CSC/FAR 020, Computer Graphics, November 2012 Dr. Dale E. Parson Assignment #7, Illustrator/Photoshop Dual Image, due 12/12/2012

Assignment 7: FirstLastDual.zip Assignment 7 is centered around the notion of interleaving the raster and vector graphics “worlds.” Escher’s Double Planetoid is part of the inspiration html html Escher’s image interleaves the “natural” and “synthetic” worlds without interaction.

Assignment 7 Compositional Ideas Other dichotomies include analog (continuous) versus digital (discrete) visual media, or raster versus vector graphics strengths / weaknesses. You don’t need to “Do Escher.” You do need to use both Illustrator and PhotoShop to construct a final image. The theme and the visual elements are yours to decide. See IllusEdit for my initial studies.

Assignment 7 Requirements Create one final composite image. Make sure to include any original photos. They must be photographs that you have taken. One option is to use no photos. You can create these images entirely using Illustrator and PhotoShop if you prefer. You must use both tools and you must log your editing steps and your decisions for which tool to use for each set of steps.

Assignment 7 Duality Requirements There should be two different “looks” to the final image, and these looks must be interleaved in some manner throughout the image. My exporttheneditfromillus.jpg study captured silhouettes in PhotoShop from a still shot, exported tolerance-rounded paths to Illustrator, added background gradients in Illustrator, exported back to PhotoShop for highlights / shadow adjustment and pixel repair to some of the trees. The two “looks” are the digitally aliased silhouettes versus the gradient folded sky background.

Requirement Checklist 1 You may use Type interleaved with Geometric Shapes, Drawings, or Images if you like. You can create a poster, an advertisement, or an aesthetic image. The compositional goal is to have two different looks that are spatially interleaved with each other. Use both Illustrator and PhotoShop to get two different looks and possibly to do the interleaving.

Requirement Checklist 2 Leave layers intact where possible. Turn off layer visibility as needed to present the final image you want to display. Describe main steps in your log file in bullet form. Save your final work with as a PSD or AI file. Log the files’ names and your name. This is due November 30 at 11:59 PM. Call it FirstLastDual.zip using your First and Last names.

DSC_0007.jpg & exporttheneditfromillus.jpg &type=1&l=ff71208c &type=1&l=ff71208c72

Project Outlines The following pages outline possible project Scenarios. You can following one of these scenarios or you can design a project scenario of your own. Your scenario can be entirely original, or it can be a hybrid of these scenarios. The goal is to create a visually satisfying and/or interesting and/or provocative image using appropriate mechanisms from both tools.

Scenario 1 Outline Capture a photographic image. Repair damage, enhance imagery, and/or compose visual elements in PhotoShop. Place the image into an Illustrator layer. Add illustration objects such as Type, Geometric objects, Live Paint, etc. Add effects via the Effect menu. Save As AI, optionally export to Photoshop.

Scenario 2 Outline Capture a photographic image. Repair damage, enhance imagery, and/or compose visual elements in PhotoShop. Convert a selection to a Path in PhotoShop, copy & paste the Path into Illustrator. Treating the Path as an abstract composition / line drawing in Illustrator, add enhancements as in the previous scenario.

Scenario 3 Outline Capture a photographic image. Repair damage, enhance imagery, and/or compose visual elements in PhotoShop. Place the image into an Illustrator layer. Apply Trace to the raster image, and then process further after Expand or Live Paint. Save As AI, optionally export to Photoshop.

Scenario 4 Outline Capture a line drawing, geometric art or symbol-based composition in Illustrator. There is no photograph. Apply additional Illustrator Effects, Live Paint, etc. Export to PhotoShop. Use PhotoShop as a post processor to add raster effects, Adjustment Layers, Smart Filters, etc.

General Scenario Guidelines Your can use one tool to prepare a composition, the other tool to add additional visual elements not supported by the first tool, and then back to the first for final edits. A one-way scenario from PhotoShop to Illustrator or Illustrator to PhotoShop is fine. The goal is to apply capabilities unique in each tool to a coherent composition. Sometimes one stumbles into good design ideas.

Illustrator Orientation Illustrator is good for abstracting away from photorealism – cartoons, posters, extraction of line art via Trace and Expand. Have some compositional ideas in mind before becoming mired in tool features, but... Be open to lucky accidents (serendipity). Use the project and tools to explore ideas before converging prematurely on a goal. The goal is not just to “get it done!”

Tool Mechanisms to Consider PhotoShop: Multi-Layer Composites, Image Adjustments, Adjustment Layers, Filters, Smart Filter Layers, Layer Blending Mode, Layers Masks, Vector Masks, Gradients, Paths, Type. Illustrator: Strokes and Fill, Multi-Layer Composites, Geometric Objects, Line Drawings, Object Groups, Symbols, Gradients, Live Paint, Live Color, Raster Image Tracing. Moving images back and forth between tools.