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Thursday, 8/28/14

JRN 302: Introduction to Graphics and Visual Communication - Overview of Design Softwares, Intro. to Photoshop. Thursday, 8/28/14. Class Objectives. Lecture Overview of Design Softwares Introduce Photoshop tutorials (homework) Photoshop Demo: the interface, layers, history, selections

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Thursday, 8/28/14

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  1. JRN 302: Introduction to Graphics and Visual Communication- Overview of Design Softwares, Intro. to Photoshop Thursday, 8/28/14

  2. Class Objectives • Lecture • Overview of Design Softwares • Introduce Photoshop tutorials (homework) • Photoshop Demo: the interface, layers, history, selections • Homework assignment • Photoshop Tutorials (1-3) due end of class on Thursday 9/4/14 • No late assignments will be accepted. • You will have 5 minutes on 9/4 to drop files to our server Dropbox folder

  3. Overview of Design Software • In the world of graphic design (vs. CG/Animation/Interior Etc.), Adobe is the monopoly • Think of design software as doing either • The creation of graphics • The creation of outputs that have graphics in them • Getting snobby here- I’ll argue with you every time if you say Wordpress is a design software!! Using templates is fine, but it’s hardly unique design work.

  4. Creating Graphics • Think of this order as “lowest base on pyramid” first • 2d raster image creation/manipulation • Photoshop, Fireworks • Camera Raw, Paint, Gimp • Even Instagram and mobile apps can do limited manipulation • 2dstatic vector image creation/manipulation • Illustrator, FreeHand • Can export to raster image formats

  5. Creating Graphics and Output • 2d animated vector images • Flash exports to SWF • Can export to 2d static vector and raster • 3d static or animated vector images • 3d Studio Max, Maya, Sketchup, Rhino, all engineering software (CAD) • Can export/render to multiple 3d animated, static formats and modes (wireframe, skinned, etc.) • Can export to 2d static vector and raster

  6. Creating Output only • For Print • Adobe InDesign, Quark XPress, Acrobat (kind-of) • For Web* • Muse, Dreamweaver, Flash • For Mobile (optimized sites)* • Google Sites (kind-of), Muse, Dreamweaver *Many templates like WordPress or Wix

  7. Photoshop interface • Menu at top; options bar below it • Toolbar or tools palette to the left • One column or two • Canvas/work area/ document /image window with status bar • Palettes to the right

  8. Tutorials: Intro. to Photoshop and Its Interface • First thing, find any image and download it to your desktop • Then <File <Open this image in Photoshop • (On your own) free through YouTube • Photoshop basic tools (he goes quickly) 9 min • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqD851MIWVo

  9. Basic Tools: notice the triangles on buttons (click and hold to reveal more tools) • Selection Tools • Painting and Retouching Tools • Type, Path, and Shape Tools • Utility Tools • Foreground and background color palettes • Have to do with what tool you choose • Single click on them to change colors • Tools and colors act like foreground and background… really is still a 2d image • Quick mask button and screen modes

  10. Photoshop and Layers • You have the ability to work in a layered fashion (<Windows <Layers) • Why is this good to do? • Easier to change your image • Think of your image as a painting… when all the paint is on top of each other, it is harder to make changes • Can also view/hide certain layers

  11. Photoshop and Layers • Your background layer is locked (you either need to unlock it or duplicate it to have full ability to make changes) • Ultimately, if you save your file as a non-native format (other than TIF), your file will flatten • So it’s always a good idea to save • A native file (.psd) • A non-native file (.jpg, .pdf, .png, etc.)

  12. History, selections • History = multiple undoes • Under <Window <History (PC) • Once you close out of image, history is gone • Selections… remember, we are normally looking at pixels on a grid • If you take a photograph, it is challenging to select a part of it • Use whatever means you can – doesn’t matter to me

  13. Selections, eraser tool • May want to select background and then inverse select, and then manipulate it • May want to select something, manipulate it, and then erase part of it • Bracket keys grow or shrink your eraser brush • “Clean” at whatever percentage you like, just make sure it looks good at 100% • To deselect anything, click <Select <Deselect

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