In class Wed Sept 29th

Scott McCloud - Understanding Comics

* get one on Amazon

Finish Critique of Project 1

In class Mon Sept 27th

Project 1 Due

Project 2 Assigned!

What Are ATC's?

Printing from Photoshop
- Page Set-up

- Print


All about paper
- paper density (weight)

- size
- texture

In class Wed Sept 22nd

Advanced Photoshop

Color in Photoshop

* the Histogram

- Levels

- Adjustment Layers

- Colorsync

Layout in Photoshop
- Guides, Rulers
- Unprintable Boarders
- Printing from Photoshop

Work on Project

In class mon Sept 20th

Quick History of Graphic Design

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Graphic Design is the merger of Symbols, Images and Language.

Symbols represent ideas and concepts.

Images represent Reality or Anti-Reality.

Language is written as text. Text is made up of letters. Letters are symbols.

Photoshop Adv.

* Actions

* Automate

How To Scan

1 - set up the scanner options

2 - select an area to scan

3 - hit preview

4 - hit scan

5 - save the scan as a PSD

work on Project

In class wed Sept 15th

Thumbdrive Test!!!

Designer of the day! (see below)

Lets review the things you think are broken?

Photoshop basics

- Opening a File

* DPI

- Image size - used to change the amount of pixels in the image

- Canvas size - used to add extra pixels to the image

- Save:

* File Types

--- Photoshop .PSD file is your working file (keep this forever)

--- JPEG file is a 'Flattened' and Compressed file

Printing dpi resolutions

180 dpi - for images with no text only. lowest possible printing resolution.

240 dpi - good for images and fonts 11 points or bigger

300 dpi - great for images and fonts 8 points or bigger

360 dpi - great for images and fonts 6 points or bigger

400-600 dpi - super hi-resolution as good as an image can look

Downloadable PDF about DPI

Using the Scanner

- access the scanners software in Photoshop under "import"

- make sure your in professional mode

- resolution (dpi) changes the speed at which the scanner will scan

- look at the other scanner options

- try doing everthing you were told not to do with a scanner (like move stuff while scanning)

- all scanners have a distance above the glass which is in focus and then drops off quickly

How To Scan

1 - set up the scanner options

2 - select an area to scan

3 - hit preview

4 - hit scan

5 - save the scan as a PSD

* Semester Long Project Starts

* Project 1 assigned

Kyle T. Webster

In class Mon Sept 13

David Carson

Design = the balance between Content and Aesthetic

Things to consider when creating, manipulating or viewing an image/design:

Aesthetic Quality – how beautiful or sublime an image’s elements and

composition are

Composition – the flow and readability of an image

Image Content – the individual visual elements that make up the image

Image Context – an images context is understood by looking at the visual elements

that make up the images content and considering the Historical and Cultural understanding those elements represent in the society and across generations.

Consider the context of the technology in comparison to the image's qualities

- The first photographs created were shot on glass plates with a slow film speed that produced Black and White images. As time progressed so did the technology to capture images. This has led to a link between image technology and time in our visual cultural understanding. In photo theory photography is linked with the ideas of memory and time, the capturing of a moment to retain a visual perspective of time. This happens not only from the capturing of the image on film but also through the use of aesthetic related to each generation of technology.

An example:

A Black & White or -images from the inexperienced past,

Sepia toned Photograph lived life with color images, images of

Grand and Great Grandparents

(cultural generation 18-35)

-images from the remembered past, saw the transition of the snap shot from BxW to Color, images of Grand parents and parent’s childhood photos

(cultural generation 36-55)

-Images from the experienced past, remembers photographs as special objects, images of immediate family and friends from the past, most dead

(cultural generation 56-90)

Fleming / Odo Performance

Waters of Immortality & other works

- What do you think?

- What part effected you most?

- How did it make you feel?

- What do you think their intention was?

If design is about solving problems, then how do we know if something is broken?

Ideology of 'Broken' [video]

*Assignment - come to class on Wed with a list of 5 things that you think are "broken"

* Flash drive test on Wed!