In the days when film dominated photography, artists and photojournalists relied heavily on using the darkroom to prepare their pictures for display or media publication. Now, in the Digital Age, photographers rely on the digital darkroom to prepare and manipulate their images.
This exercise introduces the digital darkroom and the hardware and software used to manipulate and repair photographs. On the software side, we will become familiar with Adobe PhotoShop. This software is an important tool for photographers in the digital darkroom. Most professional photographers and graphic designers rely heavily on Photoshop to work with their pictures.
To properly learn the capabilities of any type of software, it is important that you spend a lot of time with hands-on training. As you continue to practice, your skills and photographs will get better.
Readings and Resources
- Adobe Photoshop Tutorial, By Photoshopsupport.com
- Adobe Photoshop Tutorials, By Entheos, entheosweb.com
- Photoshop Tutorials and Resources, By PhotoshopCafe
- Adobe Photoshop Tutorials, By Lenox Web Design and Development
Instructions
For this assignment, you will become familiar with the user interface and basic features of Adobe Photoshop. To complete the exercise, follow the guidelines and procedures below:
- From the Start menu on your computer, open Adobe Photoshop.
- Take a brief tour of the software menus and features.
- Download the above photograph (Figure 1) onto your computer. We will use this photograph to experiment with the software.
- Open the photograph within Adobe Photoshop.
- Follow the professor’s detailed in-class tutorial to familiarize yourself with the software and its capabilities.
Evaluation
This project will not be formally evaluated. However, you should put forth maximum effort to complete the exercise.
