File organization

Download the following zipped file: files-to-organize

Step 1: In your computer's Documents folder, create a folder called Lastname Files. (Use your last name, in all caps, to replace "Lastname" - so if your name is Smith, your files will be called Smith Files.)

Step 2: Inside that folder, create three folders, named:

1. Source Text
2. Maps
3. Photos

Step 3:Move the files from the files-to-organize folder into the three folders you have made - Microsoft Word files in the Source Text folder, Adobe Illustrator maps in the Maps folder and any Photoshop PSD or JPEG files in the Photos folder.

Step 4: Open the Pages application on your map, create a new document and type your name in it (does not need any other content). Save the file as "About [lastname] files" in the folder you named Lastname Files - do not save it in any of the three folders you made in that folder.

Once done, open your Documents folder in "list" view and let me see it.

Assignment 2: Make a version

Start with a photograph. (Not a picture from a book or other commercially printed source.) The photograph needs be your own work. You can create an image with a digital camera or phone. Then, create a new version of the original. Make sure to save your original file and your altered file.

Remember: Images you use in this class need to be your own creation. Any exceptions to this will be noted in the assignment details I post for each assignment.

The version should be based on one of the following themes:

1. Colour: Change colours. Make colourful things less colourful. Make less colourful things more colourful. Use selections carefully - both of regions in your image, but also geometrical selections. Show multiple ways of working - painting, cloning, saturation sponge, moving selected areas, etc.
2. Clean up your mess: Start with an image of a messy workspace, the more mess the better. It could be a studio, desk, kitchen or elsewhere. Note that you will need to find multiple things to "clean up" - success on this assignment means showing multiple "fixes" of different types, using different tools.
3. Time: Turn night into day, or day into night. Don't just make the images brighter or darker, think about how everything changes: how busy it is, what people are doing, differences in lighting, etc.

Read all instructions carefully.
Failing to follow assigned instructions may result in lost points.

Technical requirements:

You must demonstrate use of most of the following tools as a minimum:

• Clone stamp
• Dodge and burn
• Paintbrush
• Selection tools, including marquee and object select tools

General requirements:

• You may not use filters for this assignment.
• Don't be afraid to change the image radically from the original.
• Don't include parts of other images; that will be the next assignment.
• For this assignment, use a resolution 240 pixels/inch. Both your original and altered image should be set to 240 ppi. Your original and altered image should be each be set up to fit on separate 8.5 x 11 inch pages - either wide or tall orientation are fine.

Submission

Format: Save as Photoshop file. Filename: YOURLASTNAME_Assignment2a.psd for your original and YOURLASTNAME_Assignment2b.psd for your altered version.

In the Brightspace comments, note your "theme" (the option you chose),the pixel dimensions, (x by y pixels, the print size (in inches) and the print resolution in pixels per inch.)

Upload the two files to Brightspace by 6 pm, Sun, Feb 02

Suggested procedure

1. Don't put the assignment off - start soon and post any questions to the Slack #assignments channel.
2. Spend some time choosing a theme and image that will work well together.
3. Set the resolution and size of your original file to the assignment requirements, name it correctly based on the assignment requirements, and save it on your computer. Do not save in the "Cloud Documents" location.
4. Next, using Photoshop's Save As... function, to save the file again, this time with the correct name for your "altered" version and begin to make changes to it.
5. Review the checklist below and submit both files.

Checklist:

• Did you check to see the resolution of the original file is high enough?
• Check the resolution (and change it if necessary) to match the assignment requirements.
• Have you set both files to 240ppi?
• Make sure the image is one you have created yourself.
• Have you named the files correctly?
• Did you add a note in Brightspace with the resolution, theme and print size?

Marking guidance

This is meant to be a general guide. Your mark will be governed by the overall quality of the assignment.

Resolution low: -2 points.

Resolution much too low: -4 points.

Missing information/wrong file name: -1 point per item

Range of tools: 0-4 points

Quality of work: 0-4 points

Technical correctness: 0-2 points