Digital Photography and Imaging - Week 1

 05.10.2023 (Week 1)

Teh Ming En/0364908

Digital Photography and Imaging-Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media--Taylors University


LECTURES

The reason we need to learn Photoshop:

The Adobe Photoshop is the reason why numerous professionals like graphic designers to web designers prefer using this application. Graphic style and also digital photography is one of the most typical. Understanding Photoshop is necessary if you operate in a visuals style, website design, or individual experience function. Yet it is additionally similarly vital to find out Photoshop for those operating in hands-on advertising and marketing functions.

The importance of Photoshop for the Graphic Designer:

1. Express your creativity
2. Create  graphic design
3. Restoration of old images
4. Integrate graphics with text artistically
5. Make use of brushes
6. Change photo colour
7. Rectify mistakes in photographs


Photograph Manipulation:

Photograph manipulation involves the transformation or alteration of a photograph using various methods and techniques to achieve desired results.

Fig 1.1 Example of Photograph Manipulation With Negative

Australian photographer Frank Hurley formed this composite photograph from three original negatives of World War I Belgium.

Digital Imaging:

Digital imaging converts the printed text, artwork, and photographs into digital images using a digital scanner or another imaging device. 

Fig 1.2 Technique and Purpose of Digital Imaging


Tutorial

 – Students responsibilities, assignments & assessment methods

1. Introduction to Google Classroom.
2. Introduction to Google Drive folder system.
3. Introduction to Collage
4. Prepare collage's design elements for Week 2 exercise.
5. Past students collage works: https://fauziyusoff.com/dpicollage

Fig 2.1 Tutorial Video


Exercise

In the first week, we didn't have Adobe access. Mr Fauzi required us to create an account on Pinterest. And list down our 3 favourite graphic design work from Pinterest. We need to explain the reason we like it.

Design #1
Fig 3.1 Design #1
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/5418462044797210/

I like this design because the retro design style and comic elements catch my eyes.

Design #2
Fig 3.2 Design #2

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/2392606045960096/

I like the comic elements in the poster. It is full of childlike energy.

Design #3
Fig 3.3 Design #3

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/127015651980459658/

When I saw this poster, I liked the Morandi colour combination.
This poster expressed:
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