Class Notes: T 10/14/08

Reminders:

Thursday, Oct. 16th, 3p, Guest speaker, Nusrat Durrani, Senior VP + GM, MTV World

Thursday, Oct. 23rd NO CLASS, Tom K. lecturing out of the country

Thursday, Oct. 30th, 3p, Guest speaker, Lyle Owerko, Filmmaker, Photographer, Motion Graphics Designer

Homework:

Project #2:

Clip

Photo

Screen Shot saved

Screen shot place in photo with author's name and word placed on the photo

Guest Speaker paper:

Write two, 100-150 word blog posts (one for each), summarizing the professional tips/career insights which each presenter speaks about. Also include one or two sentences regarding that speaker's "job description". Include three or more personal impressions of the speakers.

Notes:

Quark is used for layout; Photoshop is used for manipulating images; Illustrator is used for logos

Photo:

Work at 8"x8" and print at 6"x6" (makes artifacts less noticeable)

Use crop tool w=8 h=8 resolution=300

Darken (Burn) or Lighten (Dodge) as needed

Clip:

1. Use Shift+Command+4 and drag mouse across clip shot

2 save file of pic in downloads folder

3. go to PS-Open it

4. Go to Crop tool, make it the right size(w=1.75 in and leave h blank and resolution (300)

5. Click on photo and paste into photo

Use text tool to put author's name in Helevetica Bold 9-11pt, change color as needed

Pick word from title and place it on photo. Use a bigger font 80-120pt. Generally word is centered.

Dodge (Lighten) or Burn (Darken) as needed using 10%. Put details in hair with Dodge tool/highlights. Also can use Filter/Rendr/Lighting Effects/Omni tool

Highlights, Shadows, Midtones

Color Balance if necessary. If taken in flourescent light add the opposite of green which is magenta. rgb/cmy

Kerning: Adjusts spacing between letters

Shortcuts:

Shift+ Command+4