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DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK

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Lecture Outline Lab Topic Checkpoint

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23rd

Feb

Digital Image

(1)

Week 2 will look at the digital

image as it stands in

contemporary art practice,

including a short history.

Basic

Photoshop

- locate Photoshop and use

basic editing functions

- save a copy of the image

used to work on for your

worksheet and record a

descriptipn of what you did

BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, ALL STUDENT SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE SAVED IMAGE SHOWING

SOME KIND OF MANIPULATION IN PHOTOSHOP WITH ADDED TEXT. THE LABS AND THIS WORKSHEET

WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO USE A PHOTOSHOP SAMPLE IMAGEBUT YOU MAY ALSO USE ONE OF YOUR

OWN.

What version of Photoshop do the school computers have?:

Basic tools:

If you havent used it before, spend some time looking round Photoshop at the types of tools that are

available.Watch this video:http://www.photoshopvids.com/photshop-tutorials/photoshop-tutorials-

introduction-to-photoshop-cs3/

http://www.photoshopvids.com/photshop-tutorials/photoshop-tutorials-introduction-to-photoshop-cs3/http://www.photoshopvids.com/photshop-tutorials/photoshop-tutorials-introduction-to-photoshop-cs3/http://www.photoshopvids.com/photshop-tutorials/photoshop-tutorials-introduction-to-photoshop-cs3/http://www.photoshopvids.com/photshop-tutorials/photoshop-tutorials-introduction-to-photoshop-cs3/http://www.photoshopvids.com/photshop-tutorials/photoshop-tutorials-introduction-to-photoshop-cs3/http://www.photoshopvids.com/photshop-tutorials/photoshop-tutorials-introduction-to-photoshop-cs3/

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VISUAL ARTS CORE STUDIO 1 D.I.G.I.T.A.L. L.I.T.E.R.A.C.Y

DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK

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Where to find sample images for using in Photoshop:

Use ADOBE BRIDGE to browse |Open vanishing.psd

Use the POLYGON LASSO tool to select the dog (or other object if you are using

your own image).

You can now EDIT your selection(in this case the dog). A basic edit is to copy

and paste to make a clone of the selected area.

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DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK

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Go to the EDIT MENU>COPY and the EDIT MENU>PASTE. (Keyboard shortcuts are

CTRL+C and CTRL+V )You should now be able to change to the selction tool (arrow) and pick up the

dog on the top.

IN YOUR OWN TIME, have a go with the other selection tools to see the

differences!

Make a Basic CROP of your image.

Draw the symbol for the CROP and the POLYGON LASSO tools:

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DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK

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Using the TEXT TOOL add some Text to your Image, and change the colour of the

text.