10/29/2012

Show your faux posters to the class.


Questions or struggles during the assignment?


Next, colorize a B&W image (get hi res version here):

 

Demo Tilt Shift

download this image here

Actions

Cover how to create and use.

Batch
apply an action to a dir of images


Optional Homework
Create your own action that will stylize images.




Final Assignment Due beginning of next class
Put different animal skin on an animal of your choosing. (some animals are harder to blend than others, fuzzy fur for example)

Looking for quality and thoroughness, we will review these in class together.

Also bring any pictures or any questions so we can cover anything you need. 


Quote:

Fredrick J. Kelly  in 1928 said:

“College is a place to learn how to educate oneself rather than a place in which to be educated.”

Continue to teach yourself after this class...

10/22/2012

In class today
Today Eat Dinner ~ 5pm.

Show the progress you made on your Captain America Shield.

Go over
Cover Layer Styles
Blending modes
Text tools
Specific tools: straighten, batch
Stylize your photos, change the focus of your image using blur and Alpha Masks

Homework


Movie Posters:
Create 2 fictional posters, one modern and one old/vintage/classic

Resolution: 1800 x 2400 image at 150 dpi

10/15/2012

Show off any work or ask any questions you have.

Working class, merge/matte painting work during class today.

Perspective:

Home work is to do this tutorial:
http://abduzeedo.com/captain-america-shield-photoshop

Review HW images with instructor and take quiz

Work on images in previous post as a class

Next:

http://www.benjaminbuttonfx.com/


- adjustment layers

desert image:

http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/~petrie/travel/Baja0209/Param-ElHongoRoad.JPG

"photoshop" in film

X-men First Class before and after the work of Lola:

They also made Captain America look like a wimp.

how to make a selection (by color)

Make Clint younger:

Quiz #1 next class

(wax on, wax off)

Quiz #1 will cover:

• Memorize "The Toolbox" names
• Memorize Toolbox shortcuts

And many other shortcuts, discover and memorize the shortcuts for the following:

• Deselect 
• New
• Open
• Select All (this is default across prgrms and OS's)
• Inverse selection
• Fill
• Delete
• Switch foreground and background colors
• Copy, Cut, Paste
• New Layer
• Duplicate Layer

Assignment #1

Due Friday:

Do the following to these images:

(To download high res version right click "Save Link as" or equivalent on image above.)

1. Change the sky
2. Add a boat
3. Change the cars
4. * Bonus, do more

1. Change the Sky
2. Change color of the shades
3. Change number of "sprayers"
4. more...