Digital Photography and Imaging / Week 3

October 10, 2023

Digital Photography and Imaging / Week 3

10.10.2023 - 16.10.2023 / Week 3

Bong Sue Zhiun (0366866)

Digital Photography and Imaging

Digital Collage

1. Lecture

2. Instructions

3. Tutorial

4. Practical

LECTURE

Week 3 : Introduction to Photoshop 2

Selection, Layering

Fig.1.2. Selection & Layering, Week 3 , 10.10.2023

Tool Box

Fig.1.3. Tool Box, Week 3 , 10.10.2023

Marquee Selection Tools

Fig.1.4. Marquee Selection Tools, Week 3 , 10.10.2023

Lasso Tool

Allow to draw and pinpoint specific areas of a document.
It is great to use with a graphic tablet because it is similar to a pencil.
When clicking on the Lasso tool from the Toolbar, there will have 3 different tool options which are Lasso, Polygonal Lasso and Magnetic Lasso.

Fig.1.5. Lasso Tool , Week 3 , 10.10.2023

Tutorial for using Lasso Tool: https://youtu.be/DKtHsFaclKo

Pen Tool

When it comes to actually creating a path from scratch, the pen tool is the most common option.
The fewer points, the smoother the path will be.

Fig.1.6. Pen Tool, Week 3 , 10.10.2023

Fig.1.7. Variation of Pen Tool, Week 3 , 10.10.2023

Tutorial for using Pen Tool : https://youtu.be/BlW7F-fTsbE & https://youtu.be/A6ua6Fd3OWA

Layering

Layers are different images stacked on top of each other.
We can use each layer without affecting another one to make adjustments.
Together they form one final image.
We can use layers for non-destructive editing.
The adjustments in Photoshop will never destroy the original image.

Fig.1.8. Layering , Week 3 , 10.10.2023

Tutorial for opening images as layers in Photoshop :

https://youtu.be/0dOvqYO5nfg

Reference:

1. Mastering selections in Photoshop : The Lasso Tool

https://bit.ly/3uIrIUN

2. Drawing paths with the Pen Tool

https://bit.ly/3e0uspY

3. How to start using Photoshop Layers

https://expertphotography.com/photoshop-layers

INSTRUCTIONS

TUTORIAL

Week 3

Digital College

1. Download the images into my laptops: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cGcbENrjSksAaMQK9np2jb6ZaM7Y-81l?usp=sharing

2. Tutorial for digital collage using Adobe Photoshop: https://youtu.be/BlW7F-fTsbE

PRACTICAL

Week 3: The Bezier Game

Mr Fauzi encouraged us to play this game to get familiar with the pen tool.

Here are some of my results from playing the Bezier game.

Fig.4.4. A spanner from The Bezier Game , Week 3, 10.10.2023

Fig.4.5. A man from The Bezier Game , Week 3, 10.10.2023

Fig.4.6. A cloud from The Bezier Game , Week 3, 10.10.2023

Digital Collage ( Week 3 )

For digital collage, we are going to use Adobe Photoshop to complete the work. It is just the same way to do like the physical collage. But the difficult thing is I need to learn how to use Photoshop. I watch the tutorial composed by Mr Fauzi and also find some short tutorials on Youtube. There are the 3 Compositions that I did for this project.

#1 Composition