Tuesday, March 25, 2014

News Values

Timeliness - an event that just happened
Proximity - where the event happened
Conflict - people fighting
Prominence - important or famous
Human Interest - Drama
Impact - how a story affects you
Novelty - weird news

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

First Photoshop Practice

Web

Yearbook


Newspaper


Photoshop Notes

Command + = zoom in
Command - = zoom out
Command o = open
Command  c = copy
Command v = paste
Command z = undo
Command , option, z = step backwards
Command s = save
Command p = print
Command l = level

To turn

Adjusting Contrast
Channel RGB - moved just the brown Hershey kiss (just a little lighter)

To Crop
Select the cropping tool and then click and drag the area you want to crop. Before you crop, you must enter the resolution you want your image to be saved to.

Resolution Guidelines: 
Yearbook = 300
Newspaper = 150
Web = 72

To make an image black and white
Use Grayscale
Image > Mode > Grayscale

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Best magazine covers of 2013 and the last 40 years

Favorite
This cover of Harper's Bazaar is a photograph of model Jean Shrimpton by photographer Richard Avedon. The cover of Shrimpton peering from behind a bright pink Day-Glo space helmet was designed by Art Directors Ruth Ansel and Bea Feitler. This photograph, with the Harper's Bazaar logo vibrating against it in acid green has been often reproduced as an emblem of the sixties. - See more at: http://www.magazine.org/asme/magazine-cover-contests/asmes-top-40-magazine-covers-last-40-years#sthash.eg7Dn3QC.dpuf



In this magazine cover, the picture is trying to show how fashion has changed. With those bright colors it is very easy to catch peoples attention. I think this magazine cover is trying to show that fashion has changed and a big reason why is because of famous people using big noticeable outfits or things on their head. The lighting is bright which also contributes to catching the costumer's attention.