Digital Media Design / Graphic Production
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>
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ABC - Photo Selection Part 1
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>
Scratch Art - Non Digital 2018
Lego Portraits
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PS - Visual Puns
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Manipulation Vs. Editing
Creature Comforts
Photo Repair
Photo Focus
Colourizing
Painting
Final Project Ideas
Previous Assignments
>
Photoshop Assignment Ideas
Intro Assignment
Old Intro Assignment
Sketchbook
Art Rage
Cartoon Animation
Sound - Garage Band
Sound - Assignment #1
Interesting Resources
Sketching ideas
Extras / Free Time
Typing Games
Camera Resources
Great Links to Tutorials:
Non-clickable Page
Painting in Photoshop
Low Poly Art
New Page
Non-clickable Page
Photo Selection
Basic Tools
Marquee Tools - rectangluar and elliptical
Basic selection
Combining (Shift Key) and Subtracting from selection (Option Key)
Vignette - using feather setting
Creating a picture frame (Exapnd or reduce selection and then apply effects)
Lasso Tools
Once selection is complete, do one of two things to isolate image
Command J to put the selection on its own layer (may need to inverse selection first)
With the pixels selected, press the mask icon (rectangular with hole in it)
Fix or clean up using the brush tool
Basic Lasso Tool
Polygonal Lasso Tool
basic abstract shape
remember, use option key to temporarily break out of polygonal lasso tool to go free form, then release option key to return to polygonal tool
hold the shift key down to move in increments of 45 degrees
2 examples of your own
look for images like houses, castles, towers, swords, pens, and other things with straight edges
Magnetic Lasso Tool - coffee cup and 2 examples
Experiment with frequency and other settings
Look for pictures that have good contrast
Magic Tools - Minimum of 3 examples. Only 1 of which should be a solid background. Use a variety of the tools.
Magic Color Wand
Quick Selection Tool
Subject Select Tool / Option - Introduced in Adobe CC
Check out this resource to learn more specifics about how the tools work:
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/making-quick-selections.html
Pen
https://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/selections/pen-tool-selections/
Curvature Pen Tool:
https://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/use-curvature-pen-tool-photoshop-cc-2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsSjXNOE7NM
Color Range (Select Menu)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9fwiNyDHLI
Select Focus Range
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARFbJQxgjSA
Selecting Hair
Refine Edge Technique:
https://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/selecting-hair/
Selection Tutorials - Check These Out!
https://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/make-selections-photoshop/
Other Photoshop Tutorials:
https://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/
https://nmsmithphotoshop1.weebly.com/lesson-2.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClH-KpveOLJszChWRfFmPfQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC47XN5bhLTBH5TRFyKaUpKg
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/composite-select-mask.html
https://design.tutsplus.com/articles/50-great-photoshop-tutorials-for-clever-beginners--psd-785
https://youtu.be/OjRqZiAgoHo
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-oYkx9wyeGc6Sh8tkVlaTw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u2BpzrwG3s
http://www.graphicdesigndegreehub.com/classroom-assistant-photoshop-tutorials/
Home
The Course
Welcome to B111
Course Outline
Expectations
Evaluation
Getting Started
Procrastination
Hand In / Contact
Student Sites
2017 Intro Assignment
Self Reflection
McKay Absent
InDesign
Poster Assignment
Intro Videos
CRAP
Other ideas
Illustrator
Getting Started
Raster Vs. Vector
Illustrator - Lines
Illustrator - Combining Shapes
Illustrator - Tracing
Illustrator - Live Paint / Recolour Artwork
Illustrator - Line Tool More
Illustrator - Warp
Illustrator - Pen Tool
Illustrator - Colour Theory
Illustrator - Mesh
Illustrator - Other Tutorials
Aboriginal Art
Resources
Illustrator - Future
Garnit - Basic Shapes
Theory
File Types
Photography - Composition Basics
Blending Modes
Photo Editing Techniques
>
Photo Selection - Tools
Photo Masking - Selection 2
ABC - Photo Selection Part 1
Photography
Photo Ethics
Aging
Across Cultures
Assignments
Photo A Day Challenge
Digital Scratch Art
>
Scratch Art - Non Digital 2018
Lego Portraits
PS - Visual Dictionary
PS - Visual Puns
PS Assignments
Digital Photography
>
Scavenger Hunt
Photo Manipulation
Manipulation Vs. Editing
Creature Comforts
Photo Repair
Photo Focus
Colourizing
Painting
Final Project Ideas
Previous Assignments
>
Photoshop Assignment Ideas
Intro Assignment
Old Intro Assignment
Sketchbook
Art Rage
Cartoon Animation
Sound - Garage Band
Sound - Assignment #1
Interesting Resources
Sketching ideas
Extras / Free Time
Typing Games
Camera Resources
Great Links to Tutorials:
Non-clickable Page
Painting in Photoshop
Low Poly Art
New Page
Non-clickable Page