Photoshop Tips

For those of you who are like me (which is to say pretty clueless about Photoshop) this site offers lots of great tips on how to get things done, including a post on layer masks!

http://photoshoptips.net/

Michael

Time-Based Media Links

A number of time-based art and technology related links I came across this past week you all might enjoy:

http://www.streamingmuseum.org/ features real-time exhibitions in cyberspace and public space across all seven continents

http://thenocturnes.blogspot.com/ - a night photography blog.

http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/4334/how-to-show-an-action-sequence.html Pop Photo's guide to shooting an action sequence.

http://www.tate.org.uk/conservation/time/about.htm Time-based media conservation tutorial.

http://www.artlink.org/artists/cat_timebased_media.html Gallery of artwork by time-based media artists.


Michael

Robert Leon- photographer

I saw this the other day and i really enjoyed looking at his photography but what is interesting is how he groups his photos into categories. Each shot(or at least most shots)has excellent composition but also as a whole they work together nicely to tell his story of his experience while visiting a particular country. In this way, I feel like this pertains to what we did last week, pairing individual photographs to tell a perspective. If anything, I think you'll enjoy looking at his photographs. I especially liked 'Cuba' and 'Guatemala Lago Atitlan.'

http://www.robertleon.com/reportage.php

Film Editing Glossary

hi guys,

after doing a bit of the reading last night, i found this website that goes more in depth about film editing. Thought it might be helpful to have this:

http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/htmfiles/editing.htm

Exhibition of fixed/moving Images

This is an image from an upcoming exhibition at the MIT LIST Visual Gallery. The artist is David Claerbout, and according to the description, "Crossing fixed images with moving images, Claerbout reworks each pixilated fragment of an analog image to create new digital compositions." This sounds to me like it directly relates to our current assignment, so I thought I would mention it. The current exhibit, Arabesque by Mary Lucier also seems pertinent to our class because it is an interpretive video.

New Digital Media

Hello class this was a link that we used in another class last semester but i was highly intrigued by the technology to come and felt it would be and interesting for all to check out.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/65

Assignment for January 30

1. Read the handout -- come prepared to talk about it!

(Ravi's friendly reminder that the first module is ending soon, so if you haven't posted yet on the blog, it would be good time...

Assigment 1 and 2 - Michael Rose

Not happy with these at all. The original idea was to capture the plants in different stages of sunlight, but that didn't quite work so well, and I don't think the original photo (the first in the series) is that interesting to begin with in terms of composition. Don't know how to use Photoshop, but just used a digital camera for the first time, so there is hope!

NOT THAT SAVVY AT EVERYTHING SORRY THEY ARE SO BIG I'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THEM SMALLER FOLKS...

ASSIGNMENT #2 (HUGHLEY)

Assignment 2- Alex McHale Cant post for some reason

i did this assignment 2x and both times after saving it and opening it several times in photoshop, it will not open here nor can i get into any format that will work. I have all the pictures i intend to use with me so ... i am going to have to deal with this in class. I am sure there is a really easy way to do this in photoshop but i sure as hell dont know what that is. Any advice?? how did you guys get this to look so nice with borders too (all i have is a 4 week photoshop workshop under my belt where we didnt cover anything like this and i thought i could figure it out on my own but not so much).

Assignment 2: Ruggles Story (Berger)

I had a lot of fun with this assignment, playing in Photoshop. I tried ghosting in the image on the bottom right. After I played for a while, I thought I better edit it down. However, I made sure to leave one little thing that Mary might not like.

Two great articles on blogging

This week Wired has two great articles on blogging.

The Secret Life of a Blog Post
by Frank Rose
Page 132

This article is about what happens to your blog post after you submit it for everyone to read. Your post will be pinged, searched and indexed. It could be used by an on-line media outlet or even for spam blogs.

I will have to bring the magazine into class because Wired has not posted the article on its Web site.


Hawker Media


This article is about how the author gets paid to post information about commercial products on his blog. The advertising company pays a few dollars every time the product is mentioned on his blog. The author has a dilemma. Is it morally despicable to blog about a product you do not use, have no plans on using or even care about?

1. Sequence #1 Assignment:

Here is my next project.

kellis

Assignment for January 23

1. Sequence #1 Assignment: Revisit your Composition #1 assignment by extending the idea of a transformation to a five image sequence to present in class. All images should be presented simultaneously per the examples we looked at in class.

assignment 1: transformation (alex)

i had a hard time choosing one

Assignment 1: Transformation (kellis)

This image was taken on the 7th floor of a parking garage in down town Boston.

ASSIGNMENT #1 (HUGHLEY)

this is my transformation does anyone have an idea of what it is???

Assignment 1: Ruggles Empty at Night

This is my shot for Assignment 1. I was in Ruggles the night of the snow storm and it was empty. Since I don't often see it this way, I thought the transformation would be easy to make.
- Mike Berger

Mirah and Spectratone International

Tomorrow night, there's a multimedia performance with animation at the MFA: Mirah and Spectratone International: Share This Place with Flying.

Discounted for students!

Assignment for January 16

1. Join this blog and leave a comment in this post that answers, "What do you hope to get out of this class?" The more info the better!

2. Read the handout.

3. Composition #1 Project: Compose and shoot images that convey the theme of “transformation”. Choose one image to present in class. Post this image on the class blog (or post a link if you post it somewhere like flickr).

Our class blog

This is the class blog for the winter session of DM3225, Time Based Media. All students are required to post and comment on this blog!