Elsie Troutman Media Arts: 2012

Friday, October 26, 2012

Colorize a Photo with Multiple Colors

1. (I) List two reasons for colorizing photos:
a. To show your mood
b. To send a message

(III) Imagine you have a photo of a family picnic. Describe how you might use colorizing to enhance the picture and why you used the hue you chose?
         We would enhance the photo by making it bright and using happy colors. We would use bright hue colors to express how we are feeling and show that we are having fun.

2. (II) Complete the flow map to show the process for creating sections with guides.
Go to view -> "new guide" -> select "vertical" in the orientation option -> 25% in the position value, then 50%, 75%, 100%

(III) If I wanted to have 5 sections on my photo instead of 4, what values would be used for the “position?”
You would use 20% instead of 25% for the position. (20%,40%,60%,80%,100%)

3. (II) Why are you able to colorize just one section of the photo at one time?
    You are making a new layer so you are only changing a section of the photo.

4. (I) What is the purpose of using the following functions:

Snap to Guides: to show the different sections.  
Hue slider: to choose whatever color you want.

Blend mode: to only change the color and not anything else.

Stroke: to show where the section it. (make it pop)

5. (VI) What criteria would you use to select the best colorization choice for a photo?
    It depends on the mood of the picture, whats going on in the picture, and what you want the picture to show.

Friday, September 14, 2012

New York Times article

True or False (level II)

__F___ All Americans said that cell phones and computers have made their lives better.
___T__ Young adults (under 45) are more likely to be distracted by cell phones and computers than older adults.
___T__ Almost 40% of people check work email after hours or while on vacation.
___F__ Cell phones make it easier for parents to spend time with their children.

Constructed Response: (level VI)
Do you think cell phones and computers have made our lives easier? Why or why not? Provide at least 2 examples from the article to support your answer.

Cell phones and computers have made our lives easier. For one mom in New York it has made it so much easier to talk to her friends and her children. All she has to do is text them and they will respond immediately. Also, she has the ability to shop online, which for many girls is a huge plus! Next, The New Your Times says the people who are most computer-dependent tend to be better educated and more affluent. On the other hand, for many people cellphones and computers have caused more stress and more difficult to concentrate.