Digital Photography & Imaging /Exercises
7/4/2023 - 7/7/2023 / Week 1 - Week 13
Tong Min Xuan / 0362744
Digital Photography & Imaging / Bachelor of Design in Creative
Media
Exercises
CONTENT
-Instructions
-Reflections
LECTURES
Week 1
For the first week ,lecturer introduce the module task and the first two
Project 1 exercises, and conduct us to create a new Pinterest account. To hone
our pen tool abilities, we also played the Bezier game in class as well. An
explanation of Photoshop, emphasising its importance to designers and why. It
was also noted that photo alteration might be used for "digital imaging,"
which included both what individuals could do before Photoshop and what they
could do with it. Additionally, we studied how to succeed as graphic
designers. We were to locate three Photoshopped photographs on Pinterest and
explain why we chose them before the exercise even began.
Week 2
Introduction to adobe photoshop
-Basic composition which is white space, a focal point, scale and hierarchy,
and a balance of the elements.
-Using two horizontal and two vertical lines, divide an image into thirds
using the Rule of Thirds. This method creates an imaginary grid with nine
components and four junction points.
-The Golden Ratio is a mathematical ratio that encourages organic and
natural-looking compositions that are visually appealing (via harmony and
proportion). a helpful formula for calculating the layout's dimensions (a
quick method is to set the ratio 1: 1.618)
-"Commonly used frames" - Single - Two shot composition (framing and
cropping)
- Point of view
- Over the shoulder
- Insert shot
Week 3
Introduction of Photoshop
Selection and moving tools.
-Photoshop has dozens of selection tools, from the Rectangular or Elliptical
Marquee tool to the Lasso tool. There are also AI-powered fast selection
tools like the Magic Wand tool or the Quick Selection tool. Once you’ve done
your selecting, move and manipulate your selection with the Move tool.
Navigation tools.
-There are only three navigation tools in this toolbar, but they’re all
powerful. The Hand tool lets you pan and move around your canvas, the Rotate
View tool allows you to rotate quickly, and the Zoom tool brings you in for
a closer look or allows you to back out for the big picture.
-Quick Mask, Rectangular marquee, Elliptical marquee, Lasso, Polygonal
Lasso, Magnetic Lasso, Magic Wand. The most efficient way to make a
selection in Adobe Photoshop is to use Quick Mask mode. in the lower part of
the Toolbox or use a hot key Q .
Week 4
Introduction to photoshop. (adjustment layer & filters)
layer adjustment
-a collection of extremely helpful, non-destructive image editing tools that
enhance an image's colour and tonality without permanently altering any
pixels - can at any time alter the image, remove the adjustments, and
restore the original.
"Basic understanding": changing the brightness (highlights) and contrast
(shadows)
- level (adjustment of the shadow, midtone, and highlight levels)
- curves (tone editing)
exposure (change exposure levels, offset, and gamma)
- selective colour (changes only the amount of one primary colour, leaving
the other primary colours alone).
filters
-alter the colour, add blur, or come up with entirely new image effects
Week 10
Introduction of After Effects
-It is used in the post-production phase in the creation of movies, video
games, and television shows. Adobe After Effects is a digital visual
effects, motion graphics, and compositing tool. After Effects can be used
for keying, tracking, compositing, and animation among other things.
Additionally, it performs extremely simple non-linear editing, audio
editing, and media transcoding tasks. The programme received an Academy
Award for technical and scientific accomplishment in 2019.
INSTRUCTIONS
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Exercises :
-Beizier Game score
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Fig 1.1 Beizier Game score Screenshot
We may learn and practise using the pen tool with this game because
Photoshop and Illustrator both use it.
-Blending mode
Fig 1.2 exercise
In the class, we practiced several enhancement techniques based on the
lecturer teachings and steps, which will help us in our subsequent
projects.
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REFLECTIONS
Experience
-I've never discovered the Pen tool's versatility with the Bezier game before.
This was a terrific learning experience for me because I've never used many blending options in Photoshop. Additionally, I picked up a lot of knowledge in the classroom.
Observations
-There are numerous shortcuts to hit in order to carry out specific operations, which can be confusing.
The exercises and assignments were actually very interesting, and after studying what each function did for a bit, it didn't appear as confusing as it initially seemed to be, so it wasn't that difficult to figure out as long as I was serious about learning it. This is so because the software's features and mode of operation are remarkably similar to those of other video editing programmes.
Findings
-I find that after taking a semester of dpi, I am more proficient and flexible with these software as well as skills to create better work, and I can continue to use these skills in future challenges to keep learning as well as progressing!
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