WK 08 - INTRODUCTION of PHOTOSHOP...

Adobe Photoshop is the premier photo editing software tool available. Whether you are working on a webpage, Powerpoint presentation, or a document to be printed, Photoshop can be used to enhance your images. Participants will learn about image file types, cropping images, compositing (putting several images together), ghosting images (for use as webpage backgrounds), using layers, creating masks, applying filters, and formatting text with bevels and other effects.


WHY USE PHOTOSHOP?
The internet was originally created by U.S. Department of Defense researchers to exchange textual documents. Once someone discovered how to add graphics to the exchanged document, however, the internet really began to take off.
As HyperStudio author Roger Wagner has observed, we live in a mediacentric society that increasingly relies upon multimedia in its varied forms to both inform and entertain us. It is natural for people living within this media-saturated culture to want to create some of that media-- and Adobe PhotoShop is the perfect tool for that task.
With PhotoShop, you can:

1. Create original artwork
2. esign graphics for a webpage or website
3. Make "ghosted" images that can be used as the background for webpages 
4. Correct flaws and imperfections in a photograph
5. create a photo collage : a compostition made up of several different photos
6. Create a deceptively realistic photo that is not real
7. Alter photographs for political / propaganda purposes
8. Design smashing layouts for a classroom newspaper, brochure, or flyer
9. Have a ton of fun being CREATIVE!

PhotoShop is a program that is so rich, complex, and powerful, people literally spend most of the waking hours of their life using it, and are still always learning new tricks and techniques! Thankfully, however, the learning curve for PhotoShop is not steep, and users can create very appealing products with a short introduction to the concepts and tools of PhotoShop. That is one of the primary goals of this workshop!
To help spark your own creativity, I have provided documentation of how I created the images used in this online curriculum in the last section, "Graphics Techniques." Every image in this curriculum that is not a "screenshot" is clickable to the provided documentation.


OBTAIN THE SOFTWARE

Minimum Requirements for Windows	Minimum Requirements for Macintosh
Intel® Pentium® processor Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows Millennium, Windows 2000, or Windows NT® 4.0 64 MB of available RAM 125 MB of available hard-disk space Color monitor with 256-color (8-bit) or greater video card Monitor resolution of 800x600 or greater	PowerPC® processor Mac OS software version 8.5, 8.6, or 9.0 64 MB** of available RAM (with virtual memory on) 125 MB of available hard-disk space Color monitor with 256-color (8-bit) or greater video card Monitor resolution of 800x600 or greater ** 128 MB of RAM required to run Photoshop and ImageReady concurrently

WORKING WITH IMAGES
From the WINDOW menu, make sure LAYERS and NAVIGATOR have checkmarks beside them. These are floating palettes that are in the bottom right and upper right corners of the screen by default.
These basic techniques will help you view and navigate around within an image in PhotoShop:

1. Select a Layer
   1. In the Layer palette (lower right corner) click on a layer to selected it.
   2. The layer will be blue when selected:
2. Hide / Show a layer
   1. Click on the eye () next to a layer to hide it.
   2. Click on the same box (which will be empty when the image is hidden) to show the layer again.
3. Use the Navigation Palette to zoom in/out and move around in a zoomed image
4. Resize the displayed window
   1. Click on the lower left corner of a PhotoShop window and hold down the mouse
   2. Drag the corner to resize the window
5. Move contents of a layer with the MOVE tool
   1. Select the layer containing the content you want to move or reposition (hide/show to find it).
   2. Click on the move tool (arrow tool) in the upper left corner of the toolbar (left side of the screen):
   3. Click and drag on the layer to move it as desired.

Other PhotoShop Palettes can be viewed or hidden from the WINDOW menu at the top of the screen.
Basic Keyboard Shortcuts can also be helpful:

Windows	Macintosh
Ctrl + A Select all Ctrl + C Copy Ctrl + V Paste Ctrl + N Create a new file Ctrl + S Save your file	Command + A Select all Command + C Copy Command + V Paste Command + N Create a new file Command + S Save your file

Assisgnment 1 ( ii )

~ Incorrect vs Correct Technic ~
At least six images with incorrect exposure and shooting techniques and the corrected version of the images with the correct exposure and shooting techniques.

1)

Unbalance vs Balance
- 1st pic, balancing on the colours and the arrangement of the wall does not shows at all stages. It looks like the wall had been cut through.
- 2nd pic the arrangement of shapes, colours, areas of light(sky) and dark that complement each other.


2)

1st image are to dark. Adjust the aperture from 4.2 to 4 and by using a flash to get an output as image 2.



3)

1st image does not focus on the sign correctly. The correct focus should includes the whole sign for message delivery.

4)

1st image does not shows a symmetric. 2nd image is much better as we can see a simmetric from both side of the brick.

5)

A branch in the 1st image is an obstacle to the image of an old cottage. The correct position should in front of the branch.

6)

1st image dies not focus on the correct way compare to 2nd image. 2nd image did applied a rule of third in good composition.

Assisgnment 1 ( i )

Part 1

Realistic Images produced by using DSLR (minimum 8 images – 2 portrait images, 4 landscape images, and 2 macro images). Each image has to be explained with the exposure setting (Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO) that has been used.

** Potrait Images

                                            D50 | f4.2 | 1/400sec | iso800 | 45mm

                                            D50 | f4.8 | 1/40sec | iso800 | 35mm

                                            D50 | f4.2 | 1/10sec | iso200 | 30mm

                                            D50 | f7.1 | 1/640sec | iso200 | 32mm




** Landscape Images

                                             D50 | f11 | 1/80sec | iso400 | 23mm

                                             D50 | f3.8 | 1/400sec | iso200

                                            D50 | f5.6 | 1/250sec | iso200 | 55mm

                                            D50 | f8 | 1/250sec | iso200 | 40mm

                                               D50 | f3.8 | 1/250sec | iso200 | 23mm

                                             D50 | f5.6 | 1/80sec | iso400 | 55mm

                                               D50 | f3.8 | 1/25sec | iso200 | 20mm

                                            D60 | f7.1 | 1/160sec | iso200 | 55mm

                                               D50 | f8 | 1/640sec | iso600 | 23mm
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                                             D50 | f22 | 1/125sec | iso200 | 19mm

                                            D50 | f18 | 1/60sec | iso200 | 45mm

                                            D50 | f36 | 1/25sec | iso200 | 55mm

                                                D50 | f5.6 | 1/00sec | iso200 | 55mm

                                           D50 | f5.6 | 1/640sec | iso200 | 46mm

                                            D50 | f5.6 | 1/30sec | | iso200 | 55mm

                                               D50 | f5.6 | 1/1250sec | iso200 | 55mm

                                             D50 | f5.6 | 1/30sec | iso200 | 55mm




** Macro Images

                                            D80 | f0 | 1/100sec | iso400 | 0mm | exposure bias -2.7 step

                                            D80 | f0 | 1/100sec | iso400 | 0mm | exposure bias -2.7 step

                                            D50 | f5.6 | 1/250sec | iso200 | 55mm

WK 07 - DoF & COMPOSITION

DoF

Depth of field is the amount of distance between the nearest and farthest objects that appear in acceptably sharp focus in a photography

A few factors may have a direct relationship with depth of field are :
    1) the diaphragm openingg of the lense (aperture)
    2) the focal length of the lense in use
    3) image size (distance of the camera & object)

Quick Reference Guide: Depth of field is governed by three factors: aperture, lens focal length and shooting distance. Remember the following relationships:

1. The smaller the aperture, the deeper the depth of field (the other two factors remaining the same). For example, if the lens focal length and the shooting distance stay the same, the depth of field is much deeper at f/16 than at f/1.4.
2. The shorter the lens focal length, the deeper the depth of field (the other two factors remaining the same). For example, comparing a 28mm lens with a 50mm lens at the same aperture and shooting distance, depth of field is deeper with the 28mm lens..
3. The greater the shooting distance, the deeper the depth of field. i.e. other two factors remaining the same). For example, if the subject is photographed from three and then from seven meters away, the zone of sharpness in the foreground and background is greater at seven meters.

Another characteristic of depth of field is that it is generally deeper in the background than in the foreground.

COMPOSITION

Good composition is a key element of good photographs. Good composition guidelines in photography are :

1) Simplicity
          - Look for ways to give the center of interest in our pictures the most visual attention.
          - One way to select uncomplicated backgrounds that won't steal attention from our subjects.

2) The Rule of Third
          - The rule states that an image should be imagined as divided into 9 equal parts by 2 equally-spaced horizontal lines and 2 equally-spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.

   3) Lines
          - We can use diagonals as leading lines to provide a way into the picture. It's a simple and easy path for the eye to follow to the main subject. You can also use repetitive lines to draw viewers' attention to your center of interest. One of the most common and graceful lines used in composition is called the S curve.

   4) Balance
          - Good balance is simply the arrangement of shapes, colors, or areas of light and dark that complement one another so that the photograph looks well-balanced.

   5) Framing

• Sometimes you've a object of huge dominance within a scene.
• While breathtaking on-location, the final picture looks often much less impressive due to uninteresting space around the object.
• Try to find a frame which can eliminate the unimportant surrounding and focus the view.

A frame serves numerous purposes :

• It gives the image depth and helps to give the perception to viewers of it that they’re looking at something that is more than 2 dimensions.
• Framing can add context to a shot

WK 06 - STUDIO PHOTO SHOOT

WK 05 - MID-TERM BREAK

YEEAAHHOOOOO!!!!!!!
Its a mid term break!
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR