PHOTOSHOP: MY WORLD BOTTLED UP
MASKING DEMO VIDEO
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Technique- Masking, Brushes, Layers, Selections, Blending
Creativity- Image Strategies Please complete either one of the tutorials. The photo links may not all work, you may find images from GOOGLE IMAGES as substitutes (ie- road, sky, people etc...). Set your search filter to LARGE images. Low-resolution images will not work well for this project. In the tutorial you will be asked to ERASE certain parts of your objects. Instead, use the MASKING TOOL as taught to you during Mr. Choy's class lesson. The project will be marked on how well you followed each step in the tutorial, the creativity of your finished image, and the quality of your technical skill. HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN BRUSH: Open an image. Make a selection around what you want your brush to look like. Go to EDIT>DEFINE BRUSH PRESET. Your new created brush should show up at the bottom of the brushes palette. Save as: BOTTLE_yourname.psd |
DUE: FEB 10th
RESOURCES:
MORGUEFILE PHOTORACK OPENPHOTO PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES BRUSHEEZY MYPHOTOSHOP BRUSHES BRUSHKING QBRUSHES |
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GANG OF NINJAS [Illustrator Tutorial]
It can be quite tricky getting the hang of Adobe Illustrator, but if you take a step back and concentrate on the basics there's a range of options for creating great looking images. In this tutorial, we'll take a look at constructing a group of vector ninja characters using just the basic shapes and a variety of simple tools, making it a good start for Illustrator beginners.
These are the tools highlighted in the tutorial, you will have learned the following by the end:
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www.vecteezy.com www.freevectors.net www.vectorjunky.com/ http://vector4free.com/ www.123freevectors.com/
PHOTOSHOP: LITTLE BIG PLANET
Photography doesn’t always have to be serious, sometimes it is nice to do something just for fun. Making a landscape look like it is a little planet is one of those things. There aren’t any uses for it, and you wouldn’t spend your photography career doing this. It is, however, one of those photography tricks that a lot of people like to try.
The technical name for this technique is "stereographic projection". Landscape images work best. The photo should have a foreground, a horizon, and a sky. If you have trees or buildings in the image that go out the top of the image it may not work as well. It is all experimental, so you should try images like that. |
INTRO TO PHOTOGRAPHY
The word photography comes from two ancient Greek words: photo, for "light," and graph, for "drawing." "Drawing with light" is a way of describing photography. Today, photography has become a powerful means of communication and a mode of visual expression that touches human life in many ways.
A camera, no matter how many automatic features it may have, is a lifeless piece of equipment until a person uses it. It then becomes a uniquely responsive tool--an extension of the photographer's eye and mind. A photographer creates a picture by a process of selection. Photographers looking through the camera's viewfinder must decide what to include and what to exclude from the scene. They select the distance from which to take the picture and the precise angle that best suits their purpose. They select the instant in which to click the shutter. This decision may require hours of patient waiting until the light is exactly right or it may be a split-second decision, but the photographer's sense of timing is always crucial. Download the PDFs below. You will need it to fill out your worksheet. There is a test on __________ regarding the material covered in class and in the module worksheets. All your worksheets must be completed before you can take the test. MODULE 1: COMPOSITION (Rule of Thirds), FRAMING, FINDING SUBJECTS MODULE 2: SETTINGS, EXPOSURE, CAMERA MODES, HOLDING A CAMERA
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PHONE CAMERAS: COMPOSITION & EXPOSURE
COMPETENCIES
Composition
Adjustments
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6-PACK: PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT
This photo project is called "6-PACK". Not a 6-Pack of beer or somebody's abs if that's what you are thinking.
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GREEN SCREENING - SHORT EXERCISE
What is iMovie Green Screen or Chroma Key effect?
If you shoot a video with a single colored background (often green or blue), iMovie allows you to make that color transparent. You can replace the background with any other video clip, graphic or still image as you like. That is the green screen effect in iMovie. What is Keying? Keying is the process of isolating a single color or brightness value in an electronic image and using software to make that value transparent, allowing another image to show through the affected areas. So why is that odd and ugly shade of green the hue of choice for television and video? The biggest factor is contrast. In order to isolate one area from the rest, the background color must be distinctly different. Bright green beats blue partially because it is not a color commonly worn by talent. Any clothing that matches the background too closely will also key out, punching a hole in your subject’s body, or making him invisible altogether. With iMovie green screen effect, it's easy to superimpose anything into any shot. For example, you can transport yourself to anywhere you like, or appear in your favorite movies. That's interesting, right? How to use green screen effect in iMovie? Many people may be bothered by it. Now follow the steps to apply green screen effect in iMovie and you will find adding iMovie green screen effect is just a piece of cake. PROJECT OBJECTIVE: Create a 1-2 min short film using the green screen.
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JOINER PHOTOGRAPHY [Multiple View Points]
PHOTOSHOP CANVAS SETUP
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Multi-viewpoints from a single point in space.
How do you see the world? Look around you - do you see the scene in front of you as a whole scene, a neat little square with every thing visible at once - just like a photograph or painting? Or do you see a variety of elements and fragments? For example if you look at a person in a room do your eyes see the whole or do your eyes flicker between different parts of the scene. This is probably a closer description of how we see the world - from multiple viewpoints that are then pieced together by our mind. This is the most obvious and common joiner. You stand in one place and take photos all around you. With a ‘panorama’ you simply swivel and take from left to right or vice versa. To record a greater field of vision you work both up and down and across. Create a mini joiner photograph using 8-10 photos. You will want to work with a file size that can eventually be re-sized or can be cropped into a 8x12 dividable image size for printing. Some joiner photographers will have a white background or a black background. This is your choice. You will want to work in Photoshop to complete this project. Use your creativity and choose an object that is meaningful for you! *In lieu of running out of time, i have altered this project and i am now looking for a smaller mini joiner project. Note that I will be looking for 8-10 photos. This will give you more options of what to photograph. Can be a portrait, object, or landscape. Save final project as Joiner_yourname.jpg (Keep a PSD version for yourself so you have your layers saved)
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INTRO TO FILM MAKING- "Dumb and Dumber"
Camera Shots, Angles, and Movements .
I’m sure you’re itching to start shooting. Do you know the tricks of the trade? Do you know the industry standards? Before you start making a new style for yourself, you better know what tools you have to choose from. The first thing to learn is how to frame your subject. From photography you’ll already know about the rule of thirds. This works for film-making as well. On the right side is a PDF of the camera shots that are industry standards and universally used all around the world by filmmakers. We will be having a Camera Shots quiz sometime next week, so you may want to study. Camera shots are tools that help you effectively tell your story. Nobody wants to watch a film that is shot entirely from one spot, angle, and zoom. PROJECT OBJECTIVE
Using the given scene from Dumb + Dumber, recreate your own version in groups of no more than 5. The only thing you can not change is the dialogue. The settings, costumes, props, and characters can be changed. Be creative. You must include the camera shots and technique instructions that are given. Download the script on the right hand side, the full details of the project are on it. Please spend the time to read through it. You will create a storyboard before doing any filming. Your storyboard must have all sections filled in. The drawings need to be the best that you can do. You need to hand it in to the teacher when you are done for safe keeping. Please also save your final edit as a QUICKTIME file. In iMovie go to SHARE>EXPORT MOVIE, settings are changed to FULL QUALITY HD |
Camera Shots - Camera Angles - Camera Movements
Storyboards - Script Writing
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FILM: COMMERCIAL PARODY
A commercial parody is a fictional advertisement for a non-existent product.
Used either as a way of ridiculing or drawing negative attention towards a real advertisement. This is a group project, no more than 4 members to a group. You will brainstorm together and come up with a product or service you want to spoof. Here's a challenge, stay away from just creating an "INFOMERCIAL"where you have a spokes person who talks to the camera. Rather, think of a commercial as a short 30 second movie that tells a story and sells something. The story is the information about the product/service you are selling. COMMERCIAL TIME LIMITS: 30-60 seconds (MAX) CAMERA SHOT LIST:
These are the "needed" shots list, but you are free to add other camera shots as well. You will be creating your own product or service. Complete with logo design, packaging, and advertisement. Please also save your final edit as a QUICKTIME file. In iMovie go to SHARE>QUICKTIME and make sure the setting is changed to FULL QUALITY. STORYBOARD FILE & IDEA GENERATOR
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THE FILM MAKING PROCESS
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PHOTOSHOP: COLOR SPLASH [photography]
Washing out or “color splashing” certain objects is an effective way to either dramatize or call attention to what you deem important. It creates a center, even when that object isn’t in the center.
Go through some of the 'good' photos you took for your previous photography projects. Choose 3-4 photos that would be strong choices for using the "color splashing" effect. Use the tutorial links to help you walk through the steps required in achieving this effect.
This method will require you to create ADJUSTMENT LAYERS & LAYER MASKS.
Go through some of the 'good' photos you took for your previous photography projects. Choose 3-4 photos that would be strong choices for using the "color splashing" effect. Use the tutorial links to help you walk through the steps required in achieving this effect.
This method will require you to create ADJUSTMENT LAYERS & LAYER MASKS.