Open Lab-Photoshop


Topics

  1. Open Lab
  2. Submission and Marking

Quote

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/03/15-famous-quotes-on-creativity/

1. Open Lab

This is the second "Open Lab" of the semester. In case you are stuck for ideas, here are possible things that you could do (pick one only):

  1. Create a double Exposure Effect like artist Davies Babies (David Iwane). This video might be helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbf-QXCCXgM

  2. Emulate a picture based poster or advertisement that involves the blending of two or more different images.

  3. Create a Cinemagraph. What the heck is a cinemagraph?
    “[Cinemagraphs] aren’t your ordinary GIFs. The cinemagraph is a medium pioneered (and named) by husband and wife team Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg in which individual instants of motion are isolated against a static image. This dichotomy creates moments that are quiet and contemplative, elevating the humble GIF into something much more refined.” (from http://time.com/3388024/when-photos-come-to-life-the-art-of-the-cinemagraph/)
    For a video tutorial: For inspiration: For free stock videos:
  4. Create a digital anachronism. This will involve placing a portion of an image relevant to current times into some picture or painting from the past. Here are some links:

The above are just suggestions. If you feel inspired to do something in Photoshop, then let me know what you would like to explore. This lab is about giving YOU the chance to learn what interests you.

2. Submission and Marking

2.1 Submission

An entry in your learning journal. This page will contain weekly entries for each of the CS205 labs. The deadline is the start time of your following week's lab.

Your learning journal for this week should contain:

  1. A heading for Lab 4 and a brief description of what tool was used and what you did (ie. for this lab, it might be something like  Lab 4: Photoshop and ...... fill in the dots with your exercise)
  2. Multiple images: an image screen capturning your work environment ((use Command-Shift-4 and space on a mac to take a snapshop of your Photoshop window), any supporting images than you used, and your final product. If you do not have a picture of your Photoshop work environment (and all of you layers), I may withold your marks until you provide me with your ".psd" file.
  3. A learning journal entry which will contain:
    1. a heading image that summarizes your project
    2. a description, which contains the goal of your project or the "why are you doing it"
    3. a story, which describes the process that you went through to complete your project. This can be the different stages that your project went through.
    4. design info, which indicates what you used to complete your project. For illustrator, this could be colours and font used. For photoshop, this could be images used. For audition, this could be sounds used.
    5. gratitude. Thank the reader and give credit to any sources of video, audio or images that you have used

Don't forget to detail what you've learned in your journal!!!