In Class This Week

Tues Sept. 23

 .To Read:  Chapters 14 & 15

Critique color projects.                  
Discuss: Masking and shading tips.
Work on Final Photoshop Assignment (Composite, Project A3).

Thurs Sept. 25

 Quiz 2 on Mod1/Part B to be taken in class. This Quiz Covers:

• Chapters 11 & 12 | 14 & 15 
• The Golden Ratio (online reading)
• POWERPOINTS FROM CLASS...

         -Color Theory 

-Composition & Balance (a review) 

-Puns & Idioms in Advertising  

-Abstractions (examples)

Also Continue Work on final Photoshop Assignment in class.

Useful video tutorials to review for Project A3:

From Photoshop Fundamentals for Photographers (Chris Orwig)--6m 54s

1. 13. Advanced Control with Masking

   34m 46s
   

   1. Introducing masks

      4m 7s

   2. Building and editing a mask

      5m 35s

   3. Removing a person from the background with masking

      6m 6s

   4. Removing color with a mask

      4m 31s

   5. Selectively sharpening an area of your photograph

      5m 22s

      
      

      
      

From Photoshop CC Essentials (Julieanne Kost)--6m 54s

1. 12. Selections & Layer Masking

1. Using the Marquee and Lasso tools

   11m 41s

2. Combining selections

   6m 40s

3. Converting a selection into a layer mask

   7m 40s

4. Using the Quick Selection tool and Refine Edge

   7m 12s

5. Selecting soft-edged objects using Refine Edge

   9m 28s

6. Touching up a layer mask with the Brush tool

   5m 42s

7. Changing the opacity, size, and hardness of the painting tools

   9m 9s

8. Blending images with a gradient layer mask

   4m 55s

9. Combining multiple exposures with layer masks

   5m 5s

10. 
    16. Combining Multiple Images1s

1. Swapping heads in a family portrait

   4m 3s

See Also:

The Art of Photoshop Compositing

with Julieanne Kost

1. 3. Composite 1: Perception

   52m 11s
   

   1. Perception: A quick analysis

      1m 56s

   2. Gathering the source images

      11m 33s

   3. Understanding masking

      7m 1s

   4. Opacity and blend modes

      6m 6s

   5. Removing elements

      4m 31s

   6. Adding supporting elements

      4m 22s

   7. Unifying color and tone

      7m 8s

   8. Adding edges

      6m 14s

   9. Saving files

      3m 20s

2. 4. Composite 2: Erosion

   25m 12s
   

   1. Erosion: A quick analysis

      1m 23s

   2. Assembling the pieces

      4m 10s

   3. One image, multiple looks

      6m 49s

   4. Advanced blending

      5m 32s

   5. Refining color and tone

To access the Student Server in Rm. 151-- 

While on your workstation look to the upper right menu bar of the desktop. The image to the left of the volume icon on the menu bar represents the Art Building Cloud. Click on this to open the "AeroFS" Folder, which appears in the drop down menu.  

In the AeroFS window that appears on your desktop, double-click on the folder icon entitled Art Classes for Submission of Assignments. Then, open this sequence of folders: ArtClasses>ART109>TuesThurs, plus the time for your section as given in military time (1500to1730 for Section 34 which meets at 3pm or 1830to2100 for Section 35 which meets at 6:30pm). 

Create a new folder here and type in your name as the folder name. Drag all your work from your own external drive into this folder. 

You will complete all future work from files you upload to or create in this personal folder.   

This part of the student server is sometimes referred to as the Dropbox.