Thursday, August 23, 2012

Due 8/28 -- Photoshop Intro

A. A/C review posted to your blog.
B. Master Sketch and Revised Final Project Statement posted to your blog.
C. Collect and Capture of Source Material. All analogue sources must be in digital format.
D. Experiment with the techniques presented below and bring in a work in progress photoshop file(.psd). Bring all source files to class. There will be time in class to work.

You must watch all links below. You need to take notes and start a keyboard short cut cheat sheet. It is a good idea to have a test file open in photoshop  and pause the tutorial videos experiment in your test file then return and continue to watch.  There will be a practical quiz over the techniques presented below. You may use your notes and keyboard short cut sheet during the quiz.

Creating a Collage -- If you were your scrap book lady -- cheesy but has good techniques -- take notes -- 6:37

Concept and Technique -- Do not freak out. Do not attempt to follow along with this video with your experiment file. Watch this once and listen. Soak it up. You will then watch other videos that expand on her techniques. After you complete the tutorials below return to this video and watch it again.
Video 24:00

Layer Techniques Video -- 38:00

Quick Selection Tool and Masking Basics -- 12:45

Photoshop Toolbox Video Tutorial - 5:22

Using the marquee and lasso tools Video -- 7:31

Content-Aware Fill Video -- 3:00

Content-Aware Fill Video -- 3:44

Non-destructive transformations Video - 4:09

Making Selections -- Article

using improved selecting and masking video - 12:15

refining selection edged video -  5:46

arranging layers video - 9:26
includes locking and clipping mask

Introduction to adjustment layers video - 8:04

mixing layers with blending modes - 6:45
very important!!! write down the keyboard shutout! excellent for creative effects and technical tasks -- also good example of transform distort tool.

Blending Images with a mask video - 5:00

Control tonal range and color using Adjustment Layer video -- 6:52
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Do not watch the link below if you are too overwhelmed.
Our next project will include the technique below -- aka we will make something move in your collage. The project 2 will be for web delivery.

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