Showing posts with label photoshop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photoshop. Show all posts

9/14/10

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

2/18/08

In Class Tue Feb 19th

USB THUMBDRIVE TEST TODAY!

Lets look at Project 1
* i'm looking for creative uses of the images with a consideration of context. ask yourself why you chose to do what you did. how do the symbols you chose relate to each other, the main image and to American culture?

Intro to Photoshop 7
-Photoshop Overview
Open / Browser / Save
History / Undo function
* Digital Image Resolution
* File Types
Image size / Canvas size
Zoom / Hand tools

What not to touch! (for now)


Teach us the tools! (we learn from each other)
- i will be assigning everyone a few photoshop tools
- you need to learn each tool assigned and then teach the class how to use these tools


2/13/08

In Class Thu Feb 14th

PAul RAnd




Intro to Photoshop 7
-Photoshop Overview
Setting up your work area
Open / Browser / Save
History / Undo function
Preferences



10/7/07

In Class Mon Oct 8th

Layout and design in Photoshop
- Rulers
- Preferences Changing between inches and pixels
- Guides & Grids
- Single Pixel Selection H & V
- Using the Square Selection Tool as a layout guide
- Templates and Photoshop
--- CD Template
--- Our Book Template
----- Look at the Language of the Template
- Printers and Design
--- Non printable area on Laser/Inkjet printers
--- Leading edge on Laser Printers
- Asking your Printer (the person) Questions
----- What Resolution?
----- CMYK or RGB?
----- Printable Area?
----- Color Space (colorsync)

9/25/07

In Class Wed Sept 26th

Project 1 Due
* Remember to 'Flatten' (under Layer) your image and then save it as a JPEG 12 Quality at 'Standard'

we will be renaming the files in class (i'll give you the naming convention)


Photoshop Retouching

Rubber stamp
Healing and patch tools
Pattern Stamp
creating a pattern
saving a pattern

---> Proj 2 Video Game Appropriated archive

check out Ward Kimbal

ALSO the transfer pens are here! i'll hand them out in class

9/23/07

In Class Mon Sept 24th

Photoshop Layers 2
--- Adjustment layers
----- adjustment layer masks for selective manipulation


work on Project due on Wed the 26th

9/18/07

In Class Wed Sept 19th

Photoshop Color
Image Color manipulation tools
--- Color correction
----- Levels
----- Curves
----- Hue / Saturation
----- Histograms
*The color of Army Men


Mode

the Scanner

& Maybe:
Photoshop Layers
--- modes, opacity, fill, lock


9/16/07

In Class Mon Sept 17th

Photoshop 7 Basic tools 2
*Image Qualities
--- See images from old project 2
Selection Tools recap
Dodge / Burn
Blur / Sharpen

get a Flickr name and put your images in a set!







9/11/07

In Class Wed Sept 12th

Photoshop 7 Basic tools 1
Erase
Foreground/Background Color
Eyedropper
Paintbrush / Airbrush
Paint bucket / Gradient
- Selection tools
Marquee
Lasso
Crop
Magic Wand
Move

*Appropraition & Culture Recycling in Digital Media


Check out Project 1