Theory re File types, resolution, dithering, etc

You will find the info that you require for the assessment at
http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/dataformats/bitmaps/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_file_formats

Assessment requires you to write about
File formats, resolution, dithering, file size, quality issues, bit depth, compression, delivery mechanisms

Links to D & DA Awards Winners for 2009

http://awards.dandad.org/2009/categories/artd/art-direction#section1

Contact Sheet

TYPOLOGY SKILLS

Exercise for building typology skills

• Design a Poster: Exhibition/Project
• Use grunge blends with colour fill
• Download font/s which are appropriate for project
• Look for inspirational saying
• Use BIG/small/CAPS/Mix

• Think colour
• Think rotation

• Size 
• Position

~Fonts
http://www.dafont.com/

~Text Tutorials
http://www.designshard.com/video-tutorials/18-awesome-photoshop-text-effect-tutorials/

~Posters - great basic ideas here
http://www.designshard.com/inspiration/inspiring-grunge-style-big-typography-posters/

Initial feedback to Kris, Craig, Warner, Nick, Paul, Neale on first submission
Demo of sample roughs/sketches

Sample Assessment

• First Assessment due: Thursday 22 October 2009
• Second Assessment due: 25 November 2009
• Final Assessment: 17 December 2009
• Re-assessments/no submissions for all 3 due Thursday 7 January 2010
• Final Submission for Final Assessment due Tuesday 12 January 2010
  
  
• One more assessment in full will be allowed on the payment of a re-assessment fee and this must be submitted by 30 May 2010 (Fee for 2009 is £30)

Link to Adobe Video Tutorials
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/

Make a frame with Halftone Filter

1. Open up pic and unlock background
2. Make a new layer and fill with white
3. Use the retangular marquee to make selection of where photo will show:
4. Fill with black and deselect
5. Use Guassian Blur to blur the edge of the black rectangle
6. Select Filter, Pixelate, Halftone (All channels to 45 and size to 50)
7. Change blending mode to screen
8. Select the frame with magic wand
9. Make a new layer and fill with colour/gradient of your choice
10. Use the layer style palette to adjust the settings/look of your frame

Tutorials which can be considered Advanced Bitmap Tutorials

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/

Halftone is a very good edging to place onto images

Combining Images

Students looking at supply of copyright images

• www.thefullmontage.com 
• was given as an example of the types of images which you might wish to collect and keep in an Image Library

Experimentation with the use of these  images took place

• Using the Text tool
• Rasterising the text in order that the perspective could be adjusted in the text
• Creating and placing shadows in order to create sense of reality

Combinations - the fast way

The Full Montage

Making brushes

Tutorial at
http://www.bittbox.com/photoshop/how-to-make-a-photoshop-brush

Using the pen tool

Looking at a final project of a contemporary student in another establishment
 www.davidlemm.co.uk

Illustrator

  Lessons to date

• Building a library of images
• Making backgrounds
• Making silhouettes
• Using the alpha channels to change colour and add effects
  
• Using the blending options and threshold
• Text with a stroke
• Choosing colours from the existing image
• Blending backgrounds with photographs

Overview of the assessment including requirements

• 3 composite images including 5 advanced elements
  

• Fitting the images to the assessment
• Blends
• Ruler Guides
• Naming of layers

• Layers
• Layer effects 
• Special effect filters
• Masks 
• Alpha Channels 

Knowledge and/or skills

• File format
• Resolution
• Dithering
• File size
• Quality
• Bit depth
• Compression
• Delivery mechanism

Evidence requirements

• Produce a report of approximately 500 words on the impact of optimisation parameters
when saving bitmap graphics in relevant file formats. At least two file formats should be
covered. The report must contain good and bad examples of saved graphics and indicate
clearly the reasoning for the use of specific settings.
• Save graphics in a format relevant to the given brief.