Homework - Week 7

1. Upload the images you took this week to the "Documentation and Annotation" project to your online Photo collection. You should have a minimum of 20 that fit into your specific project. Your images should be named, tagged and commented (if your site does not have "comments" you must add, by using the URL image option, 5 images to your blog and comment on them.)

2. Use the selection processes we learned today to isolate, select and add an "object" from one of your online images (the images you are gathering for the "Documentation and Annotation" project) to the "One a Day" image you downloaded in class. Upload the full quality PSD to drop/send. Upload the optimized JPG to your blog.

HOW TO SAVE FOR ONE A DAY

1. Complete your edit
2. File > Save as > 04_originalname_yourname.psd
   
3. Save it in yout "mine" folder
4. Upload it to Drop Send
5. Now make your small image
6. Image > image size > 72 dpi
7. Save for web > 04originalname_yourname.jpg
8. Save it in your "web" folder
9. Upload it to your blog
   

Homework - Week 5

One a day

• Find an image of an object through google image search
• Download, paste, transform (apple T), select using magic wand and polygonal lasso (apple D to deselect)
• Use the brush tool (opacity, textures and scale) to "recreate" the object on another layer
• Delete the original object layer
• Resample, Optimize, Save for web
• Upload to your blog

Documentation and Spatial Annotation

• Go out into the world and look around - take some pictures
• Browse through the different online management tools that I have listed and think about which ones you might use (go ahead and sign up!)
• Browse the artist websites that I provided for you
  
• Come to class with at least 15 images (on your drive, camera, laptop, or flickr)
• Think about and be prepared to speak about what you saw, what is interesting to you and how that might fit into a system
  

Homework - Week 4

1.) Upload first revisions to your blog after re-sampling and optimizing.
2.) Upload revised full quality PSD to drop/send. (need the user name and password? Look it up on the "One a Day" assignment handout in your iqweb)
3.) Download your classmates revision from drop/send. After downloading and checking it to make sure the downloadwas successful - delete it from drop/send by checking the box to the left of the file and clicking "Delete".
4.) Customize your blog colors (background, text, links, etc) by going to Template>Fonts and Colors tab. GO HERE FOR A QUICK TUTORIAL

BRING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA TO CLASS AND USB CORD!

Homework - Week 3

Understanding file size
Lossy vs. Lossless
Digital Image Files Explained

For Homework
Answer the two following questions on your blog:
What is compression and why do we use it?
What is the difference between lossy and lossless compression?

Upload your optimized original "one a day" to your blog in a single post.

Week 2 Homework

1. Come prepared with your 2 images scanned as per the tutorial. They should also be cropped and rotated. They should be saved to your drop/send, external or disk.
   
2. Create your Blog!
3. Make your first post on your blog. In the post, make a list of websites that you use on a regular basis (minimum of 5.) Impress me my making the URL's function as links (not manditory, but if you can do it - go for it!)
4. Email me the URL for your blog - mwarner at moore
   

Homework - Week 1

1. Decide upon a file storage system and have it set up and ready to go by the next class.

2. Setting up a Storage System:

- Create a system of folders to use for the class on your laptop, drop/send or thumb drive.
- Create a parent folder called “CA_Fall07” to contain all other folders and files.
- With in CA_Fall07, create a folder called “Images” to hold all raw data, photos, scans, etc.
- With in CA_Fall07, create a folder called “Projects,” to house all complete and in-process project.
- Create a Text Edit document to track all of your user names and passwords – name of your choice.

3. For our next class, bring with you to two images to scan. They can be from books, magazines, newspapers or hand drawn. Do not bring candid photographs or images printed from your computer. Content of the image is open. The image must be at least 3x5.