Digital Photography & Imaging - Week 3

10/10/2023 (Week 3)
Andrea Choo Qin Hui (0366959)

Digital Photography & Imaging / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media

Week 3

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Instructions

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Lecture

Introduction to Photoshop 2

           Tool Box: Photoshop comes with multiple tool sets in the Toolbox, which you may 

                              expand to see more options.

Figure 1.1 Tool Box

           Marquee Selection Tools: Select and Mask

Figure 1.2 Selection Tools

Lasso Tools 

           How to Use the Lasso Tool: The Lasso Tool allow you to draw and pinpoint specific areas

                                                               of a document.

           There are three tool options available when you click on the Lasso Tool in the Toolbar: 

           Lasso, Polygonal Lasso & Magnetic Lasso.

Figure 1.3 Lasso Tools

           Since the Lasso Tool resembles a pencil, it's a great tool to use with a graphic 

           tablet. When sketching and selecting, a graphic tablet might provide a smoother flow 

           than a mouse or trackpad.

Figure 1.4 Lasso

Figure 1.5 How To Use Lasso Tool 

Pen Tool

            In terms of truly starting from scratch to create a path, the pen tool is the most popular 

            choice. The pen tool allows you to add these points, and the way you drag the tool when 

            creating the points defines their appearance. A path will be smoother if it has fewer 

            points.

Figure 1.6 Pen Tool

           Variation of Pen Tool:

Figure 1.7 Variation of Pen Tool

           The Bezier Game:

Figure 1.8 Bezier Game

Layering

           Several photos layered on top of one another are called layers. To make changes, you can

           work with one layer independently of the others. They combine to create the final 

           image. In actual life, it might appear somewhat like this.

           One benefit of utilising Layers is that all of the layers can be saved as a Photoshop file. 

           This implies that non-destructive editing can be done with layers. The original image 

           won't ever be destroyed by the Photoshop edits you make. All the additional data and/or 

           pictures you wish to include in the original file are contained in the layers.

Figure 1.9 Layers

           How to Open Images as Layers in Photoshop: 

Figure 1.10 Tutorial on How to Open Images as Layers

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Tutorial

Paths, Masking & Layering

Figure 2.1 Digital Collage Briefing

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Practical

           Instead of using old magazines like the previous project, this time we had to use 

           pictures provided by Mr. Fauzi to make digital compositions. After making the 

           compositions, Mr. Fauzi will choose the best one out of the 3 for us to continue onto the 

           next exercise. 

Figure 3.1 Composition #1

Figure 3.2 Composition #2

Figure 3.3 Composition #3