Digital Photography & Imaging | Week 3

7.5.25  |  Week 3

Haley Alexandra Gray  |  0369029  |  Bachelors of Design in Creative Media

Digital Photography & Imaging GCD61204

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Lecture & Practical Material

Digital Photography & Imaging GCD61204

| W3 Lecture - 

Introduction to Photoshop 2 :

Lasso Tool -

    - Allows you to draw and pinpoint specific areas of a document

    - 3 different tool options

        - Lasso

        - Polygonal Lasso

        - Magnetic Lasso

    - How to use Lasso Tool : https://youtu.be/DKtHsFaclKo

Pen Tool -

    - Creates a path from scratch

    - The way you add the points and drag the tool determines how the form will look like

    - Less points = Smoother path

Fig. 1 Variations of Pen Tool

    - How to use Pen Tool : https://youtu.be/BlW7F-fTsbE

The Bezier Game -

'A game that helps you master the pen tool'

- Students advised to try the game and upload their score :

Fig. 2 My score for the Bezier Game

Layering -

    - Layers are different images stacked on top of eachother

    - Use a layer to make adjustments without affecting other layers.

    - You can use layers for non-destructive editing.

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| Practical -

In this weeks' class, we chose our final version of our physical collages from the 3 we had made previously, and will start a digital collage.

Final Physical Collage -

Fig. 3 Final Composition

In this collage, the main topic was about food, with the centre point being food flowing into a mouth accompanied by a colourful and fun background. This displays my 'fave food' (working with the food elements I had), so the bright colours and other objects in the composition highlight the joy of the favourite foods, providing an overall fun and enjoyable feel.

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After finalising the physical composition, we started on digital collages using photoshop. Utilising the elements Mr. Fauzi gave us we have to make 3 collages;

Composition #1:

Fig. 4 First Composition

Reflects the subject of 'fish out of water', where there are distorted buildings and things people usually see on a day-to-day basis as not how they're supposed to be, and fish to add the unusual and quirky effect.

Composition #2:

Fig. 5 Second Composition

Is essentially about man-made productions, where the composition revolves around a train and people walking, and is then surrounded by tall and geometric buildings, as well as some of the earlier man-made inventions like a projector and a typewriter - also displaying how far we have come in technology.

Composition #3:

Fig. 6 Third Composition

The final composition follows the golden ratio, which is also visibly implemented into the visual, where the people are flowing in that direction, whilst walking on buildings and floors, creating a surreal vibe, accompanied by rough, textured backgrounds.

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