Saturday, November 30, 2019

exam study sheet fall 2019

2019 exam study guide


Know the address of your class site: 10 points

To create a new document in  Photoshop go to File>New
To move type or shapes on a layer you should select the desired layer and select 
the Move Tool on the Tools Palette
To create the correct Photoshop workspace for this class, go to
Window>Workspace>Essentials
To type words on a new Photoshop layer, select the Typing Tool 
and click once in the document window
To resize an image in Photoshop, go to Edit>Transform>Scale or Edit>Free Transform. 
If you do not see handles on the resize box, go to View>Fit on Screen. 
When the image is the size you want it, click on the check mark in the Options Bar to 
apply the transformation. If the transformation is not what you want, click on the cancel button.
When you have resized type or a custom shape, click on the check mark
in the Photoshop Options Bar to Apply the Transformation or press the enter
or return key on your keyboard.
The best way to open a JPEG (JPG) or any image file in Photoshop, is 
drag the jpeg file icon to the desktop and then onto the Photoshop icon or
into the Photoshop document you already have open and are working in. 
Double clicking a JPEG file is not the best way to open this file to work on it in Photoshop. 
Explain how to place an original document such as a photo or scan into a new 
Photoshop document. 
The process is:
1. Create the new Photoshop document. Be sure you see your layers palette. 
If you do not, go to Windows>then check Layers. 2. Open the original photo or
scan by dragging it onto the Photoshop icon in the Dock. 3. Click and hold on the
original photo or scan in its layers palette. 4. Drag it into the new document.
In the layers palette, the two the visual clues that tell you a layer is visible and active
are: 1. you see an eye,  and 2. that the layer is highlighted blue.
You make a layer invisible by clicking once on the eye on that layer. 
You can make it visible again by clicking on the blank space where the eye was originally.  
To select a type layer so that you can change the color of the type 
on that layer, double click on the  uppercase “T” in the layers palette.
Explain how to choose a filter in Photoshop. Go to Filter and select the filter you want
To resize an image in proportion in Photoshop, select the image.
Press and hold Shift on the keyboard. Drag up or down diagonally from a corner handle.
To make a levels adjustment layer in Photoshop,
go to the adjustment layer icon. Then go to Levels.
Be able to draw the adjustment layer icon

This link discusses levels: 
https://digital-photography-school.com/using-levels-photoshop-image-correct-color-contrast/ 
The white slider icon on the levels histogram makes an image lighter.
The black slider icon on the levels histogram a makes an image darker.
Draw the move tool
Draw the magic eraser tool
What tool in the Photoshop Tool bar tells you what color you will be using
if you choose the paint bucket tool? Foreground color picker
The usual color mode we use in Photoshop is RGB
What is the menu bar option that assures that you can always 
auto select a layer if you click on it in the Photoshop document you are 
working on? Check Auto Select>Layer in the Photoshop Options bar.
When you have an SD card inserted in the slot on the back
of your computer and the SD icon is showing on your desktop, 
to remove it you should click on it and hold as you drag it to the 
trash can icon at the bottom of your computer screen. 
The trash icon turns into an eject icon and you drag the SD icon on top of it 
and let go of your mouse.  When the SD card icon disappears on your desktop, 
you can take the SD card out of the back of the computer.
Before you can resize an image in Photoshop, particularly on that has a large 
X across it you may need to rasterize it. To do this you should go to 
Layer>Rasterize>All Layers
Remember to be sure you have high resolution photos. 
That’s a resolution of 1000 pixels or more. In Google Images,
hover over the image to see the resolution.
When using the rule of thirds, important compositional elements
should be placed near the imaginary lines and points and where the lines intersect.
In this class, when you have finished a Photoshop document, 
it is the best practice to save it in your computer’s documents folder 
and then into a Google Drive folder
To create a new document in Photoshop, go to File>New
After opening a photo in Photoshop, add a copy of the background layer by        
pressing Com + J
The preferred Photoshop workspace for this class is  
Window>Workspace>Essentials
In Photoshop, for this class, you should go to Window in the Photoshop menu bar and be 
sure you have checked Layers, Tools, Application Frame and/or Application Bar
Portfolios (see links below also)

Having an online portfolio and a traditional one showing actual printed 
images is best, but an online portfolio is best if you have only one to show your work
When deciding what should be included in your portfolio, your first 
consideration should be your audience
Your portfolio should show only your best work 
About 8-12 photos should be in your portfolio
Our preferred search engine in this class is Google Chrome



Digital Art 
Surrealistic Room project

This project was based on an art movement called Surrealism, which is 
could be described as "dream-like"

We used the the Magic Eraser Tool to cut out solid areas
of the background of an image

We used the Magic Wand Tool to select a square in the 
Surrealistic Room project

When this area was selected, we pressed delete on our leyboard

When the area was deleted, we went to Select>Deselect

To place an image in this empty space, we used the Move Tool to drag it 
where we wanted it to go

Usually this image would need to be resized

The image would also usually need to be rasterized




photography begins

http://hillwoodphoto2.blogspot.com/2014/08/photography-begins.html

Use these two links to answer questions about cameras
and photography

https://www.phototraces.com/b/parts-of-a-camera/


https://www.phototraces.com/


Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera (DSLR)


parts of a camera (this is only part of the Photo 2 exam)

This is a DSLR camera diagram from the internet in Google images.












The lens aperture is located inside of the lens and adjusts to control the amount of light that passes through the lens and into the camera.
The aperture has different levels, which are called “f stops.” Think of f stops as fractions. Which piece of pizza is larger, 1/2 or 1/4? So which is a larger aperture in terms of the size of the opening width, f/2 or f/4?

Which lets in a larger amount of light, f/2 or 
f/4?

The shutter is located inside the body of the camera. Its job is to block the light coming into the camera through the lens from reaching the camera’s image sensor. The shutter release button controls the shutter. Once you press this button, the shutter opens, allowing the light to strike the image sensor and capture the desired image.

The shutter controls the length of time light is allowed to strike the image sensor. 

The shutter speed is how long the shutter stays open. It is also fractional. A shutter speed of 1/500 is one five-hundreth of a second. A shutter speed of 1/60 is one sixtieth of a second. 

The image sensor or camera sensor is located in the body of the camera. It is the sensor that detects the light and records it to create your image. The sensor measures the intensity of light hitting the sensor as the shutter opens. The sensor is made up of individual units, which are called pixels. Each pixel measures the intensity of light by detecting the number of photons that reach the pixel. This information is relayed to the camera as a voltage value which can then be recorded by the camera.

The viewfinder is the device that allows you to see your subject through the camera and compose your image.


Memory Card
The memory card is where the camera stores all of the data from the images it captures. The card can then be removed and the data accessed by a computer.

Most cameras will use what is known as an SD card, which Secure Digital Card. An SD card is a small removable memory card that emerged out of a group of memory cards that hit the market when digital cameras first came of age.
Exposure


How important is exposure in photography? What are the components of exposure? What is the “Exposure Triangle”? These are the questions I will attempt to answer in this photography basics article about ISOAperture and Shutter Speed – the components of achieving a properly exposed photo.

What is Exposure in Photography?
You might have read or heard the photography term a “well-exposed photo”. This means a photo that was taken with just the right amount of light allowed to enter the camera. Analogically, an “underexposed photo” is one where an insufficient amount of light was allowed to hit the image sensor and an “overexposed photo” is one where too much light was let in.
In simple terms, exposure in photography is the amount of light, you as a photographer, allow to reach camera sensor or film. Exposure determines how bright or dark your photographs appear.




So in a darker scene, you would want a bigger aperture and in a brighter – a smaller. So far it seems pretty straightforward.


Shutter Speed and Exposure
You can change the time this curtain stays lifted. That’s what we call “shutter speed”. The longer the sensor is exposed, the more light will get in. Choosing a higher shutter speed, we double the amount of light that gets to the sensor.
Now you know what “long exposure” means. It’s a shutter speed setting at which the sensor stays exposed for a long time. Long exposures are used when there is not enough light for example at sunset times or during the night.
Controlling  Motion With Shutter Speed
But, just like with aperture, things are not that simple. Shutter speed doesn’t just influence the amount of light that hits the sensor. It also changes the way motion is captured.
Higher shutter speeds such as 1/500 and above allow us to freeze the object. A running person will appear perfectly sharp. But if we choose a low shutter speed, his movement will look blurred in the final photo.
Here we can’t really say which exposure was “correct”. Sports photographers do need to freeze the action (we want to see which football player kicked the ball, right?) but blurred motion is often used deliberately to create a sense of dynamics or to make the final image more compelling.
A very good example, traditionally exploited by landscape photographers, is blurring water. Water shot at low shutter speeds acquires a very soft, milky look that is especially eye-pleasing. At such low speeds, any movement of the camera will blur the object in focus so the use of a tripod is obligatory.
ISO
ISO is a photographic concept that originated in film photography but was later translated to digital cameras too. However, ISO works in different ways in both types of photography.
ISO in Film Photography
In film photography, ISO is a number that defines how sensitive to light a particular roll of film is. Lower ISO numbers like 50 or 100 mean the film is not very sensitive to light. These types of film are perfect for shooting on a bright and sunny day outside. Analogically, higher ISO numbers mean films that are more sensitive to light. They are suitable for shooting indoors or in low-light conditions outside.
It’s a well-known fact that less sensitive films produce better quality photographs. This is due to their emulsion.
As you know, the emulsion of a film consists of light-sensitive layers of silver halide crystals that capture light. The higher the ISO, the larger and coarser these crystals are. They need to be such in order to record light more quickly and allow for using faster shutter speeds. However, they also create more grain. Lower ISO films, on the other hand, have emulsion with a finer crystal structure so they produce smoother photographs.
ISO in Digital Photography
“Lower equals smoother” is a rule that you can follow even if you only shoot digital. In digital photography, the ISO value can be changed very easily from the menu (you do not need to change films which is what film photographers do to increase or decrease light sensitivity). Depending on the model of your digital camera, you may have a choice of ISO ranging from 50 up to 409,600.
On a bright day outside ISO 100 is usually a great choice. But as the day advances, you’ll need to increase it to 200 and then 400 or more. If you shoot indoors, you will usually have to choose an ISO up from 200-400.
It’s important to know, though, that you never make your sensor more or less sensitive to light by choosing higher or lower ISO. Your camera always captures light at ISO 100. Then, depending on the ISO value you’ve selected from the menu, it increases its brightness.
For example, if you’ve selected ISO 200, it will increase the brightness of your photo twice. If you have selected ISO 400, you’ll increase it three times and so on. In digital photography, this is called “gain”.
Just like in films, lower ISO settings produce images of better quality. That’s because the more our camera increases the brightness of the photo to match the high ISO we’ve selected, the
Just like in films, lower ISO settings produce images of better quality. That’s because the more our camera increases the brightness of the photo to match the high ISO we’ve selected, the more noise it creates. Colors also suffer at high ISO settings. They don’t appear as saturated as at lower ISO settings.
There’s nothing to worry about at ISO up to 800 but after that, the quality of the image begins to gradually worsen. (This is strictly camera-specific, so some cameras can produce more noise at ISO 800 than others.)
So, if you can shoot with a lower ISO. But compared to Aperture and Shutter Speed, ISO is the least creative component of the triangle. It only affects the brightness and general quality of the image but it doesn’t change the way your object looks like dramatically.
A change in aperture or shutter speed, on the other hand, may produce a brand new picture.


You may bookmark any of the following links on your computer


green screen photography
https://stevecampbellhillwood.blogspot.com/2019/11/green-screen-photography.html

portfolios
http://annetteschreiberphotography.com/importance-photographers-portfolio_1/

From the link above, answer these questions. They are on the exams, except for Digital Art.

Which type portfolio is best, a traditional one showing printed photos or an online portfolio?

____________________are best, but an ___________________   __________________________is preferred.

 When deciding what should be included in your portfolio, your first consideration should be your_____________________.

Your portfolio should show only your ______________  ________________

About how many photos should be in your portfolio? _______ to _________.




photoshop
https://digital-photography-school.com/using-levels-photoshop-image-correct-color-contrast/




















Help and review:



help for many topics


Using SD cards
http://hillwoodphoto1.blogspot.com/2018/08/sd-card-reader-slot.html

Phone to computer
 http://hillwoodphoto1.blogspot.com/2018/08/transfer-photos-from-phone-to-computer.html


email a photo
http://stevecampbellhillwood.blogspot.com/2015/11/saving-as-jpeg.html

Multiple windows open, use F3 key

Photoshop tools

Using Photoshop Tools

Photoshop BootCamp

Making a new folder

Pasting an image into photoshop

resizing an image in Photoshop

cutting out part of a photo in Photoshop

using an eraser tool in Photoshop

create a G mail account and blog

make folder in Google drive


organize files in Google drive

placing a folder from computer into a Google Drive folder











Sunday, November 10, 2019

make up work instructions for failing grades # v2

Hillwood High School
Stephen Campbell
Makeup work for grade change
Rev 11_15_19


Online link: 


In the make up work column, click on the make up work link.

Follow the directions you find there. 


If you have a failing grade in photography or digital art, here is a description of what
you should do for each assignment grade you would like to improve.


For photography, you will take digital photos and submit digital typewritten reports.
Attach the photo as a JPEG file and the typewritten report as a text file and
email your work to stephen.campbell@mnps.org


For digital art, you will draw images (pencil or pen is fine) on paper and turn
them in as 8.5 x11 inch hard copies, as well as submitting digital typewritten reports.
Attach the typewritten report as a text file and email your work to stephen.campbell@mnps.org


Assignment: For each grade you would like to improve, complete the following: 1.A photo or drawing for each grade you want to improve. Attach the photo to an email and turn in the drawing as a hard copy.
 2.An email.  To stephen.campbell@mnps.org 
 In the body of an email, type your first name, last name and block Also type the title of your course Type the name of the assignment you are making up See email sample below 3.Pick one of the art elements or principles of design (see below) for each
assignment you want to improve. For example, if you need to improve three
grades, you must complete three separate makeup assignments. One makeup=one improved grade.
 4.Illustrate the meaning of the art element or design principle by
taking a photograph for photography and creating a drawing for art. In other words,
if you choose the art element line and  you are in photography, you would take a
photograph that communicates the definition of line. In art, you would make a
drawing composed of only lines.
 5.When you have picked your art element or principle of design,
create an email. Address the email to stephen.campbell@mnps.org.
In the body of the email, type your first name, last name, your block,
the title of your course, and the name of the assignment y
ou are making up as it appears in Infinite Campus.
 6.Next type the name and definition of the art element or principle of design.
Then, write a minimum three sentence or  maximum three paragraph essay
explaining how the photo or drawing you have created illustrates the definition
of the art element or design principle vocabulary term. 
 7.If you have chosen a photograph, attach it as a JPEG to the email.
 8.If you have chosen a drawing, turn it in as a hard copy
when you send your email. 
 Here is how you will be graded. 90 point maximum grade. 1.Have you taken and turned in a photograph or completed a drawing? 20 points maximum 2.Does the photograph or drawing illustrate the meaning of the art element or principle? 20 points maximum
 3.Does the art or photograph follow the rules of good composition and demonstrate effort and thought? 30 points maximum
 4.Is the email correct? 10 points maximum
 5.Is the essay well written and meets all requirements (see item 6, above) 10 points maximum.






















art elements and principles of design

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

green screen setup

Saturday, November 2, 2019

photoshop 101

To begin, be sure you can open Photoshop and use Google Chrome.

Follow this link:

https://stevecampbellhillwood.blogspot.com/2017/11/how-to-open-photoshop.html

Open Chrome the same way.

Always keep the Photoshop icon and the Chrome icon in your dock.

To do this, click and hold on the Photoshop icon. When you see the Options menu, select Keep in Dock and Open at Login.

Do the same with the Chrome icon.

Open Photoshop by clicking or double clicking the Photoshop icon in your dock.














To Repeat: Always keep the Photoshop icon and the Chrome icon in your dock.
To do this, click and hold on the icon. When you see the Options menu, select Keep in Dock and Open at Login.

Do the same with the Chrome icon.

With Photoshop open, go to Window>Workspace>Essentials




Now, go to Window again and be sure you have checked (✓) Layers, Application Frame (and/or Application Bar), Options (if possible) and Tools

Make a sample Photoshop document

Go to File>New




Enter this:


Be sure you have entered your name and Photoshop 101 correctly.
Document Type is not critical at this point. You could just select Document Type: U.S. Paper
Be sure Width and Height show as inches.
Be sure Resolution is 300 Pixels/Inch
Be sure Color Mode is RGB.
Be sure Background Contents reads White
Color Profile: Working RGB sRGB ICE61966-2.1
Pixel Aspect Ratio:Square Pixels

If this is correct, click OK



























If your new document display, which should be a white, vertical rectangle, is very small, (even so small, you almost can't see it) go to View>Fit on Screen.

You should now see your Photoshop document, pus a Layers Palette that looks similar to this.


























Now go to File>Save As. At the Save As window, be sure type in your first name and last name and Photoshop 101 appears. Save into your documents folder (If this is not possible, you can save onto your desktop.)
























For right now, it is OK to save as a PSD (or JPEG). Click Save.


If you get this message, click OK














Next.........

Click, hold and drag this photo, the one below, onto your desktop

















From your desktop, click, hold and drag this photo  into the new Photoshop document.

You will probably need to resize this photo.
Follow these directions:







Click on a corner if you do not see
the diagonal arrows. Be sure you resize
using Shift+drag from a corner.

















Press the return/enter key on your keyboard


Now, go to Layer>Rasterize>Smart Object. You could also select Layer or All Layers at this point.



























Look at your Layers Palette. You should see a picture and description of the photo you just placed in Photoshop.

You should also see a white layer that reads Background and has a padlock to its right.


With either layer selected, press and hold Command+J on your keyboard. You should now see a duplicate (copy) layer in your layers palette.

Now select the other layers and copy them using Command+J

Your Layers Palette should now show 4 layers. They should read Background, Background copy, Layer 1 and Layer 1 copy. The photo layers may read something else. That's OK

You should see an eye icon to the left of all layers.







Click on the eye icon (circled in red above) beside Background Layer 1. The eye should disappear. You have turned this layer off and should leave it turned off unless you need to totally start over.

Turn off one of the Photo layers also, so it may be re-used as well.



























To edit photos that are too dark, follow the directions in the image below. Click on this image (below) for a larger and clearer view.














You can also darken photos that are too light.

Here is another way to use Levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvtbu-uzr6o


Try to make your photo tones look like this: