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Hi ALL, SPIM Will Be Having A Training Session Tomorrow At 3 To 6Pm At T1751.
All Are Welcomed To Join Us:D
Hope To See You Guys There!!

Hello People!
SPIM Will Be Hosting Our Annual Orientation Programme tomorrow at 1-4Pm At T1742. Feel Free To Join Us And Lets Have Fun Together:D

The provision of a balanced and well-rounded education is part of Singapore Polytechnic’s mission to educate and train our students to excel in work and in life. The Department of Student Development (DSD) has played an important institutional role to facilitate the interweaving of students’ academic, interpersonal and developmental experiences to realise this holistic education.

The Co-curricular Activities (CCA) is an integral part of our education system to drive home the message that holistic development goes beyond good academic grades. The current technological revolution, global competition, and push towards a knowledge-based economy require EQ, AQ and soft skills like creativity, leadership abilities, teamwork, flexibility, communication skills, resilience and an enterprising spirit.

Singapore Co-Curricular Activities Community Site, in short, CCA.SG Community Site or CCA.SG provides web-publishing service by hosting all Singapore Polytechnic’s CCA Group Blogs in a common platform for ease of interaction and networking.

CCA.SG Community Site is powered by WordPress Multisite.

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1st Prize Winner For CCA.SG Logo Competition

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Winner For Combined Banner & Logo Competition

What is IBM?

IBM was founded in 1911 as the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation(CTR) made up of three companies: the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, and the Computing Scale Corporation. In 1924, CTR adopted the name International Business Machines, using a name previously designated to CTR’s subsidiary in Canada and later South America. It was given the nickname “big Blue” due to its’ distinctive culture and product branding.The IBM PC retained a class of loyal users and domination in the mainframe segment continued. IBM is also revered for inventing the floppy diskette, the hard disk and Dynamic Random Access Memory. IBM has also set standards for other corporations in as far as treatment of employees is concerned, a quality IBM has to date. As of 2011, IBM is the second most traded company at the stock exchange when market capitalization is considered. According to Fortune, it is the 7th most profitable company in the US. Furthermore, no US technology firm has more patents than IBM to date.

What we can do with photoshop
Introducing the different genres and techniques use for digital visual design.

>Speed Painting
Avatar – speed painting
Examples:
 

> Vector Art
Photoshop – Speed Vectoring
Examples:

> Retouching and visual effects
Photoshop Retouching
Examples:


Photoshop – visual effects
Examples:

> Collage
Photoshop – Collage
Examples:

Visit our booth near the Sport hall beside the Kinect

Hi Peeps,
Welcome to SPIM!! Freshmen!!
Let me give a brief introduction of what we do in SPIM. We are a group of Web and graphic designers, Mobile and flash games developers and we do game reviews of the latest games too such as Diablo 3. If you wish to join our club via online registration, simply click the Join SPIM now button above and fill in the details and then click submit. =D

What we have in store for you:
Photoshop Tutorials!!
Flash Games!!
Web and logo Design!!
Android and IOS
Blender and AutoDesk Maya too!!

Here is a sneak peak of what we do:

Remember the game called space impact??? We are planning to remake it into a more fun and competitive game such as Tetris battle.It is still under the early development stages. So stay tune for more updates about this project.

ECO-planet is a project taken on by SPIM to make a dynamic and interactive webpage that is not only entertaining but also educate our audience on the importance of the environment and the major problems faced by the world such as global warming and renewable energy. Expected to Release the full Beta on Late May.

We are also planning to take on more projects and we are expecting to open our very own YouTube Channel where you get to see our guys in action playing and reviewing the latest games and walk through.

Visit Our Booth Which Is Located Beside Sports Hall !

We have a meeting on this wednesday. Come to the CCA Club Rm after class. See you there =D

1. Getting Started with Photoshop

This tutorial on SitePoint, a popular site for web professionals, will guide you through the Photoshop fundamentals and the basic tools available at your disposal. It’s an excellent jump-off point that will give you an understanding of what you’re up against.

The tutorial starts with a bird’s-eye view of Photoshop’s workspace to get the reader familiarized with the lay of the land. Then it goes on to cover essential concepts such as saving files (and the various popular formats for the web), an introduction to shortcuts that all Photoshoppers should know, how to choose colors, and much more.

2. Photoshop’s Toolbox

If you’re just starting out with Photoshop, you will no doubt be spending plenty of your time using the Tools panel, which contains various tools for working with type, painting, drawing, moving objects, and so forth.

In this Photoshop tutorial, you will get a beginner’s overview of the various tools contained within the Tools panel. From the selection tools to the retouching tools, you’ll learn all about them and their uses.

3. Photoshop For Beginners: The Power of Layers

The most important concept you should understand about Photoshop is its layering system. Layers allow you to stack different objects and images to keep your work separated, ordered, and easily editable.

This guide will walk you through the utility of layers using a hands-on, step-by-step approach (so fire up Photoshop and get ready to get your hands dirty before diving in).

For More Info Go To: http://mashable.com/2010/08/12/12-beginner-tutorials-for-getting-started-with-photoshop/

We are having a Flash Training on Wednesday (11th April) at Club RM
Timing: 12pm
Pls come! =D

Graphic design and web design are two distinct visual fields that have different requirements, best practices and methodologies.

For example, it’s much easier in web design to use pixel-based/raster-based file formats (like JPG, GIF or PNG). Conversely, vector files such as EPS and AI — which are scalable without leading to pixelation — are better suited for graphic design, for things like logos that might be used in a variety of sizes. As of yet, vector-based graphics designed for the web (such as SVG or HTML5 Canvas) are not universally and uniformly supported in all browsers.

In addition, graphics meant for web use have certain best practices associated with them. One of these best practices is that you should be conscious of file weight because you want your web pages to be as fast as possible. As a web designer, you have to try to reduce the amount of HTTP requests done by your graphics — whether through lowering the amount of images you use or combining some of them into a CSS sprite — as well as make sure you pick the right image format that strikes a perfect balance between file size and image quality.

Photoshop is an industry-standard tool used by both graphic designers and web designers. What follows are some simple tips to follow as you create graphics meant for use on websites.

1. Save Your Graphics with the “Save for Web & Devices” Command

In web design, you have to make sure that your images are as small in file size as possible. But it’s more than that — your images need to look good as well.

The perfect approach to creating graphics in Photoshop is by balancing image quality and file size.

A common mistake that web designers make is using the Save as command instead of the Save for Web & Devices command in Photoshop.

The Save for Web & Devices command creates files optimized for web design, in terms of image quality, image resolution, browser compatibility and file size.

The command additionally has a dialog window that you can use to fine-tune your images. While you tweak the settings of your graphic, it will show you its effects on file size and image quality.

In comparison, the Save as dialog window doesn’t have as many options and often creates images that are larger in terms of file size.

Below is a comparison of the same image saved using the Save for Web & Devicescommand and the Save as command. Notice that the file size difference is significant.

Reference:http://sixrevisions.com/photoshop/graphics-beginner-tips-web-designers/#more-5916
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