DPI Week 1

Eric Chang/0378298/Design In Creative Media

Digital Photography and Imaging

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Lecture:

Week 1: Introduction to DIP

Why Do we need to learn Photoshop?

As a creative media student we need to learn Adobe Photoshop because it is used my many professionals to create beautiful graphic design or even web design. Because of this if we operate in visuals style, web design or individual experience function it is mandatory to learn Photoshop. 

The 7 Importance of Photoshop for the Graphic Designer

• To Express Creativity
• To Create a graphic design
• To Restore an Old Image
• To Integrate graphics with text artistically
• To Make use of brushes
• To Change Photo Color
• To Rectify mistakes in photographs

What's Digital Imaging

Digital Imaging is the process to convert the printed text, artwork and photographs into digital images using a digital scanner or another imaging device. There are several Techniques and Purpose in Digital Imaging. Below are the Techniques and Purpose

10 Tips to Become a Successful Graphic Designer

1. Follow the instruction/tutorials
2. Experiment
3. Memorize all the keyboard shortcuts
4. Try to replicate others work
5. Participate in Design Competition
6. Subscribe to online galleries
7. Smart Objects for smart designer
8. Scaling artworks and proportions
9. Use actions to personalize work
10. Organize files properly

In Summary Learning Adobe Photoshop is crucial for graphic and web design. It enhances creativity, corrects photo errors, and integrates text with graphics. Digital imaging converts printed materials into digital formats. To excel, follow tutorials, experiment, learn shortcuts, replicate work, join competitions, subscribe to galleries, use Smart Objects, scale artworks, utilize actions, and organize files.

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Practical:

For This week, Mr. Fauzi asks us to go to Pinterest and then choose 3 of our favorite poster from there, then we are asked to describe why we like the poster that we choose. And we need to explain what that poster expresses.

Below are my 3 Favorite Designs, and the reason why i choose it.

 

Graphic Design #1

The reason why i liked this graphic design is because this design is very simple.

However, even with the simple design. the Rubik's cube are expressing the challenges that we might face in real life.

Graphic Design #2

The reason why i liked this design, is because of the simplicity of it, from the design we can see that 

the creator of it wants to tell a message.

However the designer of this poster added some elements, and picked the typography font nicely. 

So in the end the typography and the vector could blend in together nicely.

Graphic Design #3

The reason why i liked this design, is because this design has the retro vibes into it. and I'm the type of person who loves retro/vintage styled poster.

The typography, and additional elements such as the Japanese text and the Sweden flag. makes the design even nicer.

Graphic Design #4 (Bonuses)

The reason why i picked this design is once again because of the retro vibe that this design has. Also the designer of this poster played around using depth and makes it even nicer with the mini-world. Also this poster has a red color which will definitely eye-catching. 

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Self Reflection:

After doing this exercise, it helped me to discover what style that i liked from a poster. This is important because it could help me to develop a nice poster in the future. Overall i had a fun time doing this exercise.