Week 3 - Mood board

As for our third lesson, we start to learn how to create our mood board using the photos given by the teacher. We started off with the basic by adding the background and how to change the opacity of the image.

After we are done with the background, we add in the design and use the tools under the layers column.  The purpose of that tools is to remove certain part of the photos that we do not need it without using any cropping tools such as the lasso or the magic wand. It is one of the fastest and the most clean way to remove unwanted things from the images itself. 

We also use the brush tool to move the part that we do not want in the image. Example the gargoyle. Reduce the opacity of the brush so that it is easy for us to paint the unwanted part. 

And lastly we add in the image and use the column on the right to change the opacity of the images according to the mood we want it to be.

This 2 hours lesson i have learnt a lot. Other than those basic things such as the magic wand and the paint brush, i also learnt some other tools that we hardly use while we are doing our work. Looking forward to the next lesson and hopefully i can catch up with the lesson so i can apply the technique that was being taught while doing our moodboard.

Week 2 - Introduction to Photoshop

Previously during the first lesson, we were told to watch this video on lynda.com about photoshop. That video will give us a rough idea about what photoshop is all about. Week 2 lesson, we learn how to use the basic photoshop tools with the help of our lecturer.We learn how to use the 4 basic tools to crop and also drag the photos.

First,the move tool. It is for us to drag the photos anywhere we want it to be.

Second,the marquee tool. There are different shapes such as rectangular, elliptical, single column and single row.

Third, the lasso tool. There are different type of lasso such as polygonal lasso and magnetic lasso.

And lastly the quick selection or magic wand. 

All the 3 tools have the same functions which is to crop photos. Some might prefer different ways of cropping photos. We were given the chance to explore all the types of tools and do some practice on our own. I admit it is not that easy as we cannot control our hand movement.

I look forward to the next lesson where i can explore more on the different types of tools. 

Week 1 - Introduction to Computerised Technical Drawing

I am not really an IT person, meaning i am really not good at all those computer stuff. To me, i would rather draw than to use computer to do my work. But having computer lesson as one of the module is one of the advantages for me to learn and understand how does computer arts really works.

For the first lesson of computerised technical drawing, the lecturer introduced us to 2 different softwares which the Photoshop and Illustration. This are probably the most important software for us as a fashion student. We will be using these 2 software all the time to complete our works. 

The lecturer also introduced us to the mood board and why is it important for us. And also he guide us the steps on how to start off doing mood board.

I really look forward to the next lesson where we will learn on how to use photoshop.