Assignment Details

April 19th: Stop Motion Project
Today you should complete shooting your last stop-motion project.
Requirements:

  • 500 - 600 Frames
  • Intro Title
  • Music added - with citation as an end credit- click this link here to see citation format
    • Check out Incompetech for royalty free/creative commons music.
      Check out Free Sound Project for free sound effects (you must register at this site).
  • Posted to youtube:
    • Posting and Embedding your Video on your Blog
      Go to Youtube and sign in using your gmail/google credentials


      Click the upload button

      Drag your video into the web browser


      Click "Share" then Click "Embed"



       First switch to HTML mode, then paste the embedding code at the very top. Then click publish.
April 15th: Stop Motion Practice

Today we will create a basic practice stop motion project. It should have 100 - 200 frames or separate photos. Once you have taken all of the photos follow these steps:


1) Open Photoshop and run the image processor:

 2) Select your source folder with your sorted photographs, then select the resize to fit option and set it to W: 1080 and H: 720. Then click run.


 3) When your images are done processing, quit Photoshop and launch Premiere. Create a new project and when you are prompted to create a new sequence choose the following settings:

 4) Then go into the Premiere menu>Preference>General

5) At this point you need to experiment with the still image default duration. I have set it to 2 frames. The smaller the number the quicker the image playback.


 6) Next go to the menu and select File>Import. Then go to the folder where all your photos have been image processed to. Select one image by clicking on it. Then execute the following keystroke to "select all": Command-A. Click "Open"


 7) Your images will appear in the project browser in the bottom left of the workspace:


 8) Click on one of the images and then keystroke "Command-A" to "Select all". Then click and drag the images into the timeline. At this point you can play everything back and see how it looks. If it runs too fast or too slow you will need to scrap the project, and go back to step 3. Don't worry, it will be very quick and easy the second time through!

Exit Activity:
You need to bring in objects to use in your final animation project on Monday.
Write on your blog: What are several objects you will bring in on Monday that represent your personality/identity visually. How will you use them in an animation?



 April 9th: Creating a Slideshow in Adobe Premiere
For this assignment you will need to create a video slideshow of your work in Adobe Premiere.

 Requirements:
  • 5 - 10 photos your best work!
  • An intro title
  • Basic clip animation
  • Video transitions

Here is a video tutorial that will show you how to create a slideshow in Premiere:

March 12:
Read this article: Click Here
Watch this youtube clip: 

 Answer in Paragraph form: Should images of models that have been photoshopped be labelled? Why or why not?
March 6:

Here are two images from a painter called Audrey Flack. She has used objects arranged in a classic "still-life" setup. The first image depicts Marilyn Monroe. Look closely at the objects and try and interpret their significance.

The second painting shows Audrey Flack's personal connection with paint.


Start thinking about objects you can bring in that you will photograph as a form of still life/symbolic self-portrait.

Requirements:

1. On your blog write 8 - 10 items that you can bring and why they are important to you.

2. Photograph your subjects in a variety of arrangements on the fabric background. 

3. Shoot with overhead lights and standing lamps together, and separately.

4. Try different aperture settings and shutter speeds.



March 4:

Color Wheel Photo Shoot:
Go out and shoot images that show as many colors of the color wheel as possible. Then Photoshop them into a single file and make it look like a color wheel (or rainbow). Try and keep color adjustment in Photoshop to a minimum.

February 22nd:



Photomontage:

Batch Conversion:

First go to File>Scripts>Image Processor



 Then in the image processor window follow steps 1 - 5.

  1. Click "Select Folder" and chose the folder with all your images in it.
  2. Make sure "Save as JPEG" is selected.
  3. Click "Resize to Fit" and set the Width to 300 px and the Height to 200 px.
  4. Click Run.
  5. Your shrunken jpgs will be in a folder titled "JPEG" inside of the folder where your original images are.





February 14th:

Click here to watch the Becci Mansion Ted Talk

AFTER WATCHING THE (RE)TOUCHING VIDEO ABOUT BECCI MANSION AND HER SERVICE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON YOUR BLOG:

Why did Becci Mansion start this project?
How did she organize people to help with the cause?
How can you use your photo skills to help people you know?

February 8th: Spot the Difference

People can use Photoshop in very deceptive ways:


Read this excerpt from the Washington Post website about what is going on here: 
By Al Kamen
Friday, July 11, 2008

It's customary for nations to do a bit of chest-thumping as they are about to begin negotiations, which Iran has agreed to consider in a meeting next week with European Union official Javier Solana. The idea is to do something that your opponents will see as a sign of strength before talks begin, especially, in this case, when the talks involve your nuclear program.

This might explain the timing of Iran's latest missile tests Wednesday. It might also explain what appears to be a bit of Photoshop work by Tehran to ensure the images were just so.
A photo on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Web site distributed Wednesday by Agence France-Presse showed four missiles launched simultaneously. That photo appeared on various Web sites Wednesday, including those of the New York Times and BBC News, and on the front pages of a number of newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.
The Associated Press and Reuters distributed similar photos, but they showed only three missiles. The Washington Post used a Reuters image in yesterday's paper.

Noted debunker Charles Johnsonapparently spotted the photo doctoring Wednesday and posted it on his Web site, LittleGreenFootballs.com.

AFP, citing analysts' assessments, reported yesterday that the four-missile photo appeared to have had a little digital work done. "One of the missiles had apparently been added to the photograph using elements from the smoke trail and dust clouds from two of the other missiles," AFP said. The goal apparently was to cover up "a misfiring of one of the missiles," an expert told AFP.
Well, artistically, the three-missile shot used by The Post was clearly inferior. The symmetry was way off and all that. The gap between the middle missile and the one on the right is simply too large.
Artistic considerations aside, there are arms experts who say that multiple launches are seen as a way to overwhelm missile defense systems, and the Iranians may have wanted to illustrate that capability, as well.

Other Web sites reported that an Islamic Republic News Agency article Wednesday included a photo of what appears to be the same multiple missile launching. It was published in The Post in 2006. (Hey! We had it first!)


Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/10/AR2008071002709.html


Assignment

For this assignment you will be required to change 20 aspects of an image. Some of these may be somewhat obvious to your audience, and some may be more sneaky. Once complete, post the changed version and the original version on your blog. Here is an example I have composed:


See if you can find all 20 changes to the image before you scroll down and find the differences in the original.

















Here are student pages from last semester:
Click Here

January 28th: Photo Re-Touching


Watch this retouching tutorial for guidance. Retouch the image below along with the video. Post the image in it's original damaged form, and then also post the version you restore. Then find another high quality image on your own and retouch it. Post the before and after pictures to your blog.

Click on this image to maximize it's size, then download it.

  Here is a restoration gone wrong:

This was poorly restored with paint by hand, and not with Photoshop tools.



January 23rd, 2013

You should complete the following photo shoot and posted it to your blog with captions:

  • ·      Angle Up
  • ·      Angle Down
  • ·      Frame within Frame
  • ·      Backlighting
  • ·      Side Lighting
  • ·      Reflection
  • ·      Shadow
  • ·      Pattern
  • ·      Rule of Thirds
  • ·      Texture
  • ·      Perspective

January 14th, 2013

Requirements: use 3 different photos of yourself to create a pop art self-portrait. Make it an interesting composition that includes movement and contrast. This are a few examples from Mr. Brandt.





Here is the tutorial for creating pop art styled images in Photoshop:
First start this video at around 4:37 in to learn the magic wand and refine edge tools:


Part 1
 



Part 2

January 8th, 2013

  • Get your blog addresses to Mr. B.
  • Face swap
    • Get a single picture off of the internet of two or more people. It should be well lit. They should be looking the same direction with their faces. Swap the faces around in Photoshop. 
    • Here is a fantastic example. If you don't know who these guys are you may not even realize it has been photoshopped:
    • Here is a youtube tutorial I put together if you would like to go ahead in the lesson:

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