Week #2

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File Management

- File management: Saving files in directories, and making .jpg, .psd, and .tiff files.

*Scanner Demo?

images (jpg, gif, png, pdf)

.tif or .jpg, image resolution, dpi, pix/inch,

.jpg or .gif

Hexadecimal System (RGB)
& CMYK

*Color Profile: sRGB or Adobe RGB (1998)?
digital cameras, Camera Raw

Examples: black_canyon.jpg(6.5mb) & arches.CR2(8.3mb)

*Look at HOMEWORK from Week#1

The Library of Congress' photostream
Look for images that say, "No known restrictions".
(example)

PHOTOSHOP(basics)

*Color settings (color profile & color mode),
importing images,
image adjustments (hue/saturation),
image size (resample image, constrain proportions)
selections,
layers (duplicating),
*clipboard,
transform,
filters,
blending modes,
paint tools,
*gradients

More with Photoshop (some review)

*masks,
grouping layers,
layer styles,

full screen,
rulers,
guides,
flattening your image

If there is enough time...

HOMEWORK:

- Create a Photoshop document (17in. wide, 11in. tall, 300ppi).
- Using rulers & guides, create a 1 inch (white or black) margin.
- Imagining that you are designing a 2-page spread, divide the page in half.
- One page should be filled with an image, the other side should have information.
- Use original images, created by you (these can be created this week, or older artwork).
- On the informative page, include your name as the header.
- Write at least 2 paragraphs about yourself and/or your artwork.
Note: You can have as many images as you want. You can use 1, 2, or 3 columns of text.

ART219

Week #2