took most of first quarter. I struggled quite a bit with this project because it was the first time that I ever did something this extensive in Adobe Illustrator. I had a hard time figuring out how to use all the tools, but ended up getting fairly familiar with the most important ones. Having a tutorial for how to create the raccoon was extremely helpful and allowed me to learn a lot without all the stress of trying to figure it all out by myself. This whole project just allowed me to get more comfortable with Adobe Illustrator in general and I think it was a great first project. Some feedback that I got was that it was a stron...