In class Mon Mar 1st

Photoshop Advanced tools

- Selection Tools

-- Add & Subtracting from a selection

-- Saving a Selection

- clone stamp / pattern stamp
- healing brush / patch tool


Work on Project 2

Due Wed March 3rd before you leave class

In class Wed Feb 24th

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Project 2 Assigned

Photoshop Basics 2

- Pencil/Paint Brush

- Paint Bucket/Gradient

- Erase/Magic Erase/Back Ground Eraser

- Burn/Dodge/Sponge

- Sharpen/Blur/Smudge

Selection Tools (lets check them out)

work on Project

In class Mon Feb 22nd

*Flash Drive Test on Wednesday!

Example: Worth 1000


Photoshop Basics 1
- Starting the Program / Quit
- Opening a file
- Save / Save As a file
- Windows
- File --> New

* File Types

- File Types
---- Photoshop = .PSD = working file, the one you keep forever

-- End Product Files
---- JPEG = .JPG = web and email (Flickr) file
---- GIFF = .GIF = web file
---- TIFF = .TIF = full quality print file
---- Portable Document File = .PDF = compressed print file


- Image size / Canvas size
- Preferences
- History / Undo function
- Foreground/Background Color
- Eyedropper




in class Assignment: Dada CD cover

1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random... ”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop to put it all together.

5 - Email it to Joe (image size 1200x1200 or smaller at 72 dpi)






















Work on Assignment

In class Wed Feb 16th

Lab Fee $100


Lets talk about the Mac

the Dock - where most everything you need is.
the Desktop - just click on the background while in program
the Finder - to know where you are
Applications Folder - where all the software is

File ---> New Folder - to make a new folder
Finder ---> Empty Trash - to remove files from the trash forever
File ---> Get Inf0 - to find out how big a file is and other info

What questions do you have for me?


Flashdrive info
to eject your flashdrive you need to drag it to the Trash

do not use files while they are on your flashdrive. drag them off the drive onto the desktop before working with them in a program

to remove files from your flashdrive, drag and drop them into the Trash, then Finder ---> Empty Trash


Web 2.0

What is web 2.0?

Popular Web 2.0 Applications
- Flickr, Picasa
- Blogger, TypePad, WordPress
- Youtube, Hulu, Sidereel
- Picnik, Sumo Paint
- Facebook, Myspace


*remember to ALWAYS log out of your Web 2.0 accounts when you are done!


Semester Project 1 Assigned


work on Project

Welcome!

Hello and Welcome to the Art213 Intro to Digital Media blog. This blog contains up-to-date information on the class, assignments & projects. There are also important links from this blog to other class resources. This blog is the hub of the class don't forget to check if frequently. I usually updated the blog within 24 hours of class.

The Teaching Assistant for this class is Ashley Rombough.

Part of your first assignment is to bring your laptop to class and show me the bookmark to this site.


The Intro to digital media class is an overview of Print based media, Time based media and Interactive Media. These areas of media are explored through the use of Adobe Creative Suite 4 which includes Photosop, ImageReady, Final Cut Express, & Dreamweaver as well as a hand full of useful shareware and web applications(YouTube, Flickr, Picnik & Blogs).

We will investigate the mechanics of creating Digital Media as well as consider the roll of media within American society and it's potential to alter perception. We will also look to create a definition for 'Digital Art' as a new medium within the art world.

* This class has a $100 Lab fee & you will need a 1 GB thumbdrive.



Awareness Test