National Geographic is also an excellent resource for critiquing images!

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/best-of-2016/best-photo-of-the-day-national-geographic/

1-9-2017 Sub Day

1. On Friday we wrote most of the critique together, but we did not finish the last 3 paragraphs. I would like you to finish the last 3 paragraphs on your own. Then, you will have your partner proof-read your critique and check for the following elements. Once your partner has given your critique a second read, you can turn your word document in to the turn-in folder.

2. After you turn in your personal critique, you and your partner will look at images together and decide on an image to critique together. You will discuss the image and draft a full critique together. Make sure you discuss each element thoroughly! You do not have to finish the partner critique today.

Here is the guide:

The powerpoint we saw Friday is also on the M-Drive in the Miss E folder

 In this critique you will go through all seven elements of art and include your opinion on the piece.  Here is how your critique should break down:

Paragraph 1: Introduce your picture’s name, artist, and year, and any other information you have about it.  Describe what your picture shows in as much detail as you can. 

Paragraph two: Describe the use of color in your picture. What colors do you see? Do the colors suggest any specific feeling? You must state which color scheme the artist is chosen, if any. Common color schemes are: complementary, analogous, primary, monochromatic, achromatic, and neutral. 

Paragraph three: Describe use of line in your image. Are there any leading lines? Other strong horizontal or vertical? Perhaps a horizon line? 

Paragraph 4: Describe the use of space in your photo. Does your picture have shallow space or deep space? Do you have lots of positive space or lots of negative space? 

Paragraph five: Describe the use of value in your image. Do you have mostly light values or dark? Do you have many middle grays or is your image high contrast with very few mid tones? Does the lightness or darkness of the photo suggest a mood or emotion? (Remember, color has value, too!)

Paragraph 6: Describe the use of texture in your photo. Texture adds interest and enriches a photo. What sort of textures has your artist used to draw that you were in. Do those textures communicate a mood or feeling?

Paragraph 7: Describe the use of shape in your photo. Remember shape is 2D and flat. Are there more organic shapes, more geometric shapes, or a mix of both? Identify each in your photo.

Paragraph 8: Describe the forms in your image. Remember forms are 3-D. If you can hold it in your hand it is a form! Forms can be either geometric or organic. Identify the geometric and organic forms in your image.

 Paragraph 9: Finally, discuss your personal feelings on the image. Describe what you'd like and don't like about it. Describe how you interpret the feeling and subject matter (what emotions or message do you think is there?) Give your overall opinion on why.

Welcome back!
We are going to have a critique week! This means we are going to be doing a lot of writing about photographs using our elements of art. Unfortunately, we haven't discussed elements in 3 months. Today you are going to create a new document in Microsoft Word.

Using Google and Word, I would like you to create a journal entry which includes the following elements of art vocab, with the meaning and a visual example. This will be your cheat sheet as you critique photographs in the upcoming week. Remember, this is a guide to help YOU. Simply cutting and pasting a definition you do not understand will not help you. If one definition you find is too complex, keep looking until you find one that makes sense to you.

1. complementary colors
2. analogous colors
3. primary colors
4.  monochromatic colors
5. achromatic colors
6. neutral colors
7. horizon line
8. leading lines
9. shallow vs. deep space
10. positive space
11. negative space
12. value
13. contrast
14. texture
15. shape vs. form
16. organic shape
17. geometric shape
18. organic form
19. geometric form
20. look for, and insert a photo you would like to critique
     http://www.apimages.com/ or search "famous photographs"

ITS WINTER BREAK!!

Thank you, Adrian Perez, for this awesome GIF

Adjustment layers

You can edit all the frames in your GIF at once by using adjustment layers. Adjustment layers give you all the classic edits like levels, hue/saturation, color balance, exposure, etc, in a convenient layer that sits on top and affects all the layers below it. Look right above your layers palette for the menu that looks like this, full of symbols:

Run your mouse over each one to see what that icon represents. MAKE SURE YOUR LAYERS ARE ALL TURNED ON. Check your "little eyeballs" on each layer. The adjustment won't take effect in a frame of your animation if that layer is turned off.

****Don't forget to resize your GIF****

1. Click   Image--> Image size
2. Change "pixels" to "percent"
3. Enter a suitable percentage size (Hint: What size are you viewing at in Photoshop??)
4. Click OK

GIFs

Here's the link to the tutorial I followed for today's demo.
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/32891/photoshop-create-a-gif-file/
 It is pretty good- it has lots of pictures to show you where to click- but he skips a few important things:

1. Crop, resize, and edit your image AFTER you "Load Files into Stack" but BEFORE you use Timeline to create frame animation.

2. Make sure that your Timeline says "Create frame animation" in the middle when you open it-
   NOT "CREATE VIDEO TIMELINE". If it says "create video timeline", use the drop-down arrow next to it to change it.

3. BEFORE step 6 (where you open the menu and click "Make frames from layers") you MUST CLICK "Create frame animation" on the main timeline. See below:

Tuesday 12/6 Substitute

Hello again guys,
I'm still ill, but I have an interesting video for you guys about the history of animation which ties into our GIF making process.

SUBSTITUTE: After students have had 7 minutes or so to read the blog and set up their WORD document, Please play the following video on the projector from either youtube or cleanvideosearch, whichever will open.
http://cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=Sfzy05M-nzY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfzy05M-nzY


STUDENTS: Open WORD and copy the following list and look over the terms.  Pay special attention to these terms because you will explain what these things are, or what they were significant for by the end of class. Note you will have extra time at the end, so you will be able to get onto Google if you did not catch a definition.

0. EXAMPLE: What is cel animation? Cel animation means every frame is drawn by hand.
1. 1609- What was the "magic lantern"?
2. 1800s- Thaumatrope?
3. 1800s- Zoetrope?
4. Gertie the Dinosaur was the first...?
5. 1928- Steamboat Willie was the first?
6. What happened in 1929?
7.  What happened to animation as a result of #6?
8. 1937- Snow White was the first?
9. What is "rotoscoping"?
10. What is FPS?
11. What is CGI?
12. Claymation?
13. 2009- Avatar was the first...?
14. 1988- Akira was the first?
15. By now, in 2016, is "cell animation" dead?

Please change your answers to a different color, or bold them. Save your WORD file as lastname_firstname_animation.doc

Substitute Monday 12/5/2016

Hello to sub and students,
I am sick today so I am leaving you with a video about Eadweard Muybridge. You need a piece of paper- You will watch the movie and collect 15 facts that stand out to you. The notes will be due at the end of the period.

These are both the same video, one linked to youtube and one to the district's clean video search.
You can't open them on the school computers but the substitute can on the projector.
http://cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=5Awo-P3t4Ho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Awo-P3t4Ho&t=1178s

Today's Agenda

Eadweard Muybridge Video on Youtube
Eadweard Muybridge's Zoopraxiscope
Here are two important videos for those people watching at home.

1. Today, you will finish your 8x10 300 resolution notes page on Eadweard Muybridge and turn it in.

2. Then, you and your partner will brainstorm and log 6 ideas each. Come up with 3 ideas involving people and 3 ideas involving objects. They don't have to be great ideas, just any ideas. The goal is to have a plan when you go outside.

3. You will go out and begin shooting when you have finished the above.
 TIPS for shooting GIFs:
--You MUST use a tripod
--Start with moving objects instead of people
--Think about how it is going to loop, meaning your model/item has to end in the same place it began

Yesterday we turned in the 2 Bursting Color photos PLUS the contact sheet of our source images. Remember, the last day I will accept your bursting color photos is Wednesday, Dec. 7th.

Today we will look again at Edweard Muybridge and begin to create our own animated gifs! We will be creating cinemagraphs- similar to the photos on http://cinemagraphs.com/ and https://flixel.com/cinemagraphs/