Photoshop Introduction

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Common Tools

crop tool- used to cut your picture into the portion size you want. 

lasso tool- used to select a certain part of your picture.

text tool- allows you to add text to your image.

What buttons do you push to "Undo" a mistake you made? *Command-Z

What can you open to "undo" more than one mistake? How do you open it? *Window>History>Deselect

How do you rotate an image? *image menu and select Image Rotation.

If you don't like the initial cropping box you drew, how can you change it before you make your crop?  *click and drag on the small boxes

Under the heading "Resizing while Cropping" when you enter dimensions as you crop, what are you telling Photoshop to do as you crop your image? *lock in dimensions, your crop box will be forced into a certain ratio

For Printing

What is the correct resolution for newsletters and newspapers? *50 to 200 ppi

What is the correct resolution for magazines?  * 250 ppi or more

Fixed Portrait Shoot

 

ISO 400

8.0

1/30

ISO 800

5.0

1/13

 ISO 1600

 14.0

1/20

 ISO 3200

22.0

1/40

 

I don't remember the ISO exactly. 

 

What was the best ISO setting to use for your portraits? *1600-14.0-1/20

What was your next best photo? *800-5.0-1/13

Were you able to create equivalent exposures to your best photo by changing the aperture and shutter speed? *Yes

What did you learn from this activity that you will apply to your real portrait shoot? *What the best ISO was for a certain lighting

 

Magazine Covers Part 2

Early Magazine
[The High Rollers]
{1920}

 

The main attributes in this picture are obviously the picture of the woman and the magazine name. 

Poster Cover 

[W]

{Dec. 23, 2013}

 

The main attributes of this magazine cover are the W and the "The Art Issue" along with "Starring George Clooney." The Background and his suit are opposites so it draws attention to George and his face. 

Pictures Married to Type

[Soon International]

{2013} 

Main attributes are the model, magazine logo, issue number and the model along with the photographers name. 

In the Forest of Words

[Vogue]

{Nov 2012}

First Photoshop Practice

Yearbook

Newspaper

Web

Best Magazine Covers of 2013

Favorite 

Sports and Adventure 

 The New York Times Magazine, August 26, 2012: "Deuce"

The magazine cover shows the two athletes together holding hands and their chins up. This shows great confidence and strength in their nature. The two girls stand out with the help of light and background. The lighting in the picture highlights their faces and chest and abdominal area while the background is a plain white back drop and it makes the two models stand out in an elegant, powerful way.

 

Magazine Essential Parts

• Selling line 
• Cover lines
• Bar Code
• Left third
• Masthead 
• Date line
• Main image
• Model credit
• Cover line
• Main cover line

Masthead- logo
Dateline- shows price and date published
Cover lines- shows some topic sin contents
Main cover line- main topic that the magazine will cover
Main image- model
Selling line- sharp description of the title's main marketing point
Bar code- scan price
Model credit- models name
left third- title must be easily recognizable in a display of dozens of competitors

Year in Review: 2013

 

I feel like this picture has to do with the interest and fascination with the animal. The photographer used the technique background. The solid black background draws more attention to the animal and the exposure is just right. The picture is very sharp and you can see each and every hair. 

This picture is pretty comical. The lighting behind the door draws attention to that area rather than the pink/redish walls in front of it. The little boy is wearing a bright orange wig and heels and that also draws attention to him. 

This picture is more on the serious side of emotion. I feel like they are trying to represent something that has to do with an important matter. The way all three women are standing so straight, shoulders back and a long neck make me feel like they're trying to be elegant and empowering. The lighting is actually really intriguing. The light source seems to come from in front of them but on a lower level somewhat towards their feet. It casts a shadow behind them and making their shadows seem elongated behind them.

PART 2

1. Best song of 2013: "Get Lucky" Daft Punk ft. Pharrell & Nile Rodgers 

2: Best Movie: 12 Years a Slave

3. Top News: New Pope

4. Most Important Person: Jay-Z

PART 3 

1. Tell me what is the one thing that happened on your holiday that you will remember? It can be a trip, a family visit, a present, something fun: 

On my holiday. received a James Avery necklace that has 5 diamonds going along the side and its shaped as two hearts connected together. It special to me and i will always have on me. 

2. What are your resolutions for 2014: 

My New Years resolution is to eat healthy and have abs by the end of May 2014, to be a better runner than I was in 2013, to push myself to my limits in sports and train harder, remain as positive as I can be, relax every now and then, make Varsity cross country for the third time and place in races.