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Digital Photography & Imaging - Week 5

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Week 5 An Hongzheng / 0378415  Digital Photography & Imaging / Bachelors of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / The Design School PROJECT 1B: DIGITAL IMAGING EXERCISE  (10%) LECTURES 7 Principle of Poster Design Through this lecture, Mr. Fauzi introduced us to the 7 principles of poster design. It includes Emphasis, Balance and Alignment, Contrast, Repetation, Proportion, Movement and Space. PROJECT 1B - PART 2: Recoloring Black and 1. PROJECT 1B - PART 2: Recoloring Black and   Follow instructions from the W6_RECOLORING BREAKDOWN: EXERCISE 1:  https://bit.ly/3dXGYu8 EXERCISE 2:  https://bit.ly/3rpZvCp RECOLOUR BLACK AND 1. EXERCISE 1 Download the black and picture from the Google Drive and this is the original picture. Recolour Black and Original Picture Firstly, import the black and images into Photoshop and follow the video tutorial to begin the operation. Recolor in multiple sections and rename each layer accordingly. Due to the lack of color re...

Digital Photography & Imaging - Week 4

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Week 4 An Hongzheng / 0378415  Digital Photography & Imaging / Bachelors of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / The Design School Hearst Mansion LECTURES Double Exposure In this week's lecture, Mr. Fauzi introduced us "Double Exposure" and "Image Blending Mode".  Double exposure refers to multiple exposures on the same film, which is a must-have technique for many people when they come into contact with cameras. The mysterious and indescribable visual effects often make people addicted to it. Nowadays, advanced automatic cameras have multiple exposure functions, which can be set using the function settings.   PROJECT 1B: DIGITAL IMAGING EXERCISE PROJECT 1B: DIGITAL IMAGING EXERCISE  (10%) 1. PROJECT 1B - PART 1: Hearst Mansion - Follow instructions from the W5_HEARST MANSION:  https://bit.ly/3CsxWyK HEARST MANSION In this week's task, we will merge a character from one image into another and use different tools such as filters, layers, muscles, etc. to ma...

Digital Photography & Imaging - Week 3

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Week 3 An Hongzheng / 0378415  Digital Photography & Imaging / Bachelors of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / The Design School Digital Collage LECTURES This week, Mr. Fauzi introduced us to how to use the "Adjust Layers" and "Filters" tools in Photoshop. These are two widely used and powerful tools.    PROJECT 1B: DIGITAL COLLAGE REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENT Improve with the new tools learned (layers and filters) to proceed adjustment to my Digital Collage work in Adobe Photoshop. DIGITAL COLLAGE REVIEW Below is the best one that Mr. Fauzi selected from the three collages I made last time, and this is the version that has not been adjusted. PROCESS WORK I did not make any major adjustments to the position and composition, and there was no change to the elements in the picture. I moved the wreath formed by the eight fishes to the left to make the center more mechanically centered. I used filters to adjust the light and dark relationship and contrast to make the overal...

Digital Photography & Imaging - Week 2

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Week 2 An Hongzheng / 0378415  Digital Photography & Imaging / Bachelors of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / The Design School Compositing Digital Collage LECTURES/INSTRUCTIONS  Through studying this week's lecture, I have learned how to use Photoshop tools (lasso tool, pen tool, layering, selection, toolbox, selection tool). These tools seem very basic, but to truly master and apply them flexibly in one's own design, a lot of practice is needed. PROJECT 1B: DIGITAL COLLAGE  1. Download all of the images here to your computer: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cGcbENrjSksAaMQK9np2jb6ZaM7Y-81l?usp=sharing   2. Follow this tutorial demo as reference to create your digital collage: https://youtu.be/BlW7F-fTsbE 3. Create 3 different composition digital collages from the images that you’ve downloaded. 4. Create A4 canvas size  (vertical) on Photoshop and start to do the compositions. 5. Take 3 photo of your digital collage compositions  and insert it ...

Typography Task 2: Typographic Exploration & Communication

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28/09/2024 - 03/11/2024 / Week 5 - Week 8 An Hongzheng / 0378415 Typography / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylors University Task 2 :  Typographic Exploration and Comminication CATALOGUE Lectures Instruction Task 2 -Typographic Exploration and Comminication Feedback Reflections Further Reading LECTURES Week 5 : Typo_5_Understanding The typography discussion emphasizes the complexity and precision involved in designing letterforms. Uppercase letters, while seemingly symmetrical, contain subtle differences in stroke weight and connections, as seen in fonts like Baskerville and Univers. Lowercase letters reveal further nuances, especially when comparing fonts like Helvetica and Univers, where small variations in how stems and bowls meet impact the character’s overall feel. Maintaining x-height requires curved strokes to extend beyond the baseline and median to align visually with straight strokes. Understanding counterforms (the spaces within and between letters) ...