8/29/17

In class wed Aug 30

The creation of reality!



Early Manipulations

Early Alterations

Photographs have always lied

The LA Times 2003

Photo tampering through out history





Free Photoshop

FireAlpaca & the Gimp






 Project 1 Assigned 
lets look at Project 1


Blogging

- How to hook up and use a blog.

* if you took the digital is fundamental class, you can use the same blog, Flickr & Youtube accounts you created in that class for this class. 


A blog is many things, a personal website, an archive of media, the ability to broadcast a message to a greater audience, even an art piece in itself. 


You can use Blogger, Instagram or Flickr

Flickr is a photo storage/social website

Instagram is a social website/application that acts like a blog but for photos only.

Blogger is Googles blogging system. It is social through Google +


Lets make a blog using Blogger
1- log into your Gmail
2- using the navigation in gmail (located in the upper right corner) click on the Blogger App icon
3- Create a new blog



Show Joe your 1 post and email your blogs URL before you leave!


Intro to Photoshop
- Making a new document
- The tool bar
- Getting an image from the internet into Photoshop
- Layers






8/27/17

In Class Mon Aug 28th

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, so don't forget to check if frequently. Make it an icon on your smart phone. I usually updated the blog within 24 hours of class. 

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



Make a link to this blog on your smartphone
1) open Safari or another web browser on you phone 
2) add a bookmark to the home screen


The Intro to digital media class is presents an introduction to Print based media through image manipulation & graphic design, Time based media through Animation and 3d Design, both scanning and printing. These areas of media are explored through the use of Adobe PhotoshopiMovie, Quicktime Pro, Meshmixer and Makerware, as well as a hand full of useful shareware and web applications (YouTubeFlickr (or Instagram) & 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 our society. We will also look to consider the many facets of technology that interact with digital art.




Have you see this image? Creating Reality!



So, Secretary of State John Kerry referenced this photograph when making a speech last September, trying to drive home how awful the Syrian chemical attack was as he tried to convince us why we should go to war. One problem. The picture isn't even from Syria. It's from Iraq in 2003. The photographer, Marco di Lauro, said he nearly "fell off his chair" when he saw it was being used to promote a war in Syria. It's getting pretty disturbing to see how far our politicians, both Republican and Democrat, are willing to go to drum up support for a war nobody wants.


  * This class has a $100 Lab fee & you will need a 8GB thumb drive or larger.



The Syllabus




Lets take the Awareness Test!













How to use a Mac 

Login name = student
Login pass = artist

1) Desktop
2) The Dock
3) Top Menu
4) Making a new Folder 
5) Renaming files and folders on the desktop
6) Opening a program
7) Opening a file
8) Saving a file
9) Closing a program


Using Safari
1) Tabs and Windows
2) Searching
3) downloading a file