Thursday, February 5, 2026

Day 3

Review Bad Photos 

 

How to use a Mac Computer


Login name = student
Login pass = artist

1. Desktop
2. The Dock
3. Top Menu
4. Making a new Folder 
5. Renaming files and folders on the desktop
6. Opening a program
7. Opening a file
8. Saving a file
9. Closing a program



Using Safari

1) Tabs and Windows
2) Searching
3) Downloading an image
- tools --- size --- large
- get images that are at lease 1000 pixels on the smallest side


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Skills

Google Photos

 
 

The Google Photos app helps you organize and store your photos in the cloud that you can access on your phone or computer. It can also be used to organize images in albums that can be shared with other people. You will be using the Google Photos App to upload most of your assignments and projects for this class through out the semester. 

1. Download and Install Google Photos App

2. Open App and sign in with your Hartwick gmail account information 

3. At the bottom of the screen you will see "Sharing". This is where you can find the albums for the class. Put your images for the bad photographs assignment use the “Art116 Bad Photos” album.





Digital Image Basics

Image Resolution 

Photoshop is a "bitmap" based image editor. This means images are broken down into tiny squares called pixels. These pixels are measured on the X and Y axis. 



When printing an image consider the images resolution. Resolution is described by how many pixel there are in one inch.



180 dpi - lowest printing resolution
300 - 600 dpi - professional printing resolution


Saving Files in Photopea and Photoshop
 

File Types:
PSD - Working File: specific uncompressed file type which contains all the images information


JPEG - Finished File: universal compressed file type

All files in Photoshop need to be "flattened" before they can be saved as a JPEG.


PNG - Finished File: uncompressed file type that can contain transparency



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 Brain-Connected AR-VR Headset 

A prototype version of OpenBCI's Galea, a sensor-studded brain-sensing VR/AR headset array.

Scott Stein/CNET

 

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Studio 

- process 5x5” drawings in Photopea




Outside of Class work

- Review Photopea - Saving & Exporting images

Review Sections: 

Saving the image as a PSD

Exporting Files

- Review Google - Advanced Image Search




Projects 

Upcoming Project 2 Vector Drawings

description: For this project you will be creating a BxW drawing that will be converted into a vector graphic and etched in wood or plastic.

1. Draw a pattern or drawing or abstraction in a 5" x 5" square on a piece of white paper.

2 . Repeat the process six times or more

3. Pick your favorite 6 drawings and take a photograph of each

4. Use Photopea to process your drawings and save as jpgs

5. Upload the 6 processed jpg images to the class Google Photos album "Art116 Vector Drawings S25-2"

6. Participate in the group critique

7. Convert one of the two drawings that were chosen in the critique to an SVG and email it to the professor. 

8. Laser etch you drawing into wood or plastic.

 

Things to consider: Your image will be cut out of a 5x5 inch square. The image will need to be in two colors only black and white. The laser will etch the black lines into the wood or plastic. The white is the wood or plastic.