Week 08

IN CLASS
Quick critique of Illustrated Avatars on screen

NEW MATERIAL
Introduce Photoshop!

  • Recap of Raster Images
  • Tour of the interface
  • Document Setup/Pixel Dimensions
  • Layers
  • Making Selections
  • Non-Destructive Editing
  • Masking
  • Adjustment Layers
  • Moving layers/images between documents

Screenshot to pasteboard: Cmd+Shift+Ctrl+4
Selecting imagery online (use tools-> size in google search)

RESOURCES
Intro to Photoshop Tutorial

PS tools

 

IN CLASS EXERCISES
Use this image to clone out the deer
Use this image to clip the creature and add a color background
Use this image to make everything black + white except flowers (and change the color of flowers as a bonus)

HOMEWORK
Combine a person/animal and a food by masking 2 found images together.
Save your working file as a PSD.
Upload your image into this Dropbox folder

Example