Monday, March 14, 2011

Imaging 1

Exercise 4 – Bit Depth and Colour Modes
Corinne Brigden

§ This is a formative assessment instrument

§ You must be rated ‘Competent’ in this assessment item.

Imaging 1 – All Learning Outcomes.

1) Download the file ‘Img 1 – Exercise 4’ from eLearn and place it on the desktop. (Remember to delete this file from the desktop when you have completed this exercise).

2) How big is an A4 page in cm ?
A= 21cm by 29.7cm

3) Open the file ‘Img 1 – Ex 4 - Granger-Rainbow.jpg’ in Photoshop :-

4) Select ‘Image -> Image Size …’ and ‘Image -> Mode’ and answer the following questions :–

Image size in cm

29.63 by 20.32

Pixel Dimension (W x H)

3500 by 2400

Image size in megapixels (3500 x 2400) (take away 6 digits)

8.4

Resolution of the image (ppi)

300

Image size in megabytes

24.0

Colour Mode

RGB

Bit depth

8 per channel or 24 in all

Hint: Use the Status line to display the image size – use the number on the left.

5) Use the ‘Image -> Mode’ menu to select the following modes / bit depths and fill in the table for each case listed. (Note: Use ‘Undo’ or the History list after each case to return to the original image state) :-

Colour Mode

Bit Depth per channel

Total Bit depth

No. of available colours

Image Size (Mb)

RGB

8

(8x3)

24

16.8 billion

(256x256x256)

24.0

RGB

16

(16x3)

48

2.8x 10 to the power of 14

48.1

CMYK

8

(8x4)

32

(2x2 32 times)

4.3 billion

8.01

Greyscale

8

8

256

8.01

Bitmap #

1

1

2

1

Indexed Colour – 256 colours

N/A

N/A

Monday, March 7, 2011

Names
Corinne Brigden


§ This is a formative assessment instrument
§ You must be rated ‘Competent’ in this assessment item.

Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes 7 & 8.

Tasks
1) Log on to your workstation using the student login.
a) Name : student Password : student
2) Open the file ‘Img 1 - Ex-02_Image.jpg’ in Photoshop.
3) Select ‘Image -> Image Size …’ and answer the following questions about the image :-

1. Width of the image in pixels
2000 pixels
2. Height of the image in pixels
1500 pixels
3. Calculate the size of the image in Megapixels
3 Mp
4. What is the specified resolution of the image
300 ppi
5. Width of the image in cm
16.93 cm
6. Height of the image in cm
12.7 cm

Turn OFF the ‘Resample Image’ option and change the Resolution to 150 pixels/inch.

7. Width of the image in pixels
2000 pixels
8. Height of the image in pixels
1500 pixels
9. What is the new Width in cm
33.87 cm
10. What is the new Height in cm
25.4cm
11. What is the image size in Megapixels
2.15Mp

Change the resolution back to 300 pixels/inch
Turn ON the ‘Resample Image’ option and change the Resolution to 150 pixels/inch.

12. Width of the image in pixels
1000 pixels
13. Height of the image in pixels
750 pixels
14. What is the new Width in cm
16.93 cm
15. What is the new Height in cm
12.7 cm
16. What is the image size in Megapixels
3.46 Mp


Question:
Where else in Photoshop can you find the above information ?

Answer the following questions :-

My image is 2100 pixels wide and 3300 pixels high.

a. What is the image size in megapixels ?

2100 x 3300 / 100,000



A=6.93

b. What would be the physical image size at a resolution of 300ppi ?


Width x height
17.78 x 27.94 cm
7 x 11 inches



A= 77


My image is 2000 pixels wide and 3000 pixels high.

a. What is the image size in megapixels ?
b. 2000 x 3000 / 100,000





A=6

c. What resolution would I need to print at to create a 8” x 12” print ?






A=250

I want to make an A4 print with a resolution of 300ppi.


a. What is the image size in cm ? A=21 x 29.7



b. What is the image size in inches ? A= 8.268 x 11.693
c. Rounded to the nearest inch, what would the pixel dimensions be ?



A= 8 x 12



a. What is the image size in megapixels ?


A=24.9M

Monday, February 28, 2011

types of photography

Types of photography

  • wedding
  • portrait
  • fashion
  • food
  • travel
  • architecture
  • sport
  • macro
  • underwater
  • national geo
  • landscape
  • advertising
  • commercial
  • new born
  • journalism
  • animal
  • music/concert
  • glamour
  • aerial
  • action
  • black and white
  • artistic
  • night
  • people/family
  • panoramic
  • medical
  • pinhole
  • scientific
  • event
  • satellite
  • swimwear
  • urban
  • industry
  • paranormal
  • documentary
  • astronomic
  • city scape
  • digital
  • nude
  • porn

Wedding

WHO

Bride and groom

Bride’s mother and father

Groom’s mother and father

Guests of the wedding

Wedding magazine company

Wedding dress Company

Suit company

Wedding planner company

Catering company

Event location managers

Flower company

Hair and makeup company

WHERE

Homes

Event locations

Magazines

Billboards

Shop fronts

Flyers

Business cards

Wedding albums

Internet/websites

Fashion

WHO

Fashion designer/brand

Magazines/papers

Retail industry

Event managers

Models/Portfolios

Stock photo agency

WHERE

Magazines

Billboards

Internet/websites

Shop fronts

Branding company’s

Business cards

TV

Flyers

Posters

Porn

WHO

Magazines

Film directors

Industries

Model/portfolio

Retail adult shops

WHERE

TV

DVD’s/ Video’s

Internet/websites

Magazines

Posters

Calendar’s

Shop fronts