In class Tues Feb 13th

Thought for the day!

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*Flash Drive Test Today!

Photoshop Example: Worth 1000

Photoshop Basics 1

- Starting the Program / Quit

Whats Where?

Hot Keys

- Opening a file
-- Browse in Bridge or Mini Bridge

- Save / Save As a file

- Windows

- File --> New

* Resoultion
72 dpi traditional screen resolution
180 dpi lowest printing resolution
300 dpi + good printing resolution
600 dpi + high resolution printing

* 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

--- RAW = .RAW = raw camera data uncompressed file

---- Portable Document File = .PDF = compressed print file

Setting Preferences
Photoshop --> Preferences --> General

View

- Rulers, Grids & Guides

- Show

- Snap

Laying out a design in Photoshop

before Photoshop

1) paper size
2) single or multiple designs on the page?

in Photoshop
3) size and resolution
4) define print area 
* Offset press - requires cut lines, a bleed and image area to fit within the paper size (print on anything thats flat)
* Laser Printer -  1/4",1/4",1/4", 1/2"
-- standard sizes 8.5x11",8.5x14", 11x17"
* Inkjet printer -  1/4",1/4",1/4", 1/2"
-- standard sizes 8.5x11",8.5x14", 11x17", 19" wide, 24" wide, 36" wide, 42" wide

5) Define the Middle

6) save as a template file named appropriately as a .psd. 

ex LP_cover_Template.psd

Walk Through. Creating an 11x17" mini poster for a local event.

Assignment #2

create a template for the following list:

- movie poster

- 8.5"x11" business flyer

- business card

- postcard

- bumper sticker

- CD cover

Work on Assignment

In class Wed Feb 8th

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

In class Mon Feb 6th

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 Photoshop, iMovie, Quicktime Pro, Meshmixer and Makerware, as well as a hand full of useful shareware and web applications (YouTube, Flickr (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

summer...

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Final Exam

Class Final

Tuesday May 17th 4-7pm

Get help from 3:30-4pm!

In class Tue May 10th

When is the Final, Lets Talk......






Work on Project 


Hand in Projects


Print Projects




Whats Due When?
Project 1 - Day of the Final
Project 4 - Now!
Project 5 - May 12th end of class
Final Project - Day of Final

In class Thur May 5th

Work on Projects

In class Tue May 3rd

Project 6 Assigned


Making images for the web
- just steal it!
- looking up dimensions
- 72dpi but really its about pixels
- Flatten and use Save for Web to make a .jpg
- Upload it to your blog. The Banner will go in the "Header" of your Blog in the "Template" section.

The Background images can be changed under " "Customize" in the "Templates" area 

Making a Favicon

- Create an image 16 pixels X 16 pixel image in Photoshop

- Use Save for Web to create a .jpg

- Go to favicongenerator.com to translate it into a .ico file

- Upload your file onto your blog under "Layout" at the top. 

Putting Links on your Blog
- Under "Layout" select the area you want the links.
- Hit add Gadget and find the Link List. (notice there are a lot of things you can add to your blog) 
- add your link and the link name and save





3D Printing Starts today!

what to do to get your files printed.

1) Show Joe your model laid out in the Makerbot software
2) Pick a PLA color
3) Get on the color rotation list
4) Transfer your file to the appropriate printer
* Replicator 2 files need to be exported as .x3g and transferred to the SD card.
* Makerbot Mini files need to be saved as .thing files and transferd using a USB thumb drive to the computer in the fablab

Cookie cutter dimensions

back layer = 3mm tall

mid layer = 9mm tall

outside layer = 13mm tall

Work on Project