Quick selection and magic wand tool in CS5

Here’s a short video showing you how to use the quick selection tool and the magic wand.

 
http://www.informit.com/display/common/images/video_player/embedVideo_20_450_ext.swf

Holiday photography tips

The link below goes to some tips for taking holiday photos. Thought you might be interested since our break is coming up. Bring back and share some of your best pics from your vacation.

• Holiday photography tips

  tags: photography

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Indesign Assignment–Magazine Cover

We have talked about the different elements of magazine covers. If you need a reminder, ask to review the Keynote presentation. Using InDesign, you will design a magazine cover that looks as “real” as possible. You can duplicate an existing magazine or come up with your own original idea. If you are trying to duplicate an existing magazine, make sure you pay attention to your fonts.

Include the magazine name (obviously, a picture or illustration and the usual text describing what’s inside the magazine (as well as a date/volume/issue number etc)

A Google image search for “magazine cover” should provide plenty of inspiration.

Specs
New document
1 page
Portrait orientation
Your choice on columns
.25 in (1p6 pica) margins on all sides

The final revision will be due on December 8

Do’s and Don’t for Photos

Here is a good video about how to take good pictures. In fact she has lots of good videos on You Tube

Take Good Pictures

Here’s a short video from You Tube that gives good beginning info on taking good pictures.

Where am I?

I thought it might be nice to take a quick break and make sure we are all on the same page. We are multi-tasking right now. The goal is two fold. First, I want you to learn about the camera you are going to be using for the digital photography section of the class. Some of you have your own camera available and I encourage you to use it. Others may need to borrow one of the camera available in class. That’s why you have to multi-task. We don’t have enough cameras for everyone to do the same assignment at the same time. The second goal is to begin practicing your skills in InDesign. In the future you will need to do some time management of your own. Whether you work on an InDesign assignment or a Photography assignment will be determined by whether  you have a digital camera available. So where are we right now? Here’s a summary of what we are working on.

1. You should be finishing up the 3 fold brochure you created in InDesign. Remember to do a FILE>PLACE to get photos or graphics into your brochure. When you are done Please PRINT, FOLD and TURN IN to the hand in bin. Make sure  your name is on the brochure and also list any sources of  photos or graphics that you used. ALSO, turn in a digital copy to my drop box. It should be saved as 2w_info_lastname
2. In the Google docs you have one document that says to put any good links in it. If you find something the you think others can use, please share the link.
3. In Google docs you also have a set of questions to answer. Type your answers in the document. Please change the color of your text so I can find your answers.

REMEMBER This is not a copy and past exercise. Put the answers in your own words. Make sure you understand what y ou are writing. If not….ASK.

Discover digital photography

Getting to know my camera

The first assignment will incorporate InDesign and your digital camera. The purpose of this assignment is to learn about the digital camera you will be using and to practice laying out pages in InDesign.

You will be making a 3-fold brochure about your camera and its features. You need to use another camera to take photos of your camera to include. To get an idea of how the brochure will be laid out, take a blank piece of paper, fold it in 3 sections and do a thumbnail sketch of your brochure.

You must include:

• The basic info about your camera. (Tech specs)
• Pictures of your camera with labels of the features and interface

Find and explain these concepts as they relate to your camera (in your brochure)

• Pixel count
• White balance
• Image stabilization
• Digital zoom
• Optical zoon
• JPG, RAW, TIF
• Card size type and how many pictures it will hold

Here are some links that might help you in your research.

http://www.dpreview.com/

http://www.dcresource.com/

http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/

http://www.digicamera.com/

http://photo.net/equipment/digital/basics/

http://www.digital-shot.com/50226711/digital_photo_blog_for_beginners_advanced_photographers.ph

http://www.digicamhelp.com/

http://digital-photography-school.com/digital-photography-tips-for-beginners

http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/digital-photography-guides-and-tutorials

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=38/13915/10468&pq-locale=en_US

http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/learn/Cameras-Camcorders/Digital-Cameras/

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_digital.asp

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndexAct&fcategoryid=113

http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/digital-cameras/

Welcome

Welcome to this year’s class blog. You will find assignments, links and  eventually samples of your classmates’ work. If you are absent please make sure you check the blog to see what you missed.