 PhotoShop
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Challenge
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theme - mood - story
In this challenge you will select a theme create a visual mood and
tell a story.
Your theme will be a topic such as the
- environment
(extinction, whales, rain forest, global
warming, SUV's etc. etc)
- some aspect of the human
condition
( war, racism, poverty,hypocrisy etc. etc.)
- a character trait
(empathy integrity courage etc.
etc.)
- a topic in the news
Your mood
- you will create a mood of
awareness/optimism/joy/sorrow/humour/etc.
Your collage will tell a story
- not a long story but it will leave the viewer
feeling as if they have been made more aware of your theme your graphic
will contain at least one line of rendered text.
Design
Process
a)
Decide on
a topic
b) Research
your topic on the Internet
> when you find suitable sites for research material copy them and their
URLS to a separate file
c) Render images as required for colour,
contrast, saturation, brightness, etc.
d) Make a rough story board with pencil and
paper outlining your idea.
Technical Details
- set up
a new canvas in PhotoShop
750pixels wide x 450pixels high
- drag and drop open the
layers box and layers styles box
- set up a background on the canvas and proceed to
place and arrange your images in the collage that you have designed
- experiment with the various PhotoShop tools such
as the filters and colour enhancements etc. remember
Tips and Hints
- remember that you can rearrange layers in any
way you choose
- you will most likely need to change the size of
many of your composite images
-
print out a proof (or several) on the BW laser printer
first then .......
-
a) we will print the final
rendition of your Photo collage in colour
on glossy Photo Paper or .......
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b)
laminate the colour image that you print out on
High Quality InkJet paper
Some TIPS for collage
(please read on)
evaluation
(print out your own copy) |
