DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART VISUAL ARTS CORE STUDIO 1 D.I.G.I.T.A.L. L.I.T.E.R.A.C.

Y DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK

Wk 3
2nd Mar

Lecture Digital Image 2 (Does Size Matter?)

Outline Week 3 will look more closely at using images in your study and practice and some of the practicalities such as file formats and sizes.

Lab Topic Scanning and saving images at different resolutions

Checkpoint - all students need to scan at least one of their own images/workbook pages from their current core studio rotation and save it

By the End of This Week: SCAN: something you have done in another class e.g. a drawing/painting (must be dry!)/photograph/print and save it for use at a later date. Save it as a high resolution TIFF, and save a copy as a lower resolution jpeg. READ: Chapter 7: Image Acquisition and Resolution from Digital Foundations Xtine Burrogh & Michael Mandiburg, AIGA Design Press (2009) pp. 109-120 (attched to this worksheet) ANSWER: the questions on the worksheet below (all answers can be found in the lecture or in the reading).
Common File Formats for Images: List 4 file formats commonly used for image files, and indicate a use for each of them (clues: archive, online, photographic) TIFF GIFF JPEG Storing bit mapped images animations For images that are to uploaded to the net Downloading files from the internet that can be viewed in the same font, format etc, as they were

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DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART VISUAL ARTS CORE STUDIO 1 D.I.G.I.T.A.L. L.I.T.E.R.A.C.Y DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK uploaded What is compression? Reduction in the size of data for quicker uploading and downloading Compressing the size of pixels

Which image file formats compress the file to create a smaller file size? JPEG and PDF

What is resolution? The number of dots or pixels used to create an image

What resolution should an image be to PRINT well? _______300_________________________________ What resolution is sufficient for a file that is going online? _________72__________________________ Scan an image to save as an archive/print quality file, choosing the correct resolution to scan it at. Save a copy. Next, change the file size (hint: by changing the resolution) so that you have a version of the file, suitable for posting online, or e-mailing easily (e.g. a smaller file size), and save that too. Write down the full file names here, that you saved them under: Wallet.psd wallet2.jpg Wallet300dpi.jpg

Task Go to Adobe Photoshop and open an image. Go to File>Image Size and have a look at the dialogue box.

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DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART VISUAL ARTS CORE STUDIO 1 D.I.G.I.T.A.L. L.I.T.E.R.A.C.Y DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK -Change the resolution form 72 to 300dpi and save a copy. - Change the resolution form 300 to72dpi and save a copy. -Note what happens. -Now do the same, but untick Resample Image. -Note what happens. What happens when a file is Resampled?

The pixels stay locked at their original size but the dimensions change

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