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THE LAST PHOTOSHOP CONTEST-

They say PRESIDENTS age twice as fast as 'normal' people- due to the tremendous stress, this is a digital -projection of what Obama will look like after his presidency.

If you choose to participate in this, you'll be EMAILING me your image by the end of class on THURSDAY MARCH 1st...

Nicholas.Liebrecht@orecity.k12.or.us

It is worth 10 points EXTRA CREDIT if you do a GOOD JOB- which means it is convincing/realistic...

DIGITAL AGING.

Make this picture of - TAYLOR LAUTNER (click here for the image) - look OLD.
Use whatever PhotoShop skills you have acquired... Mr.L cannot help you with this- since it is a CONTEST!!! you are on your own...

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ALSO- do not forget about THE FINAL story PROJECT!!! Telling a STORY through 20 pictures and arranging them in PowerPoint AND SHOWING IT on our FINALS day- (march 7th) is worth 50 points!!!!
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SUBARU VOTE

Go HERE to vote for the improved Subarus.

Just like the ANIMAL vote, vote TWICE and end with your initials...

YOUR POST SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:

#4, #9

N.L.


Thanks!

(... and good luck to everyone but Tanner...)

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What's Due WHEN?

1-Your INSERTING projects (3 of them) are DUE on PhotoBucket by this Friday... Unless you are entering the SUBARU contest, then THAT ONE is DUE by the end of class THURSDAY.
These are worth 30 points.


2-Your FINAL PROJECT is DUE on Finals day- Weds. Mar. 7th... that is only 13 days away!!! it is 50 BIG FAT points!

REMEMBER: this FINAL is a STORY told through 20 photos, assembled in a PowerPoint slideshow and PRESENTED to the class on FINALS day... What is your STORY? How will it be VISUALLY linked? (the shots should look like a series of work)


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INSERTING ASSIGNMENT(s)

There are 3 INSERTING assignments that will go into your INSERTING album on your PhotoBucket by this Friday, Feb.24th for 30 points.

The FIRST TWO are graded solely on their ability to BE CONVINCING, the last one is worth 10 points just to complete it...

You WILL need to post the ORIGINAL photos with your #1 and #2 Inserts for credit.

#1- UFO over OCHS- insert a flying saucer over the school. These work best if you use a photo of the school that YOU have taken, so you can get the 'right' amount of sky... c'mon, it'll take 10 minutes to FIND a SO-SO pic online and 9 minutes to just go take the PERFECT one...

#2- YOU in HISTORY- take a photo of yourself and insert it into a HISTORICAL scene- were you at Woodstock? Did you help raise the flag at Iwo Jima? Maybe you were right there behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at his famous "I have a dream..." speech... Or get wacky- were you with the original astronauts on the first moon landing?
THINK about taking a picture of yourself with a pose that FITS the picture you are inserting yourself into...

#3- Pimp my Ride- based on the old MTV show where people MAXXXED out their cars to an absurd degree. Trick-out my Subaru... Go for FUNNY, REALISTIC, or just plain TOUGH.
Go HERE and double click the Subaru for the LARGE IMAGE file...

TEXT #4

The final TEXT WEEK assignment is:

REPLACE TEXT

In this assignment, you will be taking a photo that HAS text in the image already and digitally ERASING it and REWRITING new text in its place.

You may use an internet image.

You MUST post the ORIGINAL IMAGE, so I can see what you changed.

DO NOT USE THIS IDEA- but think of a sign you could change, like a Burger King sign that originally lists their special deal to be rewritten to say : FREE BURGERS or FREE HUGS or even McDONALDS IS THE DEVIL!!!

A traffic sign could be rewritten to inform drivers of a new, crazy law?

A billboard?

The sign on the front of a business?

A sign here at school?

A protester's sign

Graffiti?

Where else can you see text in a picture???

ANIMAL MERGE VOTE

Vote for your favorite TWO merged animals.

SEE THEM ALL HERE.
(there's TWO pages of them...)

I suggest:

ONE VOTE for the funniest
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ONE VOTE for the one that is most convincingly 'blended'

Your POST should contain your TWO VOTES and your INITIALS and look like this:

#5 and #12

N.L.

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HOW TO POST-
Please use Mozilla Firefox- not internet explorer
-click the little brownish link below that says the number of comments on this blog-
-type in your COMMENT in the pop-up window
-end your comment with your First Initial and LAST NAME
-select ANONYMOUS from the drop down COMMENT AS menu
-hit the POST COMMENT button

TEXT WEEK assignment #3

Text AS Image

This week has been all about combining TEXT AND IMAGES.

Find a quote you can use for today's project -
http://www.brainyquote.com/

Then GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH and find an appropriate photo to insert this quote into.

Here's the CATCH- the TEXT (either the entire quote or PART of it) SHOULD COMBINE WITH AND BECOME PART OF THE IMAGE ITSELF.

I don't like to show many photographic examples or DO a DEMO of this project BECAUSE everyone just copies my example when I do that... BE ORIGINAL-

DO NOT USE these examples- But-

Einstein said "creativity is more important than knowledge." So, you'd find a picture of him and have this quote literally exploding out of his head/brain done in crazy energetic colors and fonts.

Lincoln said " A house divided against itself - cannot stand. " So, you'd find a picture of a demolished house and -scatter- the words of the quote amongst the building's debris.

Chagall said " Great art picks up where nature ends." So, you'd find a picture of A PAINTING of flowers and insert the quote into the flowers petals a color shade darker than the petals- or type it in green on the stems.

Don't forget to ATTRIBUTE your quote in the lower right hand corner of your image- That means- TYPE THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO said this quote!

AND- just like the other 3 assignments- Post it in your TEXT WEEK album in PhotoBucket and only fill out ONE EVALUATION SHEET at the end of the week for all 4 assignments...

Good luck dudes!

TEXT #2- photo collage name

You will be assembling your name from letters taken from different photos.

Find internet images for each letter of your name.
The M from the MCDONALD'S sign.
The S from a stop sign.

Use the Increase Canvas size feature in Adobe Photoshop Elements and the CROP and MOVE tools to assemble it. Edit with the CLONE STAMP as necessary.

THE HARD PART- at least ONE of your letters has to be an IMPLIED letter- NOT AN ACTUAL LETTER (see the Eiffel Tower above ,standing in, for the letter 'i'...?) FROM A PHOTO YOU TAKE. Yes, yes, you MAY have to walk around school and look for shapes in the architecture...

This goes in your TEXT WEEK folder on PhotoBucket when you are done... And feel free to be creative with this- if you'd rather do your MOM's name or your BOYFRIEND's name- go ahead!!!!

Each TEXT WEEK ASSIGNMENT is worth 10 points and ALL 4 text week projects are due NEXT Tuesday Feb. 21st... PLEASE- only ONE evaluation sheet should be filled out for the entire week of projects...

TEXT WEEK assignment 1

DEFINE A WORD with an IMAGE



In this project, you will be inserting a SINGLE WORD into an IMAGE in a way that the WORD is enhanced/explained by the image it accompanies.

WHAT will YOUR word be?
Steer clear of super simple words like LOVE and HATE, think of something more complex, use an online THESAURUS to find a synonym of a word if you think it's too simple.

Think about an image that would help to EXPLAIN the word and also think about word placement- WHERE ON THE IMAGE is the most appropriate PLACE for the word?

Remember- you will be doing this with one of YOUR OWN IMAGES!!! You'll need to take a SINGLE PHOTO just for this assignment...

TWO MORE considerations are the FONT style and the COLOR of the word... the word INVINCIBLE written on the side of a HUGE monster TRUCK might not be appropriately done with a swirly cursive font in light, neon orange color...

All of the MINI-TEXT-WEEK assignments go in your TEXT WEEK album on PhotoBucket- Only fill out an Evaluation Sheet when you are done with all 4 projects and they are all in your PhotoBucket.

ONE EVAL SHEET FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK!!!!

Each TEXT WEEK project
is worth 10 points-
making this week
worth 40 points
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PHOTO CUBE

NO WRITTEN BLOG RESPONSE TODAY-
REMEMBER THAT YOUR 5 MERGES ARE DUE!!!


Go back to the BIG HUGE LABS site:

http://bighugelabs.com/cube.php

You'll have to CREATE AN ACCOUNT at BIG HUGE LABS to do the cube- but don't worry- it is so easy.

ONE of your cube 'sides' needs to be a TEXT side (see my example above)


IMPORTANT STEP- after you've made and SAVED the cube with ONE BLANK SIDE, open it up in PhotoShop and use the 'T' text tool to type out your TEXT side.

AT LEAST 3 of the cube sides need to be YOUR PICTURES if you want me to print this out next week.

How could this be a cool VALENTINE'S DAY gift?

Save money!

Magazine and Motivational Poster

Yesterday, you had the chance to use BIG HUGE LABS to make a fake MAGAZINE COVER (click here), today you get to make a MOTIVATIONAL or DE-MOTIVATIONAL poster (click here) from one of your pictures.

Remember to SAVE these to your PhotoBucket and I will PRINT THEM (full page, full color) next week.

These can be really cool if you put some time into them.
Remember Valentines Day is coming!!!

TODAY's BLOG is to check out these TWO sites:

http://p-rposters.com/popular.php



http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

Do you like the SINCERE motivational posters, or the SARCASTIC de-motivational ones?
What do you think of these?
Does any one catch your attention?
Was it the QUOTE or the IMAGE that you liked???

Shoot it, THEN eat it

PHOTOMEMES:

A photomeme is an online photography project that contains a series of shots all on the SAME SUBJECT-

http://www.eat22.com/

Why would someone do this?

Would you have the patience to do this?

What sort of MEME do you think you and your friends would contribute photos to?

How do you think this could help someone with their diet/nutrition?

*PHOON photomeme anyone?

Have 6 hours to kill? CLICK HERE.

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HOW TO POST-
Please use Mozilla Firefox- not internet explorer
-click the little brownish link below that says the number of comments on this blog-
-type in your COMMENT in the pop-up window
-end your comment with your First Initial and LAST NAME
-select ANONYMOUS from the drop down COMMENT AS menu
-hit the POST COMMENT button

PhotoShop Disasters

Where'd her LEG go????



This is a site that tries to expose some of the VERY BAD
and amateurish ways some magazines and websites manipulate their photos.

BEWARE: some of these images are a bit 'saucy'- even badly photoshopped sex sells )... so be mature and DO NOT GO INSANE!!!!

Take a look:
http://www.psdisasters.com/search/label/spooky%20body%20parts

You might think you are no EXPERT in photoshop, but these people are getting paid handsome salaries to do... THIS!

Talk about one particularly awful one that caught your eye...
Talk about one you probably wouldn't have noticed on your own...
Maybe talk about one that EVEN YOU could have fixed...
Or talk about one that doesn't look like a mistake at all, but a creative/artistic decision...

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HOW TO POST-
Please use Mozilla Firefox- not internet explorer
-click the little brownish link below that says the number of comments on this blog-
-type in your COMMENT in the pop-up window
-end your comment with your First Initial and LAST NAME
-select ANONYMOUS from the drop down COMMENT AS menu
-hit the POST COMMENT button

More Than Meets The Eye

As we get into digital photo manipulation, you'll find that these can be PRETTY CONVINCING sometimes... How good are YOU at spotting 'fakes'????

Take the quiz at:

http://area.autodesk.com/fakeorfoto

..and then HONESTLY post your score as today's reaction-
also-
which ONE was the most difficult?

The MERGE assignment

In your MERGE folder on PhotoBucket- by FRIDAY FEB.10th, you should have the following MERGES... This assignment is worth 25 points...

1) the celebrity merge we did in class as a 'practice'

2) a SAME SEX student face merge

3) an OPPOSITE SEX student face merge

4) a YOU+A CELEBRITY face merge

and

5) THE COMPOSITE ANIMAL merge, combining 2 or more internet photos of different animals into one, flawless NEW creature!!!

FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT you WILL need to complete an EVALUATION SHEET and turn it in.
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Jones Soda Extra Credit

If you want to earn some EASY extra credit, upload YOUR PHOTOs from this class to Jones Soda.

Each one is worth ONE POINT, and you can earn up to 10 points... You have to do this and SHOW ME - on your computer- BY THE END OF FEBRUARY!!!

A few caveats:

1- the image must be TAKEN BY YOU
2- any people in the image must give their consent if your label is chosen
3- the first 3 you upload should be from ASSIGNMENTS for this class, the rest can be from your past history of photographic imagery.

Here's the link:
http://www.jonessoda.com/gallery/

Enjoy!!!

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Face Merging

DUE TODAY-

Your 15 FACE FILTERS in your FILTER album on PhotoBucket.

Your FINAL IDEA posted as a blog response to the FINAL project idea blog a couple days back.

Both are worth 10 points!

Today we are looking at FACE MERGING, these won't be DUE until NEXT FRIDAY, but we will practice with CELEBRITIES today and then work with STUDENTS faces next week...
Looks like we may need some 'retakes'...
http://s223.photobucket.com/profile/mistergrimlock

Some of these are quite blurry!

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BLOG and NOTES

#1 please respond to this website that 'hosts' PhotoShop contests-
http://effects.worth1000.com/galleries
CHECK out 3 galleries and describe the CONCEPT of the gallery and then the SKILL LEVEL of the people who submitted photos to it.
Don't get 'sucked in'- it is easy to spend ALL DAY looking at stuff on this site.

#2 Make sure you have 2 celebrity headshots saved in your photobucket for our MERGE tomorrow- it helps if the celebrities are THE SAME SEX and THE SAME SKIN TONE and if the shots are straight, head on, shots.

#3 A camera is going to be passed around- please make sure that a picture of YOUR FACE, head on, Head and shoulders-with a plain background, is taken before the end of the period- you don't have to leave the room, but you can use a blank wall, a cabinet, the white board- BE NICE and offer to take the picture of the person next to you! And make sure they are IN FOCUS!

#4- When you have your IDEA for your FINAL project, please post it- JUST LIKE A BLOG ANSWER (with your name) By this FRIDAY, for 10 points, BACK ON YESTERDAY'S BLOG that's titled:
FINAL project idea


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HOW TO POST-
Please use Mozilla Firefox- not internet explorer
-click the little brownish link below that says the number of comments on this blog-
-type in your COMMENT in the pop-up window
-end your comment with your First Initial and LAST NAME
-select ANONYMOUS from the drop down COMMENT AS menu
-hit the POST COMMENT button