1. Introduction to Web Authoring
Ellen Cushman
Introduction to Web Authoring
Class mtg. #6
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2. Today in Class… Analyzing the Onion Basic Image Editing with Photoshop
For Next Time:
Continue working on your genre analysis.
Show and Tell: the site you are analyzing and your parody image (so far)
More fun with Photoshop

3. What Makes the Onion Funny?
Today we will work to answer this question…by analyzing how The Onion plays with genre conventions.
You’ll divide into groups, each of which will focus on how the Onion adheres to and/or breaks conventions in order to create humor. Comparing the Onion to other news sites is a key step here. Be prepared to report out.

4. The Teams: By computer user
Let’s break into teams that include, one Mac, one Dell, and one Laptop user.
We’ll name teams using ROY G BIV to guide us. Thanks, Roy.

5. The Assignment
Analyze the onion, asking questions about the following areas. Each team should explain how the Onion is funny by manipulating the conventional structure, procedure, or wisdom of a news site in their particular area:
Red – Authors and Writers
Orange – Readers and Users
Yellow – Format & Structure
Green – Visuals & Videos
Blue, Indigo, & Violet – Style & Tone
Prepare a short live demo for the class to prove your point…

6. Image Editing Basics Download/Save/Copy/Paste images
Opening images in Photoshop
Editing and Altering Images
changing size, opacity, colors
Adding text about layers
Saving and optimizing for the web

7. A note about copyright
For the parody site assignment, you can legally work with images that others own as long as you
1. incorporate them into a parody rather than using them for some other purpose
It’s also a good idea to
2. alter the image
3. credit the source of the image

8. Coming Up Next Time
Show your site and answer questions re: your initial genre analysis.
More Photoshop fun! Recontextualizing people into different places: Layers, masking, magic wand, color selection tools, zooming into pixels and seeing/erasing unwanted data.