cgvc 120 digital imaging 1

• Course Overview
  • The Server
  • Student Information Form
• Intro to Photoshop
  • What is Photoshop? What is it used for? Why Photoshop?
  • Examples of Photoshop Art: Photoshop Art Gallery
• Raster vs. Vector
• Tour the Interface
  • Creating and Saving a Workspace
• Making a New Image / Opening an Image / Opening and Closing Multiple Images / Opening a Problem Image
• Photoshop Basics (Part I):
  • Brushes- used for painting and creating textures
  • Color- used to fill your design
    • Foreground / Background Colors
    • The Color Palette- used to alter the color
    • The Color Picker- activated when the foreground or background swatch is clicked
  • Layers- essential part of Photoshop. It is what makes Photoshop unique and dynamic. 3 things to know about layers:
    • How to create layers- Click the New Layer Button OR Go to Layer --> New Layer
    • How to move layers- Click and Drag until you see black line appear
    • How to delete layer- Select Layer and drag to trash
  • Selections- pixels that you tell Photoshop that you want to do something with
    • Marquee Selection tools
    • Lasso Selection tools
    • Selection tools
  • Color Blending Mode
• Project 01 Butterfly Color Assigned. DUE JUNE 28th.

• Digital Image Essentials
  • File Formats- .PSD, .TIFF, .JPG, .GIF, .PNG, .BMP
  • Resolution- the amount of data (or pixels) stored in the file, screen, or printed image.
    • Terminology used to describe resolution is DPI and PPI
      • DPI: Dots per inch
      • PPI: Pixels per inch
    • Both mean the same thing. DPI is used for printing PPI is used for screen.
    • The more DPI / PPI the greater the resolution and file will be.
    • Once you change the property to LOW resolution there is no going back (unless you undo). You cannot make a low res graphic high res, SO always, always, always, always, always, always, always, create your file at 150 - 300 ppi
    • Most commonly used resolution sizes: 72 ppi: Screen Based Imagery, 150 ppi: Average Quality Printed Output (small home photos, simple flier, etc.), 300 ppi: High Quality Print Output (posters, brochures, folders, covers, etc.)
  • Resize vs. Resample
• Working with Layers
• Photoshop Basics (Part II)
  • Moving Images
  • Zooming In / Out
  • Free Transform
  • Moving around
  • Basic Selections
  • Filling Selections

Project 01 Butterfly Color Due June 28th.