The real world translated into a digital world. Adobe Photoshop.
How to capture reality: digital cameras, scanners. How to alter that reality with a digital tool. RGB vs CMYK, resolution, DPI, print size vs. pixel size. Layers, tools, cropping, copying, pasting. Filters. Optimization of files, understanding compression via Saving for Web. PSD Vs TIFF Vs PNG Vs JPG Vs GIF Vs PDF. Particularities of file size, differences and unique features of each format
Atomic: Photoshop 1 / Photoshop 2 / Photoshop CC
GIMP Open Source alternative
MorphX Mac OSX / Winmorph PC
Explore:
http://www.photoshopdisasters.com/
Fotoshop by Adobé
Evolution – DOVE
orlan.net
Grid art: Jo Hamilton / Evelyn Kasikov /
History of film compositing – from mattes to green screen
Civil war photos retouched in color
Animated paintings
Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams – Trailer (color theory and coposition)
Explore:
History of Photoshop /
Color sampler / Retouching / Patch tool / History brush tool / Art History Brush tool / Background Eraser/ Magic Eraser / Cutout and refine edges / Panoramics #1 #2 / Puppet Warp Tool / Content Aware Fill / 8 Bit Vs 16 Bit / PS 32 Bits Vs 64 Bits / What is RAM? / Smart Objects / Creating an image stack / Optimizing your images / Curves / Pen tool + Filling or Stroke / Timeline animation (3D) / New Mesh from Grayscale / Content aware / Composite Images – layering /
http://irinawerning.com/back-to-the-fut/back-to-the-future/
http://irinawerning.com/bttf2/back-to-the-future-2-2011/
Assignments
#7 AUTOSCOPY: Self portrait alteration. Scan or take a photo your face at 72dpi and transform it into something you never knew of yourselves. Explore layer effects and PhotoShop filters.
Due Wednesday Nov. 8th @ 11:59 pm
http://matthewmoceikisart210.blogspot.com/2015/11/autoscopy-photoshop.html
http://amandaleijing.blogspot.com/2015/11/autoscopy.html
http://britsusan.blogspot.com/2015/11/photoshop.html
http://vivianvnguyen.blogspot.com/2015/11/autoscopy-project.html
http://krystaljayde.blogspot.com/2013/10/autoscopy.html
http://enmapineda.blogspot.com/2013/08/autoscopy.html
#8 SOMEWHERE: Take a photo of yourselves, extract and place yourselves in an environment where you have never been, using Photoshop required tools. Pay close attention to the cutting process and cleaning details, as well as the lighting conditions and environmental lighting.
Due Wednesday Nov. 8th @ 11:59 pm
http://matthewmoceikisart210.blogspot.com/2015/11/somewhere.html
http://vivianvnguyen.blogspot.com/2015/11/place-ive-never-been.html
http://krystaljayde.blogspot.com/2013/10/somewhere.html
http://lindseydavisart.blogspot.com/2013/10/somewhere-jurassic-park.html
http://digiarts401.blogspot.com/2013/10/place-i-have-never-been_21.html
http://nialibretti.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-post_09.html
http://mollyimrie.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-place-ive-never-been.html
#9 ART PROJECT: Choose your favorite painted portrait, artistic photo or pre-existing work of art and combine a photo of yourselves with this piece. Use Photoshop to blend the colors, textures and lighting conditions.
Due Monday Nov. 13th @ 11:59 pm
ART HISTORY RESOURCES:
Museum of Modern Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works/
Getty Museum: http://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/exhibitions.html
History of Animation: https://history-of-animation.webflow.io/
Japanese Woodblock Prints:
Hokusai: https://www.katsushikahokusai.org/
Hiroshige: http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/
French Realism:
Edouard Manet: http://www.manet.org/
Gustave Courbet: http://www.theartstory.org/artist-courbet-gustave.htm#important_art_header
Edgar Degas: https://www.edgar-degas.org/biography.html
Jean Millet: https://www.jeanmillet.org/
Contemporary Art:
START HERE: https://art21.org/
Superflat Artists: https://goo.gl/vyuqFp
Chinese Artists: https://goo.gl/Pjdwy8
Contemporary Art Galleries (in no particular order):
Gagosian: https://www.gagosian.com/
David Zwirner: https://www.davidzwirner.com/
303 Gallery: http://www.303gallery.com/
Paula Cooper: https://www.paulacoopergallery.com/
Metro Pictures: http://www.metropictures.com/
Andrea Rosen Gallery: http://www.andrearosengallery.com/
Anton Kern: https://www.antonkerngallery.com/
Example Projects:
http://digiarts401.blogspot.com/2013/10/mesh-project.html
http://amandaleijing.blogspot.com/2015/11/art-project-rosie-and-i-combined.html
http://vivianvnguyen.blogspot.com/2015/11/famous-painting.html
http://taylorwsblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/painting-project-son-of-man-and.html
Optimize all the assignments produced so far for this class, resize to maximum width or heigth of 800px. Recompress them as JPG (100%, 75%, 25% and 0%), PNG / Transparent PNG and GIF (256 – 128 – 16 and 2 dithered colors). Compare the original file and pixel sizes with the new sizes. Post them all in your Blogs • Look for Photoshop CC tutorials on the web and post the link of your three favorite tutorials on your blogs