Digital Photography ＆ Imaging - week 3

2025- week 3

Yang Shuo / 0384037

Digital Photography ＆ Imaging

Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University 

Lectures 

1. Understand the interface of Photoshop and some basic functions, such as selection and layers.

2.Lasso Tool

The Lasso Tool allow you to draw and pinpoint specific areas of a document.

And there are three different tool options: Lasso ,Polygonal Lasso  and Magnetic Lasso.

Figure  1.1 Lasso Tool

3.Pen Tool

There are four methods to use the pen tool: straight line paths, U-shaped curves, simple S curves, and complex S curves.

We watched some videos to learn how to use the pen tool and also understood its applications.

Figure  1.2  Four ways to use a fountain pen tool

4.Magic wand tool

The pen tool is also used to introduce the magic wand tool, which can be clicked to automatically select areas of an object. Better selection results can be achieved by adjusting the tolerance.

5.Layering

Layers are different images stacked on top of each other. You can use each layer without affecting another one to make adjustments. 

The advantage of using layers is that you can save a Photoshop file that contains all the layers. This means that you can perform non-destructive editing with layers. Your adjustments in Photoshop will never damage the original image.

Tutorial

PROJECT 1B: DIGITAL COLLAGE briefing 

Practical

PROJECT 1A DIGITAL COLLAGE

Figure  1.3 Digital Collage