TECHNOLOGY

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BASED ART
Technology-based art is essentially
computer-generated and/or manipulated.
Through the centuries, visual artists used
actual brushes and palettes, and a whole
array of paints, inks and natural pigments
applied to paper.
 Origin
Computer art first came on the scene in the
early 1960s.
• The early experimenters were not
necessarily artists, but engineers and
scientists who had access to and experience
with the hardware needed.
• Geometric Forms and repeating patterns
appear frequently.
Is digital art a true art?
 In fact, Filipino illustrators earned quite a
reputation for their talents and were highly in
demand in this field. They eventually became
equally sought after as animators for some of
the major film production companies in the
United States, as well as animated television
series produced in different countries.
• artistic expression gained ground among
the younger generation of local artists.
 Cityscape
Antonio Gorordo, c 2010-2012
Digital art
There are also institutions offering training courses on
the digital arts, such as the First Academy of Computer
Arts, the Philippine Center for Creative Imaging
(PCCI),
as well as the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA)
through scholarships given by the Animation Council
of the Philippines (ACPI).

Computer/digital arts make use of electronic and

mechanical devices, rather than the artist’s own hand,
to produce the desired images and effects.
 Editing programs

Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program)

 Paint.net
 Inkscape
 Xara Extreme
 Artweaver
 Draw Plus
 Pencil
 Picasa
 Paint Star
 Smooth Draw
 Spray
 Karbon
 Adobe Photoshop
 Corel PaintShop Pro X5
Mobile Phone Art
These could be personal photographs and videos that
you can manipulate with a myriad special effects, both
visual as well as sound and music.
 Pixlr – a powerful, free online image editor
 Pic Collage – allows you to make collages incorporating
photos, stickers, text,
and frames
 Photo Grid – a downloadable application for android
phones that allows you
to make collages out of images from your photo gallery
 Doodle Booth – an iPad application (with a free
downloadable version) that enables you to ‘doodle’ on your
images using available stickers
 Photo Booth – an application for taking photos and videos
using an iPad or iPad mini (a version for the iPhone, called
SimpleBooth, is also available)
 Magic Mirror Booth – an iPhone application that allows
you to take amusing, distorted images, simulating camera
effects
 Pic Monkey – a free online photo editing tool that
provides filters, frames, text, and effects to manipulate your
images
· Flipagram – a downloadable application that allows you to
‘bring your
photos to life’ in short videos set to music of your choice
· Picsart – a free photo editor and drawing application, as well
as a social
network for you to share your art with others
· Snapseed – a photo application that enables you to
enhance, transform, and
share your photos; a free downloadable version for
android phones is
available
· Instagram – a fast and fun way to share images with
others; snap a photo,
choose from among the available filters, and share via
Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and more
Original image Modified with cropping,
superimposed text,
and a ‘silk’ texture
Original image Modified to ‘pencil
sketch’ effect in gray
scale, plus rounded
corners
 
Mirror Photo multiple Mirror Images
Original image Modified with color retained
on selected portions
Original image Modified to a completely
different color
Original image Modified to a multi-image
collage in different tints
Effects
 re-size
 crop
 skew / warp
 rotate
 flip
 adjust brightness
 adjust sharpness
 change colors
 gray scale
 sepia tone
 apply a texture
 superimpose text, trying different fonts
 apply frames, borders, or banners
 edit out an element that you do not want to appear
 add an element that is not in the original image2
 Digital Photography
• Prior to the development of digital photography,
cameras were essentially sealed boxes that would
allow a split-second entry of light to strike a section
of light sensitive film inside it.
• The result was that whatever was in front of the
camera at the precise instant that the light entered it
would be imprinted on that exposed section of film
as a photographic image. The photographer (or a
commercial developing service) would then have to
process the exposed film in a special enclosed space
known as a “dark room”—and only then would the
recorded images be seen.
“POINT-AND-SHOOT” TYPE OF
DIGITAL CAMERA which automatically makes all the
adjustments in lighting, focus, zoom-in and zoom-out, even
removal of “red eye” with the user being given some leeway
for slight adjustments. It offers image enhancement features
like adjusting color and brightness imbalances, as well as
sharpening or blurring the image. It may even offer unique
effects like “fish eye” or filters that allow pre-setting of the
photo to be taken with a colored tint or a special texture.
Second option is the digital single lens reflex (DSLR)
camera. This also provides the film-less and instant
review features of a “point-and-shoot” type of digital
camera, but gives the photographer much more artistic
freedom and control to select the camera settings to
create the desired final image with the preferred visual
effects.
Many professional photographers remain loyal to the
traditional (i.e., non-digital)
single lens reflex camera which still uses film. They
believe that film photography
has an authenticity and genuineness to its images that is
lost in the artificial and
automatic manipulations of digital photography. There is
no denying, however, the
ease and convenience that digital photography offers to the
millions of amateur
photographers out there. Without needing years of training
and experience, we are
now able to capture images with professional-quality
results.
 Video Games
 Twine - http://twinery.org/
 Stencyl - https://www.udemy.com/create-your-first-
computer-game-withstencyl/
 GameMaker - https://www.yoyogames.com/learn
Similar to image creation and manipulation, it is now
possible for video game fans to become video game
creator themselves.
Digital painting is a method of creating an artwork
using a computer.
Digital painting still makes use of traditional painting
mediums such as acrylic paint, oils, ink, and water
color and also applies the pigment to traditional
surfaces, that drives a type of robot device (such as a
plotter) or an office machine (such as a printer) that
takes the place of the artist’s hand. such as canvas,
paper, polyester etc. But it does so by employing
computer software.
 Video Technology / Imaging Videos
Medical/scientific purposes
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and
Computerized Tomography (CT scans)-and the like
which are used to create and record visual images of a
patient’s internal anatomy in order to diagnose and treat
diseases and injuries.
There are also ultrasound tests or sonograms, which
translate sound waves bouncing off physical objects into
images that can be studied—whether a baby developing in
the womb (in 2D, 3D, and 4D options), growths or
malformations inside the body, structural flaws in
buildings, as well as objects in outer space, underground,
and deep in the ocean.