Week 1...

WEEK 1 

 Read the following articles online (click below to access)

• About Digital Photography! (for Thu)

  Young's Technique for Ideas!  (for Fri)

  
  

  Your MODULE 1 Powerpoints for Lecture Notes:

          -Intro to Digital Imaging

          -The Design Process

          -BasicPhoto Composition

          -Romanticism vs. Realism

   
   also: 
• Get a small sketchbook, 2GB memory stick, and ear buds to bring to class ASAP
• Log-in to Blackboard on MyUm (to track your grades)
• Bookmark and familiarize yourself with this website
• Download (from the links to the right or on the Mod 1 tab) & review...
• Course Syllabus
• Practice 2 Guidelines (for Monday's assignment)
• New to the Mac? Review The Mac Platform: Intro for Windows Users (in Anatomy of a Mac at apple.com) and these online resources: 

Anatomy of a Mac
Manual for Mac Beginners

• Locate a piece of your own art to bring to class to use to introduce yourself on the 2nd day of class (Thurs.)
• Begin the video tutorials at Lynda.com* outlined in the tab above called "Photoshop Training"

For Friday
Read...Young's Technique for Ideas! at Art109.Miami (for Fri.)

Complete the Skill Set 1 "Photoshop CS5 Essential Training" Video Tutorials @art109miami
Practice 1/Cropping Exercise (2 pt.) Due @start of class

PRACTICE 1 INSTRUCTIONS (2 points)

Crop a Photo 3 
or more ways...

Take a large and resolute image (you may have to resize/convert) containing distinctive Foreground, Midground, and Background (see the PPT "Basic Photo Composition" for more information).

Using Adobe Bridge, open the photo in “camera raw.”  Crop (and enhance) the photo at least 3 ways to create a “new” image for each version that “tells a different story.” In each instance do appropriate sharpening, contrast, and color changes to improve/change the resulting image. 

Open the Image (in Photoshop) and apply appropriate filters like the UNSHARP MASK, ACCENTED EDGES or PAINT DABS to disguise any resolution issues. Save all 3 photos as tiffs (resampling if needed) and drop them in your folder  (identified by your name) in the drop box on the #8 server (art109-08/art's Public Folder/Student Drop Box) along with a copy of the original. 

This exercise will be evaluated on the following criteria:

•    Choice of Photo        

•    Composition(s)/Storytelling       

•    Attention to Detail       

•    Attention to Clarity       

•    Enhancement(s)