Illustrator Tutorial

Illustrator is the next and final program we will work with the year. Illustrator is used mainly to create graphics and designs, but is has many uses.
Please work through the tutorials below starting with the first one.

Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

1.Illustrator 1 Tutorial

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpd9WtlnXZk

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWViZpzFIK8

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCPCm6StROI

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB2EZQo-GFw

6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32hoFjbUnSU

Logo Tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC1Fzn0kStI&feature=related

Erase Shapes in Illustrator 

15 More Tutorials

Photo 1: How to Turn in Your Portraits

You will turn in a Portraits Adjusted Contact Sheet.
It will contain:

• 5 Photos from day 1 of portrait shooting (another person)
• 5 photos from day 2 of portrait shooting (another person)
• 4 photos adjusted from self portrait shooting (one for each style of self portrait)

Please make sure that the contact sheets shows a variety of picture styles and composition. For example, I do not want to see 14 close ups. Variety rules.

You will also turn in:

• Best Portrait as a jpg.for printing and grading
• Best Self Portrait as a .jpg for printing and grading

Expermimental Photograpy for Photo 2

Ideas

Expermimental Photograpy Assignment

Pick one or two ways to experiment with Photography. Between now and next Friday May 30 shoot two contact sheets full of experimental photos.

• Wednesday May 21 will be a practice day. You can practice your techniques or test out different techniques in order to help you decide what to do.
• Wednesday May 28 will be a shooting day.
• On Friday May 30 you will turn in both Contact Sheets

Photo 1: Self Portrait Treatment

First of all, I want you to look at the photos on the following websites for self-portrait ideas and then answer the following questions. 

Please use text edit, Abi Word, or Word and drop the answers into the proper class folder.

 

Google Self Portraits

100 Awesome Self Portraits 

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&text=%22self+portrait+photography%22&b360a499b630a312fcf53946152d9cd2_1_203920=self+portrait+photography

http://www.teachingphoto.com/school_work.html

 Also, go to Getty Images and do a portraits search (self-portraits on Getty show people taking pictures of themselves. We do not need to see the camera).

What four categories do you think you will pick? Why?

What are your interests and hobbies that you can showcase in your self-portrait?

What colors will be the best for you to work with for self-portrait where color is emphasized? What are your favorite colors?

Do you have any costumes or props you can use for the self-portraits?

Next, I want you to grab two separate sheets of paper and sketch two of your ideas for self-portraits. Include location, outfits, poses, costumes, and facial expressions etc. I realize that not everything is an amazing artist, but do your best.

Self Portrait Assignment

Self Portrait Assignment

The Art of Constructing a Self-Portrait

A self-portrait comes from within. Injecting 'those we love' into the portrait steers one away from the harder task to trying to reveal self without adornment.

If you eat, sleep, and live for speed then your self-portrait should reflect motion and movement as one of its cornerstones.

If you are a reflective type, then reflections and patterns and their intersections should occupy a primary space.

If overall you feel more flawed then whole, then you wouldn't want to go about photographing the most pristine parts of yourself; you would want, instead, to capture your essence in a manner that describes and defines you without complaining. I say that because the essence of self-discovery requires you to be a benign observer of self so as not to hone in too closely on this or that part.

A sense of 'wholeness' is difficult to capture at best. Indeed, wholeness is almost impossible for some people to even understand -- let alone capture in themselves -- because their persons and their lives are so fragmented, so disorganized in general.

But that is what self-portraiture is all about, capturing the whole -- the whole of who you are as a person.

Try to be unforgiving in a benign and neutral way. Study yourself in the mirror and paint what you see there. Then go inside yourself and paint what you see there."

www.drellenrudolph.com

 

You will shoot four different self-portrait concepts over the next 12 days. You will shoot at least 24 pictures for each concept.

 You need to pick four photo types from the following five categories.

1. A self-portrait where color is emphasized. Color may include wardrobe, location, props, or natural objects. Think of your picture as a one or two color concept picture.

2. A picture that emphasizes lighting and shadows. This will be a grayscale self-portrait.

3. A self-portrait that showcases your interests and hobbies. In this picture we learn what you like to do away from school. Think about what interests you and transfer that into a photo.

4. A fantasy self-portrait. Dress up and use costumes. In this self-portrait you can use Photoshop to enhance your picture in any way, shape, or form. Transfer yourself to Hawaii or become a Viking like you have always wanted.

5. The Supermodel self-portrait. Dress up like a GQ or Cosmopolitan magazine model. This can be a grayscale or color picture. You will use Photoshop to airbrush and enhance this photo.

 

Hints for self-portraits:

Use colors or lighting to create a concept.

Costumes or uniforms work great.

Change angles.

Use props.

Vary the lighting.

Try different emotional looks.

Pose in action.

Most importantly for this assignment don't forget your composition rules. Use framing, leading lines, rule of thirds, color contrast etc. to enhance your photo. Fill the frame.

 

Schedule:

May 15: Start Shooting

May 22: Self Portrait Shooting Day

May 27: All pictures are due. Note: Seniors need to turn their pictures on or before this day. No late work. Take all your pictures between now and next Thursday if you need to.

Multimedia: Rotoscoping

This is a very basic but effective Rotoscoping tutorial.

Photo 2: New Photography Masters Assignment

 Use Text Edit to answer the following questions:

1. Look at the various work from ALL of the photographers listed below. This will take at least 30-40 minutes. You may even explore more up and coming photographers on your own.
2. Pick a photographer that you would like to emulate and pay homage. You will eventually re-create an exact picture and also create your own picture in the "style" of this photographer.
3. Tell me about the photographer and why you picked their work.
 In no LESS than one page (double spaced) please explain:
• Who you chose and who they are (i.e. when, where, what etc)
• Describe their photography: What is unique about her/his style and technique? What types of photos do they take? What are the themes or concepts?
•• Why did you choose this photographer? What do you like about their work/style?
 Please reference different photos and use photography terms that we have discussed in class and from the links below.
Rules of Composition
Elements of Design
4. What specific picture are you going to re-create? Why? Please provide a link to this photo. Where will you shoot this photo? Who are what exactly will be your subject? How will you re-create the exact lighting?


Note: Do not copy/paste text from web sites. I will check to make sure that everything written is in your own words. Google is a fantastic tool for checking plagiarism.
  Assignment Due Dates:
May 12nd: Written Description Due at end of period
Homework Re-Create a Photo: Shoot at least 24 attempts.
May 14: Re-Create a Photo Shooting Day.
May 16: Homage Shooting Day
May 19: Editing
May 21: Editing. Homage and Re-Create a Photo pictures due at 11:00 am.
    
Photographers

Veterans:
 Jim Goldberg - documentary, black and white
Christopher Anderson - color portraits and documentary
Chris Jordan - patterns, industrial waste
Cindy Sherman - self portraits, "film stills"
Arthur Tress - staged fish tank images and various stuff
Steve McCurry - landscape, portraiture, photojournalism
Alex Majoli - photojournalism, black and white portraiture
Vik Muniz - photo composites
Loretta Lux - portraits
Julia Fullerton - commercial
Lauren Greenfeld - documentary
Shimpei Takeda - abstract
Walter Ioos - sports

Young and New Photographers:
Chase Jarvis -variety
Rookie Nolan -
Sarah Hoey - surreal 
Paulina Otylie Surys -

Pari Dukovic -impressionism

Jim Mortram- 

Samuel James -activism, realism

Liz West -variety

Zhang Jingna -portrait

Karrah Kobus -surrealism

Nirrimi Hakanson

Futoshi Miyagi  

Seb Janiak

Simon Powell

Marco Martinelli

Kenny Weng

Michael David Adams

Portrait Examples

PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS

1. Yousuf Karsh - http://www.karsh.org/
   Mary Ellen Mark - http://www.maryellenmark.com/
   Philipe Halsman - http://philippehalsman.com/
   Dorothea Lange - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Lange

Portrait Assignment

You will shoot portraits over the next week on Thursday May 8  and Tuesday May 13.

 

One day you will shoot at school using the lights in the studio and the other day you will shoot off-campus at a predetermined location. 

You will shoot AT LEAST 50 pictures of your subject each day (most of you will shoot between over 100 photos).

1. Find a partner in this class or in Ms. King's class .
2. Talk to your subject. What type of portraits do you want to create? Use colors or lighting to create a concept for your portrait. Costumes or uniforms work great. Imaginary ideas are OK. Choose an interesting setting based on your concept.
3. Change angles between shots. Shoot at least 24 pictures of each subject.
4. Use props if they will help the audience learn something about the subject.
5. Vary the lighting. Use filters, flashlights, lamps, or multiple lights to enhance your picture. Use the different lighting techniques that you will read about in class (see above).
6. Encourage different emotional looks. Pretend you are Austin Powers taking pictures. Tell your subject they are "groovy".
7. Having your subjects "pose" in action is just fine.
8. Most importantly for this assignment don't forget your compostion rules. Use framing, leading lines, rule of thirds, color contrast etc. to enhance your photo. Fill the frame.

Portrait HintsPart 1
Portrait Hints Part 2

More Hints

Even more hints












Here is a list of a few of the different types of portraits photos you will turn in:

Lighting!!!
http://mrstorydigiphoto.blogspot.com/2011/12/different-lighting-techniques.html

• Creating Killer Headshots: The Cheap Way! - David Griffin
• A quick start guide to the one light setup - David Griffin
• Back Lighting - Studio Lighting Setup - StudioLighting.net
• Paramount (Butterfly) Lighting - Studio Lighting Setup - StudioLighting.net
• Multiple Light Portrait Setup Hints - David E. Price
• Short Lighting - Studio Lighting Setup - StudioLighting.net
• Broad Lighting - Studio Lighting Setup - StudioLighting.net

Multimedia: After Effects Battle Project

 Requirements

·      Work in groups of three

·      At least two people will “fight” using fireballs, lighting, or other After Effects created effects

·      A one minute (or more) action sequence edited in Premiere and After Effects

·      You need at least eight 5-7 second shots in your final video

·      You need to shoot every shot from three different angles (Close-Up, Medium Shot, and Long Shot), which means you will shoot at least 24 shots total. Most groups will shoot more.

·      Keep all of your action moving left to right or right to left instead of toward or away from the camera. This will make effect creation much easier.

·      Make sure you focus the camera every shot. Zoom in, focus, and zoom out. Out of focus shots are unacceptable.

·      Please avoid Jump Cuts between shots. In other words, your action needs to match up between each shot when you edit.

·      You will add titles, music, and sound effects in Adobe Premiere and create your effects in After Effects. I will show you how to work with Premiere on Friday.

Multimedia Motion Tracking

Changing Eye Color:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew8k7Oxx7d8

Other options...

Fireball Tutorials:
https://www.google.com/search?q=fire+hand+after+effects+tutorial&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
You need a ten second video of someones moving their hand(or something else of your choice).

Flames:
 https://www.google.com/search?q=stock+footage+flame+mov&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Use dirpy.com or mediaconverter.org to capture flames.
Or you can grab fire from the "Fire Folder" in the Public Folder on my Staff Server.


Rotoscoping
You need a ten second wide shot to do this tutorial.

Photomerge and Sequence Projects to turn in

Due Thursday May 1:

·   Three adjusted Photomerges from three different locations (one from Golden Hour) on one Contact Sheet called “Photomerge Adjusted.”

·   One Sequence adjusted as a .jpeg called “Sequence Adjusted.”

·   Your best Photomerge or Sequence adjusted for printing called “__________ for print.”

Photo 2 4/28

• Import your Spring Break Fashion photos.
• Turn in your best 24 on a Contact Sheet called Spring Break Fashion.
• Beginning editing your pictures in Photoshop using clone stamp, patch tool, and other tools to make your subjects look their best.

Digital Photo 1 4/28

• Import your photos.
• Create a Contact Sheet called Spring Break. Include pictures from all three Photomerge locations (pick the best ones) and your sequence shots.
• Turn your Contact Sheet in to the Staff Server.
• Start merging your Photomerge pictures. Save these but do not turn them in.
• Do not merge your sequences until Tuesday.

Multimedia 4/28

Please shoot a short video of someone pretending to bounce a ball. 10 seconds is a decent length. You may use a cell phone camera or use one of mine. Please make sure you check out a camera from Mr. Glombecki and then return it immediately after importing your video.
Use Image Capture to upload video footage.
You may need to borrow someones memory card.
Open After Effects.
Work through the Energy Ball Tutorial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ufhuv-UTGw

I will help you work through it on Wednesday.

Spring Break Homework

Good morning,

Here is the spring break homework for Digital Photography. Details can be found below in the Photomerege and Sequence examples below.


Over spring break you need to shoot three successful and awesome looking landscape Photomerges in three separate locations. One must shot be during golden hour. Shoot both vertically and horizontally. Each Photomerge should be at least 3-5 pictures. I would recommend attempting at least four or five different merges at each location.

Also, shoot one intense action sequence merge. Take at least 3-5 pictures in the sequence. Please make sure the subject is in focus and the lighting is desirable.

Sequence Assignment

The second part of your Spring Break homework is to create an action sequence. You can do this two ways:

1. If your camera has continuous shutter you can take multiple pictures very quickly.

2. If your camera does not have continuous shutter you can have your subject repeat the action multiple times and take multiple shots.  

 You need to get one really good action sequence during Spring Break. It may take you 30-40 pictures for it to work out or if you are lucky or skillful it may only take four or five pictures.

 Please shoot DRAMATIC action.  Pick sports or activities that are interesting and action packed.
 Make sure your shot is taken from a creative angle and demonstrates intense action. Each sequence should have 3-5 shots.

When you’re creating a sequence photo make sure you get all the action you need. This can be done by choosing the action setting on a DSLR. Make sure you have a camera that able to do high shutter speeds. A DSRL that can shoot 3-5fps can get you great results. Then set the camera up in a sturdy location or on a sturdy tripod so movement between frames is limited. Below are some truly amazing examples of sequence photography. The trick is to hold the camera steady and have the action move through multiple frames/photos:

Ray Demski




 

Examples

YouTube Sequence Tutorial 


Text Tutorial for Sequence Assignment

If you have overlap, use a layer mask

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReDRMX2-8n4&NR=1&feature=fvwp

step by step

• Open your multiple pictures into Adobe Bridge
• Tools>Photoshop>Photoshop>Load Files into Photoshop Layers 
• Edit>Auto Align Layers
• create a new black layer mask on your top layer (alt + click on the layer mask icon in the layer palette)
• paint in white over your subject (sometimes lowering the opacity will help you see where to paint.
• flatten image
• add shadows as needed
• save

Photomerge Assignment

One of your assignments over Spring Break multiple landscape panorama style photomerges.  Take a picture and then move the camera slightly up or sideways to take another "connected" image. Basically you combine smaller pictures to make one larger picture.

Use a tripod if possible. Remember to manual adjust white balance or select something like "cloudy" or "sunny" on your camera.


Here is how you connect multiple pictures in Photoshop.

• Import your pictures using Image Capture
• Create separate folders on your computer for each Photomerge and move the pictures into this folder

To set up a new Photomerge composition:
Do one of the following:
Choose File > Automate > Photomerge.
In the File Browser, select the images you want to use and then choose Automate > Photomerge from the File Browser menu bar
In the dialog box, choose an option from the Use pop-up menu:

• Files to generate the Photomerge composition using individual files.
• Folders to use all the images stored in a folder to create the Photomerge composition. The files in the folder appear in the dialog box.
• Open Files to use the image files you have open in Photoshop.

Click the Browse button to navigate to the source files or folder you want to use to create the Photomerge composition. Select Attempt to Automatically Arrange Source Images if you want Photoshop to try to line the images up in their proper order.
Then edit your picture as you need.

Here is a tutorial you can use to get you going.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrNI-gAuI5s

Your next assignment will be a 12-20 second SCNN commercial for anything school related. This could include a dance, a game, a club, an event, or anything else. Content must be related to the specific school related item.
All animation should look sharp and detailed.
Use school colors where appropriate.


Your animation needs to include:

• Music AND sound effects throughout
• Keyframe animation
• Shape tween
• Two Motion Tween
• Two Movie Clips
• Text that says either "SCNN" or the information for the school club, group, or event
• Voices created by you using Garageband or other programs

Most of these projects will be between 288 and 480 frames each at 24 frames per second.

First step: Commercial Treatment

You will write a detailed commercial treatment and send it to the coach or advisor of your club/activity/sport etc. You will ask for their permission to make a commercial and also for suggestions. You will also send me a copy (CC) of this email.



List of advisors:
http://learn.shorelineschools.org/shorecrest/sasb/index.php#list_of_clubs
School event Calendar



Treatment questions you must answer in COMPLETE sentences.

1. What group or activity have you selected as your subject?
2. Why did you select this group and why do you think you can make an interesting commercial for this group?
3. What is your original concept? How are you going to SELL your subject?
4. What will your tag line be? It needs to be something catchy and memorable.
5. What kind of music will you use in the background?
6. Please email the advisor or coach of your commercial subject ask permission to create a commercial using your concept. Include me on this email.

Shorecrest Related Action Shot Homework

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Homework:

Shorecrest Related Action Shots

50 Pictures Due Next Thursday morning

Pick or Shorecrest sport or performance group and take pictures at a game or practice. 

Let me know if you want to shoot on the sideline during a game or match. 

You may use the panning technique as described in class and in the Motorcross video.