Throughout this semester you have taken a self portrait each day. At this point, you should have around 100 self portraits. (You can stop taking them on Monday April 23rd). You are now going to take these images into a single image in the form of a grid pattern. This project is based on the work of Hilda and Bernd Becher’s typologies. For this part of the Self Portrait Project, you are going to create the completed grid with adequate resolution and quality to make a print of no less than 16" @ 300ppi. What is the largest high quality, photo-realistic print that we can make from the completed grid?
You will need to edit all the photos for tone and color. >Next, you will crop the images down to squares. You want the framing of each image to be as uniform as possible. To get a perfect square, you have to hold down the Control key as you make a selection using the Rectangular Selection tool. You can then re-position the selection if you like. Then, to crop to the area selected, go to Select > Crop Selected.
Next, you need to down sample each image. Down sampling is a type of interpolation (re-sizing) in which the total number of pixels is reduced to create a smaller file. You are going to down sample these images because you need to fit 4 across and the maximum file size is only 2800 in one direction.
So, you are going to crop each image to 600 x 600 pixels. Given that you will have a grid of 4x4 images with a space between each and the edge of the frame, this will allow for 80 pixels between each image and from the border.
So, it will be 80 pixels border + 600 pixels image + 80 pixels border + 600 pixels image + 80 pixels border + 600 pixels image + 80 pixels border + 600 pixels image + 80 pixels border for a total of 2800 pixels across.
VERY IMPORTANT
You have to delete the extra layer that is automatically when you opened your file. It is named Untitled-1. Just select it, then click on the trash can at the bottom of the Layer window to throw it away. Then go to Select > Select All before proceeding to the next step.
Go to Image > Image Resize and put in 600 for the first field. This will result in the second field automatically changing to 600 as long as you cropped to a square. The image above shows how the dialog box will look.
Once the image is all cleaned up, save it. Go to File > Export. This will start a process in which it will allow you to download the file in the format of your choice. I would suggest that you use PNG. Be sure to name it something descriptive. Then go to the next image by going to File > New Document. You will get the following warning:
Are you sure you want to create a new document and discard all changes?
As long as you already exported it, choose Yes. Choose Load Existing File to open up the next individual image. Do this for all 16 images before moving on to assemble the grid.
To create a new image that will become our grid, go to File > New Document. You will get the following warning:
Are you sure you want to create a new document and discard all changes?
As long as you save it, choose Yes. Then select Start from Scratch.
Shown above, is the New Document dialog. Set the dimensions to 2800 x 2800 pixels which is the largest size that Phoenix supports. You can select what color you want for background in this dialog. Depending on what your images are of, you may want to select a color other than white for your background.
To bring an individual image into the Grid image as a layer go to File > Import File. Select one of the cleaned up images from the Aviary Library.
Move this image into position using the Move tool. Unfortunately, Phoenix doesn't have a provision to create a grid for positioning, so you will have to use the rulers to insure correct position. Be sure to keep 80 pixels away from the edges and other images. NOTE: Sometimes it isn't clear how to apply a move. If you move a layer and then want it to stay there, you may need to click on another tool and then back to the Move tool.
Repeat this process until the grid is complete. Name it Grid. Export the completed grid as a PNG file then post it on your blog.
Read the handout on resolution attached to the Week 5 Overview. Drawing from the readings, online research when necessary, and this project, respond to the following:
You will need to edit all the photos for tone and color. >Next, you will crop the images down to squares. You want the framing of each image to be as uniform as possible. To get a perfect square, you have to hold down the Control key as you make a selection using the Rectangular Selection tool. You can then re-position the selection if you like. Then, to crop to the area selected, go to Select > Crop Selected.
Next, you need to down sample each image. Down sampling is a type of interpolation (re-sizing) in which the total number of pixels is reduced to create a smaller file. You are going to down sample these images because you need to fit 4 across and the maximum file size is only 2800 in one direction.
So, you are going to crop each image to 600 x 600 pixels. Given that you will have a grid of 4x4 images with a space between each and the edge of the frame, this will allow for 80 pixels between each image and from the border.
So, it will be 80 pixels border + 600 pixels image + 80 pixels border + 600 pixels image + 80 pixels border + 600 pixels image + 80 pixels border + 600 pixels image + 80 pixels border for a total of 2800 pixels across.
VERY IMPORTANT
You have to delete the extra layer that is automatically when you opened your file. It is named Untitled-1. Just select it, then click on the trash can at the bottom of the Layer window to throw it away. Then go to Select > Select All before proceeding to the next step.
Go to Image > Image Resize and put in 600 for the first field. This will result in the second field automatically changing to 600 as long as you cropped to a square. The image above shows how the dialog box will look.
Once the image is all cleaned up, save it. Go to File > Export. This will start a process in which it will allow you to download the file in the format of your choice. I would suggest that you use PNG. Be sure to name it something descriptive. Then go to the next image by going to File > New Document. You will get the following warning:
Are you sure you want to create a new document and discard all changes?
As long as you already exported it, choose Yes. Choose Load Existing File to open up the next individual image. Do this for all 16 images before moving on to assemble the grid.
To create a new image that will become our grid, go to File > New Document. You will get the following warning:
Are you sure you want to create a new document and discard all changes?
As long as you save it, choose Yes. Then select Start from Scratch.
Shown above, is the New Document dialog. Set the dimensions to 2800 x 2800 pixels which is the largest size that Phoenix supports. You can select what color you want for background in this dialog. Depending on what your images are of, you may want to select a color other than white for your background.
To bring an individual image into the Grid image as a layer go to File > Import File. Select one of the cleaned up images from the Aviary Library.
Move this image into position using the Move tool. Unfortunately, Phoenix doesn't have a provision to create a grid for positioning, so you will have to use the rulers to insure correct position. Be sure to keep 80 pixels away from the edges and other images. NOTE: Sometimes it isn't clear how to apply a move. If you move a layer and then want it to stay there, you may need to click on another tool and then back to the Move tool.
Repeat this process until the grid is complete. Name it Grid. Export the completed grid as a PNG file then post it on your blog.
Read the handout on resolution attached to the Week 5 Overview. Drawing from the readings, online research when necessary, and this project, respond to the following:
You will start by laying things out as though you were going to create an animated GIF. How to create an animated GIF using Photoshop. Rather then save as a GIF though, you are going to export it as MPEG4 video. This way you can upload it to YouTube or other video hosting site. I want you to post them to the blog. Export video options within PS.
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