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Lecture 2 23rd Feb Digital Image (1)

Outline Week 2 will look at the digital image as it stands in contemporary art practice, including a short history.

Lab Topic Basic Photoshop

Checkpoint - locate Photoshop and use basic editing functions

- save a copy of the image used to work on for your worksheet and record a descriptipn of what you did

BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, ALL STUDENT SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE SAVED IMAGE SHOWING SOME KIND OF MANIPULATION IN PHOTOSHOP WITH ADDED TEXT. THE LABS AND THIS WORKSHEET WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO USE A PHOTOSHOP SAMPLE IMAGE BUT YOU MAY ALSO USE ONE OF YOUR OWN. What version of Photoshop do the school computers have?:

Basic tools:
If you havent used it before, spend some time looking round Photoshop at the types of tools that are available. Watch this video: http://www.photoshopvids.com/photshop-tutorials/photoshoptutorials-introduction-to-photoshop-cs3/

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Where to find sample images for using in Photoshop:

Use ADOBE BRIDGE to browse |Open vanishing.psd

Use the POLYGON LASSO tool to select the dog (or other object if you are using your own image).

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You can now EDIT your selection (in this case the dog). A basic edit is to copy and paste to make a clone of the selected area.

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Go to the EDIT MENU>COPY and the EDIT MENU>PASTE. (Keyboard shortcuts are CTRL+C and CTRL+V ) You should now be able to change to the selction tool (arrow) and pick up the dog on the top.

IN YOUR OWN TIME, have a go with the other selection tools to see the differences! Make a Basic CROP of your image.
Draw the symbol for the CROP and the POLYGON LASSO tools:

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Using the TEXT TOOL add some Text to your Image, and change the colour of the text.

MAKE SURE YOU SAVE AS! And save your file as a jpeg (from the drop down menu), and save it into your digital literacy folder.

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