PhotoShop Homework Part 2

Typing On a Path

What better way to finish your Photoshop work than by adding text? Text lets you add witty remarks and character to your image, giving it a sense of completion—or, you could be accidentally generating the next big meme. Either way, here’s a few tips on how to lively up your photos, besides adding thought bubbles or diagonal text. 

You’ll need to create a path for the text to follow; do this by selecting the pen tool and make sure that paths is selected in the options bar towards the top of the window. Go ahead and create yourself a fun little shape. You can pretty much shape it however you like, but make sure it has some sort of fluidity. Otherwise, the text could come out looking a bit awkward and illegible.

You can also type according to the outline of a preloaded Photoshop shape or manipulate the text box so that the end result looks like the shape itself. To do so, make sure you have the pen tool selected and click the shape you’d like for your text box (it can be anything: a square, a circle, a heart, or a custom shape). Make sure that it is selected and then point your cursor inside the box (your cursor will have the text symbol with a circle around it). Click and type. 

Take note of the various cursor states. You can decide on a start-point by dragging the cursor either way—the choice is yours. When you’re finished, you can either click on the outside of the shape selection or click on the check mark on the right side of the options bar, towards the top of the window.

 Typing text on a shape's path 

 

Typing inside a shape

Quick Tip:  You can make your own shapes for the text boxes if you have a very complex graphic. Simply select the pen tool, customize your shape (making sure all open ends are closed), and then right click “Define Custom Shape”. Give it an alias of your choice and accept the changes. It should be available at the end of the custom shapes list.

WWW and EBI of my Stereotypes Presentation

WWW- I showed a good analysis of both the video by pink and Justin Bieber.
           - My presentation of my actual presentation was good as I projected my voice when I spoke.
           - My presentation clearly showed my presentation  i put effort on my presentation.
           - We worked well as a team to get the presentation done.

EBI   -We used more media in our presentation e.g music and pictures
          - Make sure to use proper grammar and not use possible offensive words.
          - Try and Make our Presentation more Dynamic and Stand out.

Stereotypes Presentation

Homework Stereotype task Wednesday 2nd October

Hip hop presents a very rigid and narrow version of manhood - one that suggests that to be a "real man" you must be strong and tough, you must have a lot of women and money, you must always be in control, and you must always dominate women and other men.

In the first video, Candy Shop by 50 cent, it doesn't really give any direct links to a version of manhood, it does however show someone with a substantial amount of money and their hand. They are perceived  as being very wealthy with fast cars and fluffy jackets like 50 cent's. Also he seems to know a lot of women who have this certain profession. Candy Shop- is basically a Brothel with women on display left right and centre with a variety to "choose from". As for the presence of men in the video, there is none, only one other man who just has some women with him, 50 cent in the video is definitely in control, he swaggers into this 'Candy Shop" as he is a customer and the women are all there to serve him, as the women are on their own, candies.

In the Second video Big Pimpin by JAY-Z, again this doesn't give a direct link to manhood, but it gives a much stronger one than Candy Shop. There is also more men in this video as they sent up the main premiss of the video. It definitely has a more strong and tough feel as most of them have Tank tops of no tops, attempting to show of there muscle and prowess. The obviously show off their wealth by throwing money out into a crowd of people without a car in the world. They are on a huge luxury boat which looks pretty pricey, that is all pimped out with the jacuzzis and whatnot, also they freely tip out what looks like bottles of champagne, liquid gold. As well as their wealth status, they also have around 30 girls all prancing around the boat in there bikinis, a lot of women, it definitely supports that one! The women are there like trophies, this is showing the implement of male dominance in the Hip-Hop culture, they have obvious control over them as they freely grasp them, pour drinks over them and ogling all of different women one by one.

If you do not live up to these ideals, you will be ridiculed for not being man enough. You will be called names like "soft, weak and wimp".

In 50 Cent's Candy Shop, especially in this video, 50 Cent seems to be the only man there, alone in this candy shop. He only seems to be singing about the candy shop and its contents, not anything related to peoples man hood.

Its mostly the same story in Big Pimpin, as their main focus is on them, Big Pimpin. It is more about them and there money, women and more money. Just like Candy Shop there is no link to your manhood and what you do and your money, just mainly about the song titles. 

Photoshop logo task

My final photoshop image looks like a good logo for a IT Ravenswood show, I have been able to incorporate some relevant pictures to my task and merge them for a final image. I am happy that my design looks whole and it makes sense, relevant to my topic, it is a IT session after school where things are out of hand. I was able to add my title accross the middle in a bright and bold coulour scheme, easier to see with my background. Some of my images had a green coulor to them to I was able to link that to Ravenswood's signature green coulor. There is also a clear example of the Ravenswood logo, what are show is all about.

I could have made my picture better if I had used some more advanced tools with my design as people may think it is just a bunch of images stuck on a page with text. I will make more of an effort to make my logo more dynamic and unique and use this to help improve my photoshopping skills .

Skills in Photoshop

Masking

Masking uses the Brush Tool or the Selection Tools to isolate portions of an image. The important part about masking is it leaves the original image completely intact, allowing you to easily make changes later. A Layer Mask is a gray scale map on top of a layer that displays the layer where the map is white and hides the layer where the map is black.

Connotation and Denotation

Denotation: A gloved hand on a naked women's bum.
Connotation: A theme of a sexy picture, also they are called the Strokes

Denotation: A album cover description, distorted my pink wavy lines.
Connotation:The colour scheme looks quite feminine, also like a bright night club lights

Denotation: A Skeleton and a Devil in fire.
Connotation: A huge sentinel Skeleton playing with the devil in hell

 Denotation: 5 men in suits and ties and one women standing in the middle with a zebra stripe    background.
 Connotation: A front woman standing proud and tall, surrounded by the rest of the band looking strong, also a title in lipstick red

Denotation: 4 men in a dark place with light on there faces and one with there hands up
Connotation: The affect is making them look very big (in the music industry) and i true reflection of there music, glam rock.

Denotation: A man in darkness with light on his face.
Connotation: A deep thought looking right into you, where ever you are

Denotation: Wavy lines, like a sound wave, but resembling a mountain.
Connotation: A simple image of sound waves in an isolated environment with zero text just floating there,  just a noise

Denotation: 4 men simply standing around a bit of stone
Connotation: 4 men who i acting Rebel- Like Who , (haha get it), have just urinated on this stone monolith

Denotation:I man shaking hands with a man in a sunny place
Connotation: A postcard with, well dressed men, which one is on fire, with the slogan wish you were here, possibly the man doesn't want to show his true feelings of getting burned.

Denotation: A man with a hat in his pocket on red and white stripy background
Connotation: A true american album, (for a true american artist) on an American flag background sporting the red white and blue.