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Project 1: Autobiography in Four Images
Begin by collecting at least 8 images: of yourself, your family, pets, important places and objects, visual symbols of goals or ideas, etc. You can obtain these images from photos you have, from magazines or books, from the Web, or elsewhere. All images should be in digital form (scanned if necessary) and saved to the "3220" folder your Zip disk in a folder called "autobiog." Then, selecting from these 8 images, use Photoshop and other resources to produce the four images described below, which you will then place in a Web album. Take a look at a sample of the finished Web album from the student archive to get some idea of what this entails. Producing the Images1. Edited/Repaired Image. Begin with a scanned image or digital photo that is in need of correction, brightening, sharpening, repair, resizing and/or cropping. This task is an opporunity to learn how to scan a printed image and/or to use Photoshop as an image correction tool to rescale graphics and repair scratches, imperfections, adjust contrast and color balance. Be sure to preserve the "before" version of the graphic (a.k.a. the "archive" version) as well as the finished product. You may find some the following sections from our books useful for scanning, editing/correcting an image:
Composite Reality. From two or more images or scans, compose one image that constitutes a figurative reality--that is, a composite image that appears to represent a real view of something. This figurative reality can be seriously deceptive, can be humorously fake, or be a stylish fabrication. Again, this image should be part of your visual autobiography.
Collage. From two or more images or scans, compose one image that is clearly a collage that introduces some aspect(s) of your life, viewpoint, character, experience, etc. This composite image may also include words.
Non-Optically Acquired Image. This image should be entirely created inside Photoshop using lines, shapes, words, etc. produced by the software. Examples would be a logo, map, artistic design. It is possible, using Photoshop's layers, to "trace" an image that you've acquired optically, and then to eliminate the original.
When you're done, "product" versions of all these images should be saved in a Web-ready file format (.jpg or .gif) and reduced in file size (see Weinmann and Lourekas "Save for the Web" pg. 502). Submission DirectionsA. Save your five images as the following file names (see Weinmann and Lourekas "Save for the Web," pg. 502) into a new, empty folder called "source" inside the "autobiog" folder on your Zip (www/3220/autobiog/source). This folder should contain nothing besides these five images:
B. Create a "Web Photo Gallery" of these images by following the directions on Weinmann and Lourekas 392-394.
C. Post the "autobiogweb" folder containing the Web Album to your "www" folder on the Web server using "FTP" (see UMD's FTP Instructions). (Note: if you practice creating and posting a Web Album and then modify your pictures, delete the old "autobiogweb" folder on the server and replace it with the new one). D. In the course discussion board, post the URL of your Web Album
in a message to the discussion "Autobiog URLs" and include your
name. If you've followed my suggestions for naming and placing files
and folders, the URL should be E. Print the images out (a black-and-white printer is fine since it's saves money), making sure that each prints so that the longest side is at least 6 inches (a 4 x 6, for example). You can put more than one image on a page if you wish. Be sure to write your name on each page and the file name of each image (see A above).
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this first project, I'll ask you to introduce yourself by creating a "Web
Album" of five images that in some way represent who you are. You'll
use Photoshop to edit four of these images: