Game Graphics Design Assessment

Game Graphics Design AssessmentYou have started engage as a designer for adventurer a leading games development and publication company.Adventurer was founded in 2010 and produces a consumer specialist magazine, which is referenced by former(a) development studios as well. The magazine features information on a wide variety of computer/video games genres it has dedicated sections for the history of computer games, retro gaming, commercialize news, and recruitment as well as games platforms.In your role as a designer you have been given the task to carry out these fall upon jobs.You have been asked to suggest hardware and package that the design department conducts to use to name and edit computer brights for marketing and advertising aspires.to boot you have been asked to design a full-colour A4 double-sided tract to promote the new computer game called Obliterate, which is a 15 certificate game that Adventurer is looking to market. discordant items including a digital im age and a new logotypetype for Adventurer will be included within the defylet. The logo should reflect the business of Adventurer fun and entertaining. The game is of the platform genre and therefore requires eye-catching state of the art picturals suitable for a 15 certificate game-playing earreach. The budget for this go through is 5000. This can be increased depending on how well the game sells through the promotion of the leaflet. This is a highly professional document and requires being fully proof-read beforehand sending to the professional printers.The images and graphics must be supplied to the printer in any of the file formats for the following programs Corel cause, publishing house, Illustrator, Visio/Serif Drawplus, Paintshop Pro, GIMP, Paint, PhotoShop, Photoshop Elements, Serif Photo Plus.You must affect the size of the files and how you will supply them to the professional printers. You must consider file management techniques to enable the reprographics pe rsonnel to access your files. Also you need to consider the consequences of concretion on the quality of any of the files.P1 Identify the hardware and software required to work with computer graphics.Create a table identifying hardware needed to create and edit computer graphics.State why the items of hardware you have chosen are needed. tax 1A gruellingware. You should identify a range of (at to the lowest degree three)hardware of your own prime(a) and/or from the suggested list belowMonitorPrinterGraphics cardDigital cameraScannerProcessorMemoryCD ROMHard driveTask 1B Software Add to the table identifying the software needed to create and edit computer graphics.You need to identify a range (at least three) of Vector software or Bitmap software either of your own choice and/or from the suggested list below Vector graphics software Corel Draw/Publisher/Illustrator/Visio/Serif DrawplusBitmap (or raster graphics) software PaintShop Pro/GIMP/Paint/Photoshop/Photoshop Elements/Serif Photo PlusTask 2 P2 State the functions of a outlined graphics software package. State what the functions are of your chosen graphics software by stating what the function does and how it may be used when creating a graphic.Create a Table to include a column for screen prints. Choose your own graphics software and/or from the list belowGraphics software Publisher/Paint/Photoshop/XaraExamples of standard software functions areFreehand drawRotate/flipResizeCropGroup/ungroupLayout gridsSpecial effects such as sharpen, soften, or posteriseTemplates (as used in) presentations, web pages, sound out or Excel documentsOther colour manipulation or shapesColour depth 8-bit=256 colours, 16-bit 64,000 colours See nigh page_____________________Task 3 M1 Compare graphics software used for creating and editing graphics.Compare the features (tools and techniques), cost, strengths and weaknesses of at least three different graphics software packages that you have used for creating and editing y our graphics. Create a table in Word.Task 4P3 Describe the differences between raster ( electronic image) and vector graphics.Write a drawing opus in Word to show your understanding of the main differences between vector and bitmap graphics. You will need to illustrate your work with examples of your own bitmap and vector images.You must describe the type of image, the file size and differences in scaling._________________________________________________________________________________________Task 5A P4 Use specialist hardware to acquire images for a defined purpose.You need to take one digital image relating to the theme fun and entertaining. The image will be included in a leaflet for the launch of a new game (in the afterwards task P6). You should read the scenario at the top of this assignment and consider how your digital photograph will fit in with the purpose of the leaflet for P6. For example what is the purpose of the leaflet, the house style, the colours and the size of the image.Provide evidence (screen print and annotations) of how you uploaded your digital photograph image to your PC. Use a Word document to do this.Task 5B P4 Use specialist hardware to acquire images for a defined purpose.You need to scan a picture from a book or magazine using a scanner. The image will be included in a leaflet for the launch of the new game (in the later task P6).Provide evidence (screen print and annotations) of how you scanned your digital picture to your PC.State the name of the scanner you used and give relevant information about the scanner.Task 6 P5 Create an original graphic for a defined user need using graphics software.You need to design and create a logo for Adventurer. You should use suitable vector software to do this.Base the design for the logo on the character or sprite you created in Unit 22. commend the theme is fun and entertaining.See next pageTask 7P6 Use graphics to enhance a document incorporating acquired images and objects. turn a double-sided leaflet using a template in Publisher, which will advertise the new Adventurer game. This leaflet is to showcase your graphics and drawings created for this unit.You should provide before and after screenshots as evidence of any additional techniques you use such asResizing and positioningCropping and text wrappingOthers items you may include in your leaflet may includeYour Adventurer logoThe scanned bitmap image you did for P4The digital bitmap photograph you did for P4Any relevant clipartIdentifying the games platformStating the minimum age of player details fitting text and shapesAny other details you would like to include._____________________________________________________________________________________Task 8M2 Use at least three right techniques to combine multiple images to enhance your original graphic to a near-professional standard.Examples of advanced techniques arelayersfiltersmasksjuxtaposition/superimposition of images and textmultiple imageschangin g colour balance/contrast record and describe the advanced techniques you have used by stating which software package has been used as well as screenshots with annotations of the techniques carried out. _________________________________________________________________________________________Task 9M3 Identify legal implications associated with the use of imagesLaws and Guidelines role AType up a report detailing the relevant legal issues and guidelines you had to abide by when using the graphics for your brochure. You must include secure issues e.g. Copyright, Design and Patents Act (1998)Permissions (e.g. photography of children, buildings, businesses)AcknowledgementsPart BWithin a table, you must record the copyright of any sourced images used within your graphics.You must also consider who owns the rights to the graphics/images that you have created is it yourself or your client? See next pageTask 10D1 evaluate the tools and techniques used to enhance your original graphic.Pro duce a report, which evaluates the graphics software package on its ability in allowing you to create one of your original graphics (for example your logo or a combined multiple image).Using technical terms evidence discuss how the following met the requirements within the scenario briefWhy you used the programs in the creation of the graphic and were there any constraints?Describe at least 3 advanced techniques you used for one of your graphics.Additionally you must discuss what affect the techniques had on the graphic to enable the graphic to be appropriate for inclusion in the leaflet created in Task 7. How did the graphic meet the requirements in the scenario brief?Remember your logo/combined multiple images should be fit for purpose and be of a near professional standard in order for you to produce a report to meet D1._____________________________________________________________________________________Task 11D2 Present the enhanced document obtaining feedback.Present your crea ted, sourced and edited images and graphics, along with the final enhanced document to at least 3 members of the target audience stated in the scenario brief.Use feedback sheets, questionnaires or interviews to gather the users opinions.The audience completing the feedback sheets should be told what they are reviewing and what the images are intended to do.The target audience should identify possible improvements.The images and document can be presented either as image files or showcased in a presentation or web page.Evidence for this criterion is completed feedback sheets and the final images.