Difference between revisions of "Art New Media Science - Photoshop"
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Revision as of 10:38, 20 October 2010
Workshop Date: October 26th 10-11:30am and 11:30 - 1pm
Contents
Workshop overview
introduction to working with Photoshop to explore basic functionality and concepts behind the software.
Key topics
- Media management and file hygiene
- how Photoshop works as a graphical interface managing data
- open same image file in text editor, metasynth (listen to image data) and photoshop
- ways that Photoshop can help you with basic design principles
- Composition : rulers, guides and cropping
- Color: Histograms (and channels), level adjustments, color modes
Key skills
- Layers and Compositing
- Color Correction
- Zoom: Cmd +/-
- Hand tool: Space Bar (used to move around an image)
Image size and resolution
- Image > image Size to see the overall size in pixels of your image
- Resizing photos for various usages including: Web, email attachment, and print
- Cropping - using the crop tool to remove portions of the image outside of the crop selection
- You can set the image size to crop to in the properties bar i.e. 400 px (remember the px)
Image adjustments
located under Image > Adjustments
- Levels - set your black point
- Convert an image to black & white
Saving your work
- File > Save as. Choose Photoshop as the file format. This will create a uncompressed Photoshop native image file format. It's a good idea to keep an uncompressed copy of your images.
Working with Layers
- Create new layers
- Copying between layers
- Duplicating layers
- Adjustment layers
Working with selections
- intro to selection tools: marqui, lasso, etc.
- adjusting selections
- copying selections to another layer
Exercise: create a composite image using multiple pinhole camera images
Saving for web
- Saving for web: File > Save for Web & Devices
- Choose the highest quality with the best (smallest) file size.
