This Week

Agenda...To cover in class:

• Skill Set 2 Videos

• Color Theory (ppt)
• Color Project (A#2) & strategies
• "Masking" with deletions: iWeb Instant Alpha; Magnetic Lasso/Smudge; Eraser; Quick Selection; History Brush; Motion Blur Filter; Sponge Tool

 TUESDAY                                                                                                         .

JANUARY 31

. Chapter 8 (Color) & Chapter 9 (Using Color), plus (online) Color Theory 
(be sure to follow and read the linked topics listed here as well)            
Color Basics   Color Systems   Color Wheel   Complementary Colors   After Images Color Combinations   Color & Contrast   Itten's Contrasts   Proportion & Intensity   Contrast & Dominance   Shades & Tints

. Practice 3 (Icon/2 points) will be completed together in class; You should complete Skill Set 2 Videos thru Ch9 in class as well.

Practice 3 Instructions: Create an Icon
(This is a short assignment we will work on together in class.)

Create a drop-background image using the instant alpha masking function in iWeb and save it as the icon for your own work folder in the Student Drop Box on Server #8. 

The purpose of this practice is to begin to understand how simple masking works (and to learn that there are other design programs out there by makers other than Adobe).

Find an appropriate (large) image with a simple background where an object is well centered and shown complete (no portion cropped out of the frame). Using iWeb’s mask functions drop out the background to create an icon, then set the icon as the image for your folder on Sever 8 with your name. (This folder is where you will store all completed projects for evaluation and work in progress.) 

(For this practice, you will be evaluated on choice of image, skill with masking, aesthetics, and the clarity/resolution of the final product.)

THURSDAY                                                                                                         .

FEBRUARY 2

.Quiz 1 must be completed in class. (This quiz covers Chapters 1, 2, 6, 8, 9 of the textbook, assigned online readings to date, the Skill Set 1 training videos at lynda.com, and all Powerpoint lectures). There will be 20 multiple choice questions.


.Also In Class...Complete CH.7 of Skill Set 2 Videos


QUIZ 1 RESOURCES

CHAPTER GUIDES: Chapters 1&2 / Chapters 6, 8, & 9

THE ONLINE READINGS INCLUDED: About Digital Photography / Young's Ideas for Techniques / Raster vs. Vector Images / What File Format Do I Use? / Color Theory at Color Worqx (with all the links!)

POWERPOINTS FROM LECTURE: Intro to Digital Imaging / Romanticism vs. Realism / Intro to Photoshop / The Design Process / Basic Photo Composition / Value (zip file) / Color Theory

SKILL SET 1 VIDEOS: Click to Access

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