- 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.
Context of technology in comparison to the photographic and print media's 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 Sepia toned Photograph
(cultural generation 18-35)
- images from the inexperienced past, lived life with color images, images of Grand and Great Grandparents
(cultural generation 36-55)
-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 56-90)
-Images from the experienced past, remembers photographs as special objects, images of immediate family and friends from the past, most dead
Scanners
- access the scanners software in Photoshop under "import" or through the scanners software
- 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
Resolution (DPI)
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
Project 1 Due
Export your images at 300dpi as JPGS.
Hand in your 5 images on your USB thumbdrive, labeled correctly.
Project 1 Crit
Project 2 Assigned Scanner Glitch - Due feb 27th
Goto Artist Talk #1 for Painting Position (Jason Seeley)
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