CLASS NOVEMBER 18TH

DUE DUE DUE DUE DUE
Six unflattened .PSD files for the portrait assignment are due by the end of class. I will clarify what folder on the scratch drive at the beginning of class. There's some strange things happening to the storage of our files in the lab. I'll know more about this Friday and will keep you notified.

If you haven't printed your portraits yet, please select 3 images to print during lab time. The 18th is the final day to do so.

AND.... WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE REMAINDER OF THE SEMESTER.
There are only three classes left......

The clock is ticking.

Throughout the semester we’ve learned that there are many ways for a digital images to originate. They can come from a digital camera, scans from negatives or old photographs, searching the Internet for images – the possibilities are almost endless!

The way digital images can exist is also equally diverse. Images can become zines, fine prints, posted on the Internet.

A possibility for the final project is to produce a portfolio of no less than seven finished images. The number of final prints will depend on the design of your final project. You have 480 square inches of paper and ink to make prints. This can be one Large print, or several small prints. It's all up to you. Seven finished image files are due for this project.

Please do not hesitate to ask me about this.

The origin and content of the images is your choice but they MUST be yours, and they must be cohesive.

The remainder of the semester will be open lab AND some lectures, all with the ability to print at EVERY class meeting.

Think about the ways we have worked and look over the technical assignments. Are there ways of making images that you would like to learn more about? Are there ways of making images that are more enjoyable to you than others?

Our final critique will be during finals week. Your final prints and your files are due in the drop box by the beginning of our final class meeting on December 16th.

What do you think? Maybe too much? Let's talk.

MAGICAL BLURRING TECHNIQUE

1. Duplicate the Background layer. Do this by first selecting the layer in the layers palette, then choosing Layer -> Duplicate layer.

2. Select the duplicate layer and choose Filter -> Blur -> Lens Blur. Choose the desired blurring radius and click OK.

3. Make sure the blurred duplicate layer is on top of the non-blurred layer.

4. Attach a layer mask to the blurred layer by choosing Layer -> Layer Mask -> Reveal All.

5. You can now reveal and hide the blurry layer just as you would on an adjustment layer mask.

6. Presto. See below for a before and after example.

MAGICAL SHARPENING TECHNIQUE

1. Make a copy of the background layer, or the layer you want to sharpen. To do this, click on the layer in the Layers Palette, then chose Layer -> Duplicate Layer..

2. Click on the duplicated layer in the Layers Palette to make it active, then choose Filter -> Other -> High Pass. Enter 10 in the for the radius and click OK.

3. Things now look a little odd, huh. Click on the layer you adjusted with the high pass filter, then from the drop down list on the Layers Palette, select Soft Light. Magic.

4. Adjust the opacity of the high pass layer to achieve desired sharpness.

COLOR BALANCE TUTORIAL

PORTRAIT ASSIGNMENT UPDATE

CLASS ON NOVEMBER 4TH.

We'll start printing our portraits and continuing to work with them in Photoshop.

You'll be turning in six files and making three prints for this assignment. The six uncompressed, unflattened .PSD files are due on November 18th. We will also be printing during class on the 18th.

ANN HAMILTON AGAIN

WATCH THE VIDEO STARTING AT 13 MINUTES.

CLASS 10/28/2011 !!!

Hi All,

We'll be looking at some addition approaches to portraiture as well as working on our portraits! If you have yet to print your panorama, we'll be working on that too.

See you in the LAB!!!!!!!