Week 1 In Art 109

Week 1

     Orientation

     

       Day 1                              

     Course Syllabus
Course Content
About Digital Imaging
Practice 1 assigned 

To Read in class (new users):
 Anatomy of a Mac

      Switching to the Mac (the Missing Manual)

.To Do in Class:
Watch the film, Women are Heroes
Watch PS TUTORIALS SKILL SET Intro through Chapter 2

To Do for Thursday:
Bookmark/subscribe to the Art109Miami website
Log-in to Blackboard to track grades
Continue watching Skill Set 1 Tutorials on Adobe Bridge (see the training tab)
Watch Skill Set 1 videos "Photoshop CC for Photographers with Chris Orwig"  
     Intro, Chapters 1, thru 3 before Thursday, and Chapters 4, 5, 6 before Tuesday next week. (Log in at http://library.miami.edu/medialab/)

Day 2                                

Begin MOD1/PART A: Basic Photo Enhancement
Cropping & Basic Composition Rules. 

To Read before class:
Chapter 1: The New Media Designer
Chapter 2:  The Design Process (+Study Guide)

     About Digital Photography (click hyperlilnks to access articles online)       '

     What File Format do I Use? 

     Raster vs. Vector Images

.To Do in Class:
Complete Practice 1 for next Tuesday using Adobe Bridge
  

Create a private folder on the student server for your work

Watch PS TUTORIALS SKILL SET 1 through Chapter 6

Discuss Critiques & Romanticism vs. Realism/Practice 2

 Powerpoints 
Introduction to Digital Imaging
The Photoshop Interface
Intro to Photoshop
Handout: Getting Started with Photoshop
Tips for Basic Composition (Practice 1)
Handout: Preparing files in 109
Styles: Romanticism vs. Realism (Practice 2)

To do in Class on Thursday:
Practice 1

PRACTICE 1

Crop a Photo 4 or more ways...

Take a large and resolute image (minimum of 1200 x 1600 pixels) with strong depth of field (ie. focus) containing distinctive Foreground, Midground, and Background (see the PPT "Basic Photo Composition" for more information on these concepts).

Using Adobe Bridge, open the photo in “camera raw.” Crop (and enhance) and save the photo several different ways to create at least 4 “new” images that each “tells a different story.” In each instance do appropriate sharpening, contrast, and color changes to improve/change the resulting image.

(Useful Hint: Adobe Bridge conveniently sets up its filters in the sequence that makes most sense for most photographers with most photos to apply them. If you go through them in order you will experience the best results)

When completed, open each Image (in Photoshop) and apply appropriate filters like the UNSHARP MASK, ACCENTED EDGES or PAINT DABS (in Filter Gallery) to disguise any resolution issues or artistically enhance the images. Save your cropped images along with a copy of the original photo in your folder on the student server.

NOTE/RESIZING: Must be done in Photoshop BEFORE working in Bridge. Go to IMAGE>IMAGE SIZE and change the PPI to 240+ with "resampling/Preserve Details (enlargement) selected and proportions locked. It is also useful to use the reduce noise slider.

This exercise will be evaluated on the following criteria:
• Choice of Photo/depth of field
• Composition(s)/Storytelling
• Attention to Detail
• Attention to Clarity/Resolution
• Enhancement(s)/Use of filers
The final product should demonstrate your understanding of 

effective resolution by avoiding pixalated images.

Practice 1 Evaluation Rubrics

Preparing Your Electronic Files in Art 109 

You are required to follow these guidelines before submitting any assignment to me for evaluation in Art109: 

Size: Never work on images smaller than 1600 pixels x 1200 pixels at 72 dpi. When you import them, a higher resolution (240-300) dpi is needed so using the image size command in Photoshop, resample them to 300 ppi before beginning to work on them. Generally, the larger the image (higher the resolution and proportions) the better your results and grade. 

109 File Formats: Your final work will be evaluated in its native Adobe format--if you convert (save as a copy or export) to a .jpg or .pdf when finished do it ONLY AS A SECOND COPY. I must see your intact Adobe file(s) for a grade (housed in your private folder on the student server).  

Naming your files: When you name your files you are required to name them with your first initial and last name, the assignment name, and semester date in this format: 

khanger_ColorProject_Fall2013.jpg 

or 

khanger_Project2_Fall2013.jpg