o In the fall of 1987 Thomas Knoll was trying to write a computer code to display grayscale images on a black-white bitmap monitor for his doctoral in computer vision. A bitmap is an image composed with pixels. Once an image is scanned it is converted into a series of discrete units called pixels or picture elements. A gray scale image is a image filled with shades of grey. Less information needs to be provided for each pixel. Click here for more info.
o In 1988, the computer code developed was called Display and is now known as Photoshop.
o Thomas Knoll and John Knoll worked to expand Photoshop's capabilities. Thomas developed features such as Levels for adjusting tonality, Color Balance, Hue, and Saturation for adjusting color, and painting capabilities. Thomas also developed the component for Photoshop to read and write other file formats. John developed image processing routines, which are filter plug-ins. Plug-ins are used to enhance photos. Examples of plug-ins: anti-aliasing, contrast, exposure, and transparency. Power Retouche offers free plug-in tutorials.
o In 1988, the computer code developed was called Display and is now known as Photoshop.
o Thomas Knoll and John Knoll worked to expand Photoshop's capabilities. Thomas developed features such as Levels for adjusting tonality, Color Balance, Hue, and Saturation for adjusting color, and painting capabilities. Thomas also developed the component for Photoshop to read and write other file formats. John developed image processing routines, which are filter plug-ins. Plug-ins are used to enhance photos. Examples of plug-ins: anti-aliasing, contrast, exposure, and transparency. Power Retouche offers free plug-in tutorials.
o In February of 1990, the first version of Photoshop was complete and available to use.
(For more information on the foundation of Photoshop, visit PhotoshopNews.com.)
Should art teachers use digital and multimedia software in the classroom?
o "I think that any 21st century art teacher will want to know how to use Photoshop to help prepare their students for art based career options." (Art and Technology Educator at Shangai American School in Philadelphia)
o "The art teachers should, in addition to what the other teacher know how to use, should be comfortable using and teaching use of the various graphic and multimedia authoring software. This generation of art teachers will be the ones to supply the artists who bring the next generation of games, multimedia, graphics, and audio files. Art teachers should also help prepare the designers and architects of the future and should be comfortable using the software that such folks use." (Anne Pemberton, retired teacher, member of Classroom 2.0)
Benefits of using Adobe Photoshop in the classroom:
o "Drawing and painting software, digital still and video cameras, electronic portfolios, scanners, colour laser printers, samplers and sound mixers, image manipulation, video editing, 3D animation, Internet and web page construction can all play a role in supporting students’ artistic expression (Ashford, 2002; Brown, 2002; Neylon, 1996;
Taylor, 1999)."
o "Furthermore, as a medium for exploring solutions to design problems students are able to record and save ideas quickly, manipulate line and color, modify and incorporate images and employ motion (Hubbard & Greh, 1991)."
o "Allow students who might not possess skills with traditional media to focus more on the message and less on execution of art works, thus enhancing self expression (Long, 2001; Wang, 2002; Wood, 2004)."
o "Mistakes can be easily corrected, resulting in decreased anxiety and promotion of experimentation, which lies at the heart of creativity (Freedman, 1991; Grenfell, no date; Hicks, 1993; Wood, 2004)"
o "While new technologies do not, of course, replace traditional art processes they do extend the possibilities of art expression, communication and perception (Wang, 2002; Wood, 2004)."
o "Furthermore, as the use of digital media has expanded, new career opportunities have opened up for visual artists. Students with knowledge, skills and proficiency in digital art and design are well situated to obtain employment in commercial visual arts contexts, such as advertising, film, animation and other computer graphic industries (Matthews, 1997; Taylor, 1999)."
o "Technology provides exciting opportunities for enriching and transforming visual arts teaching, providing teachers and students alike with new tools to access, organize and present information and to enrich lessons through multimedia (Bridwell & McCoy, 1991; Garnons-Williams, 2002; Schwartz, 1991; Wood, 2004)."
Work Cited: ICT in the secondary visual arts classroom: A study of teachers values, attitudes and beliefs.
Are you tired of the clone stamp tool? Use tutorials to learn Adobe Photoshop:
For Awesome Tutorials go to Spoonfed Photoshop Tutorials. Below are a few exciting tutorials that I found on the website.
You and/or your students can write a tutorial and submit it to Spoonfed Photoshop Tutorials. If accepted, the reward is $150.00. Rules and Restrictions do apply. Read Carefully. Click here for more info or to Submit a Tutorial to Spoonfed Photoshop Tutorials.
Exciting Projects for Your Students:
Adobe Digital Kids Club offers lessons and activities in digital media for a variety of ages.
Tons of Free Stuff for Photoshop:
Photoshop Freebies
(Free icons, textures, templates, plug-ins, stock photos, filters, and much more...I highly recommend this site.)
Health and Beauty Photoshop Brush Set
(Free brush set)
Smashing Magazine Freebies
(Free icons, smashing photoshop brushes, themes, etc.)
Free Photoshop- Adobe plug-ins & Photoshop filters
(Free Brushes, textures, plug-ins, patterns, and much more)
Purchase Adobe Photoshop at a reasonable price:
(Discounts for educators and students.)
Campus Tech.com
Gradware.com
Academic Superstore.com
Savings.com
Adobe.com
o "Drawing and painting software, digital still and video cameras, electronic portfolios, scanners, colour laser printers, samplers and sound mixers, image manipulation, video editing, 3D animation, Internet and web page construction can all play a role in supporting students’ artistic expression (Ashford, 2002; Brown, 2002; Neylon, 1996;
Taylor, 1999)."
o "Furthermore, as a medium for exploring solutions to design problems students are able to record and save ideas quickly, manipulate line and color, modify and incorporate images and employ motion (Hubbard & Greh, 1991)."
o "Allow students who might not possess skills with traditional media to focus more on the message and less on execution of art works, thus enhancing self expression (Long, 2001; Wang, 2002; Wood, 2004)."
o "Mistakes can be easily corrected, resulting in decreased anxiety and promotion of experimentation, which lies at the heart of creativity (Freedman, 1991; Grenfell, no date; Hicks, 1993; Wood, 2004)"
o "While new technologies do not, of course, replace traditional art processes they do extend the possibilities of art expression, communication and perception (Wang, 2002; Wood, 2004)."
o "Furthermore, as the use of digital media has expanded, new career opportunities have opened up for visual artists. Students with knowledge, skills and proficiency in digital art and design are well situated to obtain employment in commercial visual arts contexts, such as advertising, film, animation and other computer graphic industries (Matthews, 1997; Taylor, 1999)."
o "Technology provides exciting opportunities for enriching and transforming visual arts teaching, providing teachers and students alike with new tools to access, organize and present information and to enrich lessons through multimedia (Bridwell & McCoy, 1991; Garnons-Williams, 2002; Schwartz, 1991; Wood, 2004)."
Work Cited: ICT in the secondary visual arts classroom: A study of teachers values, attitudes and beliefs.
Are you tired of the clone stamp tool? Use tutorials to learn Adobe Photoshop:
For Awesome Tutorials go to Spoonfed Photoshop Tutorials. Below are a few exciting tutorials that I found on the website.
You and/or your students can write a tutorial and submit it to Spoonfed Photoshop Tutorials. If accepted, the reward is $150.00. Rules and Restrictions do apply. Read Carefully. Click here for more info or to Submit a Tutorial to Spoonfed Photoshop Tutorials.
Exciting Projects for Your Students:
Adobe Digital Kids Club offers lessons and activities in digital media for a variety of ages.
Tons of Free Stuff for Photoshop:
Photoshop Freebies
(Free icons, textures, templates, plug-ins, stock photos, filters, and much more...I highly recommend this site.)
Health and Beauty Photoshop Brush Set
(Free brush set)
Smashing Magazine Freebies
(Free icons, smashing photoshop brushes, themes, etc.)
Free Photoshop- Adobe plug-ins & Photoshop filters
(Free Brushes, textures, plug-ins, patterns, and much more)
Purchase Adobe Photoshop at a reasonable price:
(Discounts for educators and students.)
Campus Tech.com
Gradware.com
Academic Superstore.com
Savings.com
Adobe.com
Cool artwork found online:
(Descriptions and links to official websites
are underneath the actual artwork. The descriptions
about the work were paraphrased by me unless quoted.)
This piece is titled "Swapping Skin" created by Christopher Carlos.
This piece is titled, "Special Effects" created by Christopher Carlos.
This piece is titled "Dream Scene Montage" created by Christopher Carlos.
This piece is titled "Morphing Creatures." Christopher Carlos used Photoshop to morph a hippopotamus and a lizard.
This piece is titled "Reaching Out of Bounds" created by Christopher Carlos. The four works above were used for a Adobe Photoshop Projects tutorial taught by Mark Monciardini and Melanie Stimmell. Christopher Carlos is a graphic designer. He created the four works to advance in his skill and to build his knowledge of Photoshop.
The piece is titled "Bjork Alarm Call." To accomplish this piece the artist used CorelDraw and Photoshop. On the artist's website there are directions on how to scan in drawings, how to transfer files from one software to another and how to color the image. The only downside is that the artist does not offer technical details to his instruction. For instance, when the artist is describing how to re-adjust the color in a image during the transfer of an image to a different software, the artist does not tell the audience the tool to use. Click here for instructions by Matthew James Taylor.
This piece is titled "Kristine as Bachelorette." The piece began as a black and white photo. Matthew James Taylor colored the piece in Photoshop.
This piece is titled "Bjork Debutterfly." Quote from the artist, Matthew James Taylor: "It's a bit of a cop-out because it's just a photo that I've manipulated. It doesn't take much skill to edit photos. I prefer to draw everything by hand."
This piece is titled "Angry Man." On his website, Matthew James Taylor states that he created the piece while angry. It is a graphite pencil drawing colored in Adobe Photoshop.
(Jack created the two Photoshop works above. Most of his work is centered around his son and family pet. I think his work is humorous.)
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