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Conventional Camera Light is focused from the lens onto film Stored on film Negative image on film Digital Camera Light is focused from the lens onto a sensor device Stored on a memory stick Binary code Process for taking pictures Location of pictures Form of picture

 View Pictures immediately  Number of pictures  Print Pictures  Edit Pictures  Share Pictures

Form -the three dimensional appearance of an object How to emphasize form:  Position of light- the position of light can change the form  Layer it- Layering objects adds depth

Color in a photograph is the use of red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, black and white- sometimes called hue. How to use color to attract attention:  Harmony -repetition of similar elements in a picture (add harmony by taking a pic of colored objects with similar hues)  Vibrant colors-bright colors

Texture in a photograph is the surface of the object How to make the audience feel like they can touch it:  Magnify it -close up makes the texture noticeable  Look Down- take pic looking down on object to show texture  Look for Patterns- repeated design (like brick wall, rope)

Shape in a photograph is the two-dimensional outline of an object How to emphasize or change a shape:  Plain Background, Busy Foreground -if object has a lot of detail, use a plain background  Shadow- can emphasize the shape of a picture  Camera Angle changes shape- by changing the camera angle, it alters the shape of the subject

Space in a photograph is the area around, within, and between objects. How to make good use of space:  Frame It- to confine the space, use and object as a frame for the subject such as a doorway or window  Expand It- to expand the space, there should be no objects that surround the subject  Balance It -when the elements within a photo are arranged equally

Line in a photograph refers to line that draw the eye to the focal point. How to have the eyes move around the pic:  Lead the Way- lines of objects in the foreground and background can be used to direct the eye towards the subject  Vanishing Point- is an optical illusion that makes it appear that at some point in the distance the objects will cross one another (railroad tracks)  Balance It -when the elements within a photo are arranged equally

 Web Photo Gallery  The scrapbook will open in Microsoft Internet Explorer. It has thumbnails that when clicked display a larger image of the picture.  PDF Presentation  The scrapbook will open in Adobe reader in full screen view. It automatically displays each picture with transitions between each image.  Contact Sheet  The scrapbook is a page that contains an arrangement of all the scrapbook pages on one sheet Example Scrapbooks

Hints and Tips for taking Photos

 Main Focal Point  Ordinary is Extraordinary  Mood  Angle It  Walk Around  Color Your World  Take it or Leave It  Tell A Story  Click It Away  Express Yourself

 Portraiture: Photo of a person  Sports Photography : photo of movement  Landscape : photo of land  Still Life: photo of one or more objects

Filtering Fun

 Photoshop Type of photo editing software  Menu Bar Bar at the top of the window that contains menus used to organize tasks  Options Bar Bar below the menu bar that displays options for the active tool  Tools Panel Box that contains tools to select, add, edit, or move objects

 Document Window A window that displays the active open file  Panel Box that contains options to monitor and modify an image  Mini Bridge Tool that Opens Adobe Bridge, which is an organizer used to locate, manage, and rename files  History Panel that allows you to go to any recent state of the image being created in the current working session

 Filter Effects used to transform the appearance of a picture  Filter Thumbnail Small picture of the effect  Filter Category Folder that contains effect of a particular type

 Filter Effects List List of the effects applied to the picture  Filter Options Box that displays the effect settings  Preview Window that displays a sample of the picture

 Layer A see-through sheet that contains objects in a document  Layer Thumbnail A Small picture of the objects on the layer  Layer Name The name of the layer

 Control Point A point around an object used to adjust the size  Control Point Handle A handle attached to a control point that can be dragged to change the shape of an object  Mesh A grid over top of an object

Classic Touch-Ups

 Retouch Remove imperfections from a picture  Crop Trim the edges of a picture  Marquee A dotted box to show a selected area

 Red Eye In a photo, redness in the eye caused by the flash of a camera  Colorcast An unwanted tint of a color that causes the color in the picture to appear incorrectly

 Layer Style An effect applied to all objects on a layer  Blend Mode A layer style effect option that sets the color of the effect  Set Color A layer style effect option that sets the color of the effect

 Opacity A layer style effect option that adjusts the position of the effect  Angle A layer style effect option that adjusts the position of the effect  Distance A layer style effect option that sets the area of the effect from the object  Spread A layer style effect option that sets the area of the effect that has a blur

 Size A Layer style effect option that sets the area of the effect that has a blur  Anti-Aliased A layer style effect option that determines the smoothness of the edges of the effect  Noise A layer style effect option that determines the smoothness of the fill of the effect

Recolor the World

 Adjustment Commands  Hue/Saturation  Desaturate  Match Color  Replace Color  Selective Color  Channel Mixer  Gradient Map  Photo Filter  Shadow/ Highlight  Exposure  Invert  Equalize  Threshold  Posterize

 Color Range All the shades and tints of a color as it changes from light to dark  Hue A particular shade or tint  Saturation The vividness of a color. Often this is called intensity  Lightness The amount of light that an object appears to reflect

 Grayscale A scale of color that ranges from white to black, thus creating shades and tints of gray  Luminance The amount of brightness.  Color Intensity The vividness of color. Often this is called saturation  Colorcast An unwanted tint of color that caused the color in the picture to appear incorrectly

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