Week 10

1. Select and blog up your landscape images.

2. Continue on with the activities on the learnonline website.
http://learnonline.rit.tafensw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=359

All due on 21/11/11

3. Write a proposal for your final assignment.
Continue on with your final assignment.

All due on 21/11/11

4. Finish off all the exercises given on the blog.

All due on 21/11/11

Week 9 Desktop publishing

Research and post to your blog three logos that you like.
Here are some links to get you started.

http://www.designyourway.net/blog/identity-and-branding/38-good-logo-designs-from-the-first-two-months-of-2011/

http://www.instantshift.com/2011/01/17/logo-design-inspiration-50-latest-creative-designs/

Create a logo to be used in your multipage document for the unit.

Come up with some test examples or thumb nails for a logo that describes what you do. It could be you as a photographer, graphic designer, or just something describes you and what you do.

The logo needs to look professional and be just as good in black and white as in colour.

1. A logo is the very first impression people get of your company.
2. A logo needs longevity.
3. A logo needs to be original.
4. A logo should look professional.
5. A logo should reflect the time and thought gone in to designing it.
6. A logo is the starting point of your whole corporate image.

The design process of a professional logo designer usually consists of:

1. The Design Brief: They conduct a questionnaire or interview with the client to get the design brief.
2. Research: They conduct research focused on the industry itself, on its history, and on its competitors.
3. Reference: They conduct research into logo designs that have been successful and current styles and trends that are related to the design brief.
4. Sketching & Conceptualising: They develop the logo design concept(s) around the brief and research. They use creativity and know how to design a logo.
5. Reflection: They take breaks throughout their design process. This lets their ideas mature and lets them get renewed enthusiasm and receive feedback.
6. Presentation: They then choose whether to present only a select few logos to the client or a whole collection.
7. Celebration: They then drink beer or eat chocolate or sleep or start on next logo design. Or a combination. 

A link on logo design
http://justcreativedesign.com/2008/05/22/why-logo-design-does-not-cost-5-dollars/

Week 9

1. Continue on with your selection exercises from the class folder.

2.  Log in to /RI learn online/19056 Cert II IT Tools for New Media/ICPMM321B Capture a digital image - Dave Maloy.

Or

Left click the following link.

http://learnonline.rit.tafensw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=359&edit=1&sesskey=w1Oae6RcWh

and

Complete activities 4 and 5

3. Home work - land Scape photography.
Take 15 to 30 landscape shots. The secret is in the lighting and time of the day.

Here are some links to help you capture the perfect landscape image.
http://www.photography-tips-and-techniques.com/landscape-photography-tips.html

Week 8 Desktop Publishing

Open the banner creation document from your student folder on the public drive and follow the series of steps to create a basic banner using photoshop.

Week 8

1. Follow the demonstration by your teacher on the selection tools in Photoshop.

2. Follow the link below for a repeat on how to use the pen tool for selection in Photoshop.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WS08E4D386-15E9-4dcd-91E6-DF4219CC6D24.html

3. On the public drive in the class folder is a document with a list of shortcuts used with the pen tool. Open it for reference.

4. In the same class folder is an image titled circle.jpg. Open it into Photoshop.

5. Create a new canvas in Photoshop 21 cm x 29.7cm 300 (pixels/inch) and use the fill tool to create a black background.

6. Using the pen tool select the circle from the cirle image, convert the path formed by the pen tool into a selection and then copy and paste it across to your new canvas with the black background.

7. Check to see you have made a correct selection. If there is white showing try again.

8. Repeat for all the other images in the folder then try your own images.

9. Have a go at using the other selection tools to select the practice images but only paste across your pen tool selection. You must get proficient with the pen tool.

use the pen tool to copy and paste the following images.

Put the objects in the cupboard

Utube vid on Wagga Wagga

Week 7

1. Show your night time Shots to your teacher.
    Choose the best three 
    Save them as jpgs.
    Upload them to your blog.
    Comment upon them.

2. Conduct an experiment using the zoom blur effect.

    Upload your image to your blog.

3. Follow a demonstration on the merging layers exercise.

2. Use the following images to repeat the example shown in class.
Save as a jpg and upload to your blog.

3. Conduct the exercise again following your own theme and a selection of images related to that theme.

4. Log in to /RI learn online/19056 Cert II IT Tools for New Media/ICPMM321B Capture a digital image - Dave Maloy.

Or

Left click the following link.

http://learnonline.rit.tafensw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=359&edit=1&sesskey=w1Oae6RcWh

And
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How a camera works,
Read the readings on Focal Length and Zoom
                                       Camera lenses

Week 6 - Desktop publishing

1. Follow the demonstrations on creating type effects in Photoshop.


2. Complete the type effects exercises. (sheet)

3. Save as a jpg and upload it to your blog.

Week 5 - Desktop Publishing

1. Follow a demonstration on creating your own Type Art

2. Select an image to turn into type art.

3. Use Adobe Photoshop to convert your image into type art.

4. Save as a jpg and upload it to your blog.

Week 6

1. Read the following refresher on the camera iso, Aperture and shutter speed.

 

2. Conduct an experiment with fast and slow shutter speeds.
Capture a moving subject at a shutter speed of 1/60 or slower
Capture the same moving subject at a speed of 1/1000 or quicker.

If your camera dosn't have a manual setting or the ability to change the shutter speed. Then explore the sports setting on your camera set on and then off.

3. Night time photography is a great way of looking at the world through your camera.

After a demonstration from your teacher on shutter speed, aperture, ISO and flash settings for your camera
conduct a camera shoot a night time.

You could find light sources to capture; such as fire, house light, street lights or car lights.
You could capture and expose compositions from the dark.
Or using slow shutter speeds move light sources or objects in the camera view while the camera is taking the shot to capture movement or blurring.

Capture at least thirty shots and choose the best three for your blog.


4.   Log in to /RI learn online/19056 Cert II IT Tools for New Media/ICPMM321B Capture a digital image - Dave Maloy.

Or

Left click the following link.

http://learnonline.rit.tafensw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=359&edit=1&sesskey=w1Oae6RcWh

And
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How a camera works, read the readings and complete Activity 3

Week 5 - Capture a digital image/ Edit a digital image

1. Upload your photos from the macro photography exercise.
Select the best three.
Optimise them in photoshop.
Upload them to your blog.
Comment upon them.

2. Follow the demonstration from your teacher covering the clone tool as well as fixing and retouching your photos.

Fix the following images.
Post the completed exercises to your blog.

3.  Log in to /RI learn online/19056 Cert II IT Tools for New Media/ICPMM321B Capture a digital image - Dave Maloy.

Or

Left click the following link.

http://learnonline.rit.tafensw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=359&edit=1&sesskey=w1Oae6RcWh

And
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Basic camera functions by finding your camera model on the web links provided and completing the Activity 1  quiz.

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How a camera works by first downloading and reading the PDF on resolution then completing the Activity 2 exercise.

Week 4 - Desktop Publishing

1. Follow the demonstration on typography and typographic art works by your teacher.

Here are some links to some typography sites.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/03/04/50-stunning-photoshop-text-effect-tutorials/
http://www.antsmagazine.com/2010/12/105-fresh-photoshop-typography-tutorials/
http://gdpsu.typepad.com/120/2009/03/typographic-portrait-exerc.html

2. Use microsoft word to copy the following type art.

Week 4 - Capture a digital image/ Edit a digital image

1. Photo Exercise 3 - Using the macro setting on your camera.
  
Go out and use your macro setting on your camera to capture different objects or compositions.

Think about composition but for this assignment concentrate on the rule of thirds and leading lines.

Take at least 30 shots, choose the best three, optimise them in Adobe Photoshop, save them as TIFFs (format) and present them next week.

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2. Listen to a demonstration on the optimising images, the first five steps and uploading images from the camera to the computer.

Optimise your selected photos using the first five steps in Photoshop.

Optimise or correct the images using Adobe Photoshop and the five steps process of
Levels
Curves
Brightness/Contrast
Hue/ Saturation
Blur/ Sharpen
save two copies of each to your folder. One in TIFF format & one in JPEG format.


3. Post the images to your blog and label and comment upon them.

Possible critique content.

In detail, describe the image.
Comment upon the images composition.
Where was the image taken?
What camera setting did you use?
Do you like the image? Explain why or why not?
What would you do to improve upon the image?

4. Log in to /RI learn online/19056 Cert II IT Tools for New Media/ICPMM321B Capture a digital image - Dave Maloy.

Or

Left click the following link.

http://learnonline.rit.tafensw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=359&edit=1&sesskey=w1Oae6RcWh
And

Complete - Basic camera functions by finding your camera model on the web links provided and completing the quiz.

Week 3 - Desktop Publishing

1. Complete the merging layers exercise provided by your teacher using the supplied images.
This exercise covers
Select all/ copy and paste/ edit and transform commands
Navigating and ordering multiple layers on a page.
Changing layer attributes such as opacity and mode.
Flattening layers and saving.


2. Repeat the exercise with your own images.

Week 3 - Capture a digital image/ Edit a digital image

1. Watch the Genius of photography episode.

2. Listen to a demonstration on the optimising images, the first five steps and uploading images from the camera to the computer.

3. Upload, select and organise your images from your last photo assignment.

Take a photo of yourself.

You will need

3 final selected photos of yourself.

Make sure they are in separate folders from your photo shoot.

Make sure you can show them to the class in a slideshow format.

4. Optimise your selected photos using the first five steps in Photoshop. (sheet provided)

Optimise or correct the images using Adobe Photoshop and the five steps process of
Levels
Curves
Brightness/Contrast
Hue/ Saturation
Blur/ Sharpen
save two copies of each to our student folder. One in TIFF format & one in JPEG format.

5. Post the images to your blog and label them and comment upon them.

Possible critique content.

In detail, describe the image.
Comment upon the images composition.
Where was the image taken?
What camera setting did you use?
Do you like the image? Explain why or why not?
What would you do to improve upon the image?

6. Finish the Photoshop exercise from the exercise sheet from last week. (sheet provided)