2. Welcome to Photoshop for the Theatrical Designer Spring Semester 2012 Anne Mundell-Instructor 412 268 7218 amundell@andrew.cmu.edu www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/amundell /photoshop/ amundell@andrew.cmu.edu

3. Computer Applications: Goals To learn to think and communicate in Adobe Photoshop. To learn to think and communicate in Adobe Photoshop. To add Photoshop to your toolbox of skills for To add Photoshop to your toolbox of skills for Drawing Drawing Painting Painting Collage Collage Photo-alteration and manipulation Photo-alteration and manipulation To gain an elementary facility with Sketch-Up To gain an elementary facility with Sketch-Up

4. Attendance Policy Consider Computer Applications a job. Consider Computer Applications a job. One Free missed class One Free missed class Grade goes down one letter grade for each unexcused missed class after one Grade goes down one letter grade for each unexcused missed class after one More than 15 minutes late equals an absence More than 15 minutes late equals an absence

5. Project Lateness Policy No late projects will be accepted, however, I will gladly change grades for projects that are handed in on the due date and then improved later.

6. Turning in Homework Homework will be turned in to public/people/amundell/photoshop on the Drama server. Homework will be turned in to public/people/amundell/photoshop on the Drama server. DO NOT email files to me. DO NOT email files to me. If you cannot get onto the server, bring me a CD If you cannot get onto the server, bring me a CD

7. Grading Poster 25% Poster 25% Sketch-Up Structure 15% Sketch-Up Structure 15% Storyboard 50% Storyboard 50% Presence in Class (are you engaged, participating and working in class?) 10% Presence in Class (are you engaged, participating and working in class?) 10%

8. Textbooks Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: PhotoshopCS5 Classroom in a Book, Available on Amazon PhotoshopCS5 Classroom in a Book, Available on Amazon

9. What is Photoshop for? Two dimensional image manipulation and painting Two dimensional image manipulation and painting Photographic corrections Photographic corrections Graphic design and printing applications Graphic design and printing applications

10. Image Manipulation For The Designer

11. Image Manipulation Can Be Used in a Number of Ways for the Designer Paint Elevations Paint Elevations Renderings, Costume, Lighting, Scenery Renderings, Costume, Lighting, Scenery Model making Model making Lettering and Drafting Ideas Lettering and Drafting Ideas Show Photography Show Photography Portfolio Portfolio Web Publishing Web Publishing

12. Paint Elevations Paint elevations can be done any number of ways in Photoshop. What follows are several ways that I have used the program on various productions: Paint elevations can be done any number of ways in Photoshop. What follows are several ways that I have used the program on various productions:

13. One Way Is to Start With a Piece of Drafting: Or:

14. Add a Wallpaper Pattern

15. Add Some Shadows, Color and Finesse:

16. And Voila Paint Elevation

20. Renderings

33. Costume Renderings

36. Renderings: Start with a model photograph, for example: Start with a model photograph, for example:

37. Which then becomes:

38. Or compile multiple images: Start with:

39. Add

41. Then paint to create:

42. Scanner Interface (example)

43. Scanner Adjustments

44. 72dpi (standard web)

45. 150 dpi

46. 300dpi

47. LPI Different printing methods use varied amounts of Lines per Inch, which some scanners will allow you to adjust: Different printing methods use varied amounts of Lines per Inch, which some scanners will allow you to adjust:

48. Early Image Correction Rotate canvas Rotate canvas View/fit on screen View/fit on screen DPI/Image size DPI/Image size Auto Levels Auto Levels Crop Crop

49. Image Collections on the Web http://www.gettyimages.com http://www.gettyimages.com http://www.gettyimages.com http://www.corbis.com http://www.corbis.com http://www.corbis.com http://www.freefoto.com http://www.freefoto.com http://www.freefoto.com http://google.com (image search) http://google.com (image search) http://google.com