These are some of the tutorials I watchrd to learn how to use photoshop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS5uh5TCXcU
http://lifehacker.com/5753459/learn-the-basics-of-photoshop-in-under-25-minutes
https://blog.udemy.com/how-to-blur-background-in-photoshop/
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/overlap-text/
Monday, 3 October 2016
Using the Panasonic Lumix
In these pictures the ISO has been changed, to make them over and under exposed
This photo has a shallow depth of field - a large aperture and a small ISO
This photo has a shallow depth of field - a large aperture and a small ISO
Sunday, 25 September 2016
Typefaces
Serif
In typography, a serif is the little extra stroke found at the end of main vertical and horizontal strokes of some letterforms. Serif fonts include Times Roman, Courier, New Century Schoolbook, and Palatino.
San Serif
A category of typefaces that do not use serifs, small lines at the ends of characters. Popular sans serif fonts include Helvetica, Avant Garde, Arial, and Geneva.
Sans Serif fonts are harder to read according to most studies, so are used for shot text components such as headlines and captions.
In typography, a serif is the little extra stroke found at the end of main vertical and horizontal strokes of some letterforms. Serif fonts include Times Roman, Courier, New Century Schoolbook, and Palatino.
San Serif
A category of typefaces that do not use serifs, small lines at the ends of characters. Popular sans serif fonts include Helvetica, Avant Garde, Arial, and Geneva.
Sans Serif fonts are harder to read according to most studies, so are used for shot text components such as headlines and captions.
Contents page research
Codes and conventions
- pictures of students doing various activities (sports)
- list of contents with page references
- one colour scheme (school colours?)
- title 'contents' clear and stands out
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Panasonic Lumix LX7
Raw mode
A file format that captures all image data recorded when you take a photo. Because no information is compressed you're able to produce higher quality images using this setting.
Mpeg mode
A setting in which images are compressed.
Press the menu button, choose the mode by moving with the arrows.
ISO
Change the control dial to M, then press ISO and use the arrows to select a setting.
Shutter speed
Change the control dial to S, then turn the front dial right to increase the speed and left to decrease it.
F-Stop
Change the control dial to A, then turn the front dial left for a larger aperture (smaller number) and right for a smaller aperture (larger number)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWgZFZ9TSrs
ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/camera/om/dmc-lx7_en_adv_om.pdf
A file format that captures all image data recorded when you take a photo. Because no information is compressed you're able to produce higher quality images using this setting.
Mpeg mode
A setting in which images are compressed.
Press the menu button, choose the mode by moving with the arrows.
ISO
Change the control dial to M, then press ISO and use the arrows to select a setting.
Shutter speed
Change the control dial to S, then turn the front dial right to increase the speed and left to decrease it.
F-Stop
Change the control dial to A, then turn the front dial left for a larger aperture (smaller number) and right for a smaller aperture (larger number)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWgZFZ9TSrs
ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/camera/om/dmc-lx7_en_adv_om.pdf
Saturday, 17 September 2016
School Magazine Research
Codes and conventions of school magazine
- main image close up of a student (direct mode of address)
- description of contents
- Main topic is to do with help in exams or how to achieve high grades
Friday, 16 September 2016
Key Terms
Media codes and conventions
Codes are systems of signs, which create meaning. Codes can be divided into two categories – technical and symbolic. Some codes fit both categories – music for example, is both technical and symbolic.
Conventions are the generally accepted ways of doing something. There are general conventions in any medium, such as the use of interviewee quotes in a print article, but conventions are also genre specific.
Technical codes
Technical codes are all the ways in which equipment is used to tell the story in a media text, for example the camera work in a film.
Symbolic codes
Symbolic codes show what is beneath the surface of what we see. For example, a character's actions show you how the character is feeling.
Denotation
Denotation refers to the literal meaning of a sign, the 'dictionary definition'.
Connotation
Connotation represents the various social overtones, cultural implications, or emotional meanings associated with a sign.
Mise-en-Scène
Borrowed from a French theatrical expression, meaning roughly “put into the scene”. In other words, mise-en-scène describes the stuff in the frame and the way it is shown and arranged.
Codes are systems of signs, which create meaning. Codes can be divided into two categories – technical and symbolic. Some codes fit both categories – music for example, is both technical and symbolic.
Conventions are the generally accepted ways of doing something. There are general conventions in any medium, such as the use of interviewee quotes in a print article, but conventions are also genre specific.
Technical codes
Technical codes are all the ways in which equipment is used to tell the story in a media text, for example the camera work in a film.
Symbolic codes
Symbolic codes show what is beneath the surface of what we see. For example, a character's actions show you how the character is feeling.
Denotation
Denotation refers to the literal meaning of a sign, the 'dictionary definition'.
Connotation
Connotation represents the various social overtones, cultural implications, or emotional meanings associated with a sign.
Mise-en-Scène
Borrowed from a French theatrical expression, meaning roughly “put into the scene”. In other words, mise-en-scène describes the stuff in the frame and the way it is shown and arranged.
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