DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING // PROJECT 1
Ang Shin Er / 0355231
Bachelor Of Design (Hons) In Creative Media / Taylor's University
Digital Photography and Imaging // Project 1: Collage Design
Digital Photography and Imaging // Project 1: Collage Design
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LECTURES
WEEK 1 - LEARNING & ASSIGNMENT OBJECTIVES
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Variation of Pen Tool
1. Straight line paths
4. Complex S curves
3. Simple S curves
2. U shaped curves
Layers are different images stacked on
top of each other. You can use each layer without affecting another one to make
adjustments. Together they form one final image.
WEEK 1 - LEARNING & ASSIGNMENT OBJECTIVES
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In week 1 lecture class, Mr. Fauzi explained what is
Digital Photography and Imaging
and what we will learn in the module. We were also briefed
on where the class material and important announcements will be
posted. Mr. Fauzi also told us why it's important to well-organize
your file. Next, we were told to set up an e-portfolio by using Blogspot. This e-portfolio is not only used to record all the work that has
been done in this course but it is also used to submit all the tasks
and assignments.
After That, Mr. Fauzi takes us to go through the first lecture
slides, which is Introduction to Digital Photography & Imaging.
1. Why need to learn Photoshop
2. The importance of photoshop for the Graphic Designer
3. Photograph Manipulation
4. Digital Imaging
5. Top 10 Tips for Successful Graphic Designer
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WEEK 2 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITION
Introduction to basic composition.
1. FOCAL POINT | A key element to any good composition is a strong focal point, as it helps your viewers’ eyes naturally settle on the important pieces of your design first.
2. SCALE & HIERARCHY | Scale is often used to help communicate hierarchy by drawing attention toward and away from certain elements, thus signifying their importance to the communication.
3. BALANCE THE ELEMENTS | A good technique for mastering asymmetrical balance is to think of each element as having a ‘weight’ to it. Smaller objects might ‘weigh’ less than larger objects, and heavily textured elements might ‘weigh’ more than flatly colored elements.
4. WHITE SPACE | White space is mostly known as “empty space” to balance up the main focus of a composition. White space when used strategically can help boost your design’s clarity and overall look by balancing out the more complicated and busy parts of your composition with space that helps your design to breathe.
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Rule of Thirds
The Rule of Thirds is the process of dividing an imageinto thirds, using two horizontal and two vertical lines. This imaginary grid yields nine parts with four intersection points.
The Rule of Thirds is a way to:
- Use composition techniques that are in line with what’s naturally pleasing to the eye.
- Creatively use negative space.
- Create conversation between the subject and background.
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Golden Ratio
The Golden Ratio is a mathematical ratio. It is commonly found in nature, and when used in a design,it fosters organic and natural-looking compositions that are aesthetically pleasing to the eye.
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WEEK 3 - INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP 2
Introduce the most tool that will use in Digital imaging
| Lasso Tool, Pen Tool & Layering.
| Selection, Layering
| Tool Box
Photoshop provides several tool sets in the Toolbox, and you can expand the tool sets to reveal additional tools.
| Marquee Selection Tools Select and Mask
| Lasso Tool
How to Use the Lasso Tool
The Lasso Tool allow you to draw and pinpoint specific areas of a document. If you like drawing with pencil and paper or cutting and pasting objects from a photo, then you will love the Lasso Tool.
When you click on the Lasso Tool from the Toolbar, you will see three different tool options: Lasso , Polygonal Lasso , Magnetic Lasso.
The Lasso Tool is great to use with a graphic tablet because it is similar to a pencil. Unlike a mouse or trackpad, a graphic tablet can give a better flow when drawing and making selections.
| Pen Tool
How to Use the Pen Tool
When it comes to actually creating a path from scratch, the pen tool is the most common option.
The pen tool is the way that you add these points and the way you drag the tool as you create the points determines how they will look.
Variation of Pen Tool
1. Straight line paths
4. Complex S curves
3. Simple S curves
2. U shaped curves
| Layering Tool
How to use Layer in Photoshop
The advantage of using Layers is that you can save a Photoshop file with all the layers included. This means you can use layers for non-destructive editing. Your adjustments in Photoshop will never destroy the original image and contain all the extra information and/ or images you want to add to the original file.
WEEK 4 - INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP 3
What is Adjustment Layer? | add color and tonal adjustments to your image without permanently changing its pixels.
With the adjustment layers, you can edit and discard your adjustments or restore your original image at any time. This will make your workflow in Photoshop more flexible and efficient, and is an absolute must-know.
Basic understanding of Adjustment
Layer
When you add an adjustment layer to your
image, a new layer will appear over your
image and a properties panel specific to
the type of adjustment you’ve selected
will pop up. The Properties panel will
allow you to modify your adjustment layer,
which in turn will modify your
image.
3. CURVES | Can adjust as many points as you want throughout the entire tonal range of your image, and is the most powerful and precise tool for editing the tones in an image.
4. EXPOSURE | to adjust the highlights of the image, Offset adjusts the mid tones and Gamma will adjust the dark tones only
5. SELECTIVE COLOUR | It canselectively modifies the amount of a primary color without modifying the other primary colors in your image.
What is Filter? | There are filters to change colour, add blur or create completely new image effects. Photoshop offers a virtually unlimited variety of filters for this purpose.
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INSTRUCTION:
The Concept
The module introduces digital visual and imaging manipulation as a tool
to express students’ vision and creative reinterpretation of the world
through digital visual imagery.
This module equips students with conceptual, practical, and critical
skills and knowledge of digital imagery, and to use Photoshop to produce
digitally generated and manipulated images. Students will develop their
knowledge of and skills in digital imaging and manipulation through a
series of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises.
They will undergo practical assessments in the form of projects and
exercises throughout the semester. Students will then render and submit
a culminated final project and/or a body of work (portfolio) to
demonstrate their ability to solve communication problems using the
appropriate software and hardware as a form of the final
assessment.
PRACTICAL:
WEEK 1 | PRACTICAL
1.Bezier Game - Here is my Bezier Game result👅
2. List of my 3 favorite graphic design work from Pinterest.
DESIGN #1
This is a digital painting from a project named, Motel Art by Mariam ElReweny. I choose this illustration is because the drawing and painting
look real and the combination of warm tones goes well together.
DESIGN #2
This is a transformation of Evian Water's advertising poster into
Cielo Water by Hans Vergara. I like the details that are added to
the poster, especially in the water part. The water flowing out
of the lake shows how clear the water is. In the second half, it
became a cold south/north with penguins, icebergs, mint, and more.
Its shows that the water will be cool and fresh. Overall the poster
looks very fresh and outstanding. All elements and the graphic
inside are in the correct position and contain the meaning inside.
DESIGN #3
This is an advertisement for a brand named, 汤巨倍健 from China and is
mainly advertises their protein powder. The design showed the product
was created in a laboratory. I think it is a creative way to express
scientific nutrition. The colours used look clean and are look
futuristic.
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WEEK 2 | PROJECT 1A - Collage Design Element
Preparation:
- Prepare a scissor, blade cutter, ruler and glue
- Explore some graphics from magazines/books/newspaper or ohters,and trim it
- Place the elements that had prepare into 3 different composition
- Finalize the composition and paste it together
My collage concept:
I found the material from a girl magazine, so I decided to do a
collage with a girl topic. My Inspiration is from an artical
that I had read before saying that dreaming of dancing in sunset
dream indicates the ending of the bad times. So, my concept is a
girl who is dancing at the sunset.
I had try many composition and discover many element from the
magazine that I bought, here are the 3 composition that I had
choose to finalize my collage art.
| PRE-COMPOSITION #1
| PRE-COMPOSITION #2
| PRE-COMPOSITION #3
Based on the feedback that given by Mr Fauzi. My final
composition will be the composition #1
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WEEK 3 | PROJECT 1B - Collage Design Element
(Digital)
Instruction:
1. Download all of the images that given.
2. Follow this tutorial demo to create own digital collage
3. Create 3 different composition digital collages from the images that given.
4. Create an A4 canvas size (vertical) on Photoshop and start to do the compositions.
2. Follow this tutorial demo to create own digital collage
3. Create 3 different composition digital collages from the images that given.
4. Create an A4 canvas size (vertical) on Photoshop and start to do the compositions.
I created 6 collage art, # of it is using the images
that given by Mr Fauzi, and others is from Mr. Martin.
Here is my collage that using the image that given by Mr
Fauzi.
| COMPOSITION #1
| COMPOSITION #2
| COMPOSITION #3
As an excercise, I also used the image that given by Mr
Martin to create another 3 composition of the collage art.
#1
I had practice the rules of third for this collage art.
#2
#3
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WEEK 4 | PROJECT 1B - Adjustment Layer
After received the feedback from Mr Fauzi, I am
choosing composition #3 to do the next
step which is adjustment layer. I am using Adobe Illustration to do my editing, because I havent received Adobe account from school and I only have Adobe illustrator.
- Contrast (which I can use level in PS) - to increase the contrast of the image.
- Hue/Saturation (which I can use hue/saturated in PS) - made the color more darker
- colour tone (which I can use for add filter in PS) - adding warm colour
After Editing, the colour of my collage look more hue-saturated compared to the original. And the structure is more clear and stands out.
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