Tuesday, March 29, 2011
How to install .ico formats to create icons
Heres the sites with instructions for creating an icon to use as a websites favicon. Download the plug-in here http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/ Then install with instructions from here http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/photoshop/plugins/ico/ Enjoy!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Game Plan for the Week of February 14th
Game Plan-
Okay everyone... I know that weather caused some problems last week, but we need to have a critique on Tuesday concerning the our first project that dealt with scale. Cathy told me that she has to 8x10 glossy photo paper we can use for printing (I would buy a sheet from her so she is not out of pocket) or bring some in yourself.
Cathy has agreed to go over printing using the printers in the lab, so we will spend the first half of class printing and the back half of class talking about your work. FYI we will be having class on Thursday due to the recent snow days so we will take that opportunity to work on your narrative assignment.
Also... my Eastfield College emails is finally working (ian.obrien@dcccd.edu) so you can email me there if you have a question. Make sure you bring everything that you need for the the narrative piece on Tuesday so we can talk about what we will be doing later in the week.
See you Tuesday!
Ian O'Brien
Okay everyone... I know that weather caused some problems last week, but we need to have a critique on Tuesday concerning the our first project that dealt with scale. Cathy told me that she has to 8x10 glossy photo paper we can use for printing (I would buy a sheet from her so she is not out of pocket) or bring some in yourself.
Cathy has agreed to go over printing using the printers in the lab, so we will spend the first half of class printing and the back half of class talking about your work. FYI we will be having class on Thursday due to the recent snow days so we will take that opportunity to work on your narrative assignment.
Also... my Eastfield College emails is finally working (ian.obrien@dcccd.edu) so you can email me there if you have a question. Make sure you bring everything that you need for the the narrative piece on Tuesday so we can talk about what we will be doing later in the week.
See you Tuesday!
Ian O'Brien
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Homework for Tuesday, February 1st
Hello Guys!
Sorry it has taken me a little longer to get this project posted than I thought. I have been looking up project ideas that deal with photo manipulation (ie- aging someone or making someone appear much younger), taking an individual and making them into someone they are not (ie- making someone look like a zombie or a character from Avatar).
For homework bring in some self portraits using your digital camera so we can work on some photo manipulation. Try and take a number of photographs so we have a number of options to work from. Bring in some additional photographs of landscapes if you have them and if we need to we can get some images samples online.
I would like for use to work on a narrative piece were you are transported to another world based out of one of your favorite book. Think of a book that you enjoyed as a child or a favorite short story and we will use that as a basis for a world that we will create in class. This project might take use a while so we might have to break it down into several parts.
Again - to start use off bring some good quality photos of yourself (I would take some head shots and some full body photographs in front of a white wall. Bring in a book or a story that you might want to base your image on and any additional photographs or images that you might want to incorporate.... we will start from there!
Sorry it has taken me a little longer to get this project posted than I thought. I have been looking up project ideas that deal with photo manipulation (ie- aging someone or making someone appear much younger), taking an individual and making them into someone they are not (ie- making someone look like a zombie or a character from Avatar).
For homework bring in some self portraits using your digital camera so we can work on some photo manipulation. Try and take a number of photographs so we have a number of options to work from. Bring in some additional photographs of landscapes if you have them and if we need to we can get some images samples online.
I would like for use to work on a narrative piece were you are transported to another world based out of one of your favorite book. Think of a book that you enjoyed as a child or a favorite short story and we will use that as a basis for a world that we will create in class. This project might take use a while so we might have to break it down into several parts.
Again - to start use off bring some good quality photos of yourself (I would take some head shots and some full body photographs in front of a white wall. Bring in a book or a story that you might want to base your image on and any additional photographs or images that you might want to incorporate.... we will start from there!
- Photos of you
- Book to base your image on
- Any additional source images that interest you!
See you guys Tuesday in class!
Ian
PS - Here is a good tutorial where an artist dealt with scale using a giant elephant and a city scene, but it looks into using light to help bring the images together. This might be something that you want to look over while you finish up your scale photographs!
Friday, January 21, 2011
Home Work for Tuesday, January 25th
Hello Guys!
Okay.... just like we discussed in class on Thursday I want you to...
Okay.... just like we discussed in class on Thursday I want you to...
- Purchase a PhotoShop Book for Half Price that you can use it class (Try and make it a CS4 Book... that will be the most helpful to you while you are working at school (this should run you around $20).
- Look into purchasing an External Hard Drive or a large USB Flash Drive (if you get a Hard Drive look into one that does not require you to have an external power source and runs off of USB). Hard Drives are a little more expensive (around $60, but 16 GB Flash Drive will run around $40 so it is up to you).
- Take some photographs of either landscape, architecture or both and an object or two that you would like to place into the photo after you enlarge it (take a bunch of photos just in case some of them end up being blurry or you don't like the way they look).
- Find an artist online who works in Scale (ie - either an artist who tends to make things look really big or really small... they can work in any medium - painting, drawing, digital, photography, etc)
Let me know if you have any questions!
See you on Tuesday
Ian O'Brien
Monday, January 17, 2011
YouTube Tutorials...
Not all YouTube Tutorials are well written and easy to follow, but I have found a Channel that is clear and well done.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TutorVidCom
I would like you to watch this video for PhotoShop CS4 for beginners as it introduces you to the tool bar...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpJufnJBjis
http://www.youtube.com/user/TutorVidCom
I would like you to watch this video for PhotoShop CS4 for beginners as it introduces you to the tool bar...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpJufnJBjis
Welcome to Digital Media!
Hello Everyone!
I have set up this blog to help us in our Digital Media Course over the semester and I am going to be posting assignments, websites and tutorials throughout the semester. I am going to ask you (my students) to also post to this site as part of your grade for the semester.
Check it often!
Sincerely,
Ian M. O'Brien
I have set up this blog to help us in our Digital Media Course over the semester and I am going to be posting assignments, websites and tutorials throughout the semester. I am going to ask you (my students) to also post to this site as part of your grade for the semester.
Check it often!
Sincerely,
Ian M. O'Brien
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