In class wed Sept 28th

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Photoshop Basics
Meg - Patch Tool
Emily - Healing Brush


Vector Tools
- Shape Tool
- Type Tool

Project 3 Assigned

Tips for Accomplishing Project 3

1) find images that are at least 1200 pixels on the shortest side

2) look for images that have people/things in similar positions

3) look for images with a light source that comes from the same side.

4) look for images that are similar in tone

5) duplicate important layers when necessary

6) save often

* Be considerate of who the celebrities are that you are choosing. What is their new identity when they are "mashed up".

Work on Project 2

Hand in Project 2 before you leave class today!

In class Mon 26th

Photoshop Basic Tools

Michaela - Burn Tool

Kate - Dodge Tool

Liz - Sharpen

Audrey - Blur

Cayley - Smudge

- Crop

- Image Rotation

Image --> Adjustments

- Color Adjustments

-- Histogram

-- Levels

RGB = Red Green Blue

CMYK = Cyan Magenta Yellow Black

Work on Project Due Wednesday

In class wed Sept 21st

Image Qualities & Aesthetics connected to changes in technology

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Photoshop Basic Tools

DeVante - Pencil Tool

Ashley - Brush Tool

Beck - Paint Bucket

Jill - Gradient

JOe - Crop

Photoshop Advanced Tools

- selection tools

- Layers

- clone stamp / pattern stamp

- healing brush / patch tool

Work on Project 2

Proj 2 Due Wed Sept 28th

In class mon Sept 19th

Flash Drive Test!

Hand in and Review the DaDa CD covers.

Photoshop Tools

DeVante - Pencil Tool

Ashley - Brush Tool

Meryl - Eraser Tool

- Image size / Canvas size

- Preferences

- History / Undo function

- Foreground/Background Color

- Eyedropper

Project 2 Assigned Due Wed 28th Sept

Work on Project!

In Class Wed Sept 14th

*Flash Drive Test on Monday!

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

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 - Create 5 different Album Covers

6- Hand them in to Joe

Work on Assignment

In class Mon Sept 12th

Bring Your Computers to class!

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 - Web 3.0

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.

There are 4 Teaching Assistants for this class.

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 2 GB thumbdrive.

Lets take the Awareness Test!

The Final

the Final - Monday 23rd 12-3pm

Grade Your Work for the semester.

Is your website on the list at the top of this page?


Review your websites

Enjoy the Summer!

Grading

10% Participation (in-class and online)

10% Assignments

30% Project 1 ArtBlog

10% Project 2 Visual Re-Mix

10% Project 3 Transformation

10% Project 4 Photoshop-motion Animated Video

10% Project 5 Net.Art

10% Project 6 Personal Network

Grades are determined through the following Rubric: Craftsmanship, Aesthetic, Consideration, Effort & Directions

Craftsmanship - the quality and skill used in the creation and a presentation of your finished projects

Aesthetic - the visual appearance of the content of your finished project. Your images aesthetic quality, composition and the images content.

Consideration - this is the area that looks at the depth of your project. how does what you created function in society, what does it say (or not say)?

Effort - Did you try or not? If this comes easy to you then you really need to work hard to show effort.

Directions - all projects have specific directions on how to name files and when projects are due. following the directions makes it easier for me to work with and review your files. all projects are expected to be complete on the due date.

100-92 A = You tried very hard, handed in all the projects and assignments on time and created excellent work.

91-83 B = You tried hard and handed in all the projects and assignments on time and created great work.

82-74 C = You tried, handed in most of the projects & assignments on time and created good work.

73-65 D = You barely tried, handed in most of the projects & assignments and created good work.

64-0 F = You really didn’t try and didn’t hand in much work.

Turning in Projects

1. Projects are due at the beginning of class on the scheduled critique day.

2. Late projects are due exactly one week from the critique date. Late projects will lose ½ a letter grade. Projects will not be accepted after the late date and will be assessed based on the work turned in for critique.

Critiques

1. If you are late or miss a regular critique, the project for that critique will be lowered by one letter grade.

2. Attendance at the Final critique is mandatory. Missing the final critique will result in an “F” for the Final Project. NO late Final Projects will be accepted!