Digital Photography & Imaging [Week 1]

10.05.2023  / Week 1 

Sheryne Axellia Putri / 0367267 / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media
Digital Photography & Imaging 

Project 1

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         LECTURES         

Week 1 10.05.2023 - introduction to digital photography & Imaging

  We were briefly Introduced to the module and explained the importance of graphic design by using Photoshop and the other functions of Photoshop. Photoshop has become a center of creativity for all domains, whether graphic designing, web designing, animation, photography or digital magazine designing. It’s being considered as one of the widely used photo editing software.

The importance of Photoshop for the Graphuc Designer: 

1. Express your creativity.

2. Create graphic design.

3. Restoration of old images.

4. Integrate graphics with text artistically.

5. Make use of brushes.

6. Change the photo color.

7. Rectify mistakes in photographs.

Before Photoshop there was 'Photograph Manipulation, Photograph manipulation involves the transformation or alteration of a photograph using various methods and techniques to achieve desired results.

Figure 1.1 Week 1 (10/05/2023) Example of the technique of photograph manipulation.

• Digital Imaging.

Digital imaging converts printed text, artwork, and photographs into digital images using a digital scanner or another imaging device. 

Figure 1.2 Week 1 (10/05/2023) Purpose of techniques that used.

Figure 1.3 Week 1 (10/05/2023) example of digital imaging.

Tips for Successful Graphic Designers:

1. Follow the tutorials.

2. Experiment, The best way to learn anything new is to experience it. Free vast experimentation opens the door to creativity and helps to get comfortable with the software.

Figure 1.4 Week 1 (10/05/2023) Experiment artwork.

3. Memorize All Keyboard Shortcuts.

4. Try to Replicate Others Work, This is a proven valuable learning experience that helps to see how

much one can accomplish things that work in the real world. With your own experiments in design

try to duplicate the famous designs to learn one capabilities.

5. Participate in Design Competitions.

6. Subscribe to Online Galleries.

7. Smart Objects for Smart Designers, as the name says it all. Smart objects edit the objects by A these 2

functions i.e. performing nondestructive transforms and filtering. This feature is very handy when

heavy graphics are used like stock photos, social media icons, etc.

8. Scaling Artworks and Proportions, to scale any art and make proportions are very much common in

any design. Without these, the design could be hazardous. So this is a must to keep in mind about the

proper scale, or width-to-height ratio.

Figure 1.5 Week 1 (10/05/2023) Scaling artworks and proportions.

9. Use Actions to Personalize Work, one of the most productive tools in Photoshop is actions. To reduce

the repetitive exercise of doing the same thing over and over again, record those steps with actions, and

run with one click where necessary.

10. Organize the Files Properly.

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PRACTICAL

Week 1 05.10.2023

• Pinterest Board (DPI): https://pin.it/GJgLK3F
• List down your 3 favorite graphic design works from Pinterest, and explain why you like the designs.

Design #1:

Figure 1.6 Week 1 (10/05/2023) source: https://id.pinterest.com/pin/723179652689727577/

Description: This picture is from an album named “Treasure” by an alternative rock band called Cocteau Twins that formed in 1979.  

The Poster expressed: The cover features a large, abstract shape supported with patterns, and the image is in a pale blue and beige color scheme, giving it a sense of depth and dimension. The band has a distinctive aspect of its music that is atmospheric and dreamy, so the design perfectly represents the album’s visual work.

Design #2

Figure 1.7 Week 1 (10/05/2023) source: https://id.pinterest.com/pin/723179652689727801/

Description: An alternative movie poster for the film “The Godfather.” It takes place in New York about a mafia family.

The Poster expressed: that the mafia as we know wears a suit or luxurious clothing so the cover only focused on the suit is very creative because we know from the first look what we’re going into. The simplicity yet elegance of this poster represents the wealthy life of the mafia family. Then the addition of a yellow grainy texture on the white shirt makes it even more unnerving.

Design #3:

Figure 1.8 Week 1 (10/05/2023) source: https://id.pinterest.com/pin/723179652689727678/

Description: Another alternative movie poster, this time is a horror movie called “Suspiria”.

The Poster expressed: Usually a horror movie poster would show a full reveal of the monster/antagonist or even a glimpse of it, the concept for this one is rather beautiful than scary, yes it is still uncomfortable to look at which makes the viewer even more captivated. The strings that came out from her fingers represented the mysteries that hold. The more you look at it the more little details are uncovered.

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         INSTRUCTIONS         

Figure 1.9 Week 1 (10/05/2023)

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          REFLECTION        

Experience 

I find it interesting that our first activity to get to know about the module is to present what kind of graphic design artwork, for me, it shows what kind of artwork we're trying to pursue and what kind of different styles inspire us. Also, it inspires me to make designs that could move people like how I feel with the 

Observation 

After explaining what each graphic artwork represents I have seen and realized what the poster really represented that I didn't know before.

Findings

In all the artworks I've noticed that there seem to be metaphoric or symbolic elements of what it is trying to express. Each design has a different theme and story so it is important to know what you're working on for a poster and do some research before designing the poster.