CTE TRIP REFLECTION

         For career exploration week we went to the ViacomCBS office in Mahanhtan. to prepare for this, I did research on what the company does and who are the key figures of the company was. I expected the company to be fairly modern as it was pretty new and was located in NYC. At the visit to ViacomCBS, we met many of the met senior staff or head of departments from ViacomCBS. The senior staff shared their experiences of working at ViacomCBS and how they got there. Some career path that they talked about was graphic design and web design. While at  ViacomCBS, we saw different parts of the building like TRL studio. While at ViacomCBS, we were given an activity that required us to create an app and also design a wireframe. The app my team and I invented was IConnect which was an app that allowed us to connect to your smart devices in your home. I would recommend this to other students as while we were there I learned a lot and it kinda gave me ideas on where do I go in the future when I finish all my schooling. This trip was better than I expected and that was mostly because of the presenters. they were able to share information with us without us getting bored. and some presenters we were able to relate to.

             

               THE FIRST DESIGN

THE SECOND DESIGN

THE THIRD DESIGN

MP3 reflection

Can you identify a large theme(s) running through the lessons?
In marking period 3, the focus of our work was typography. Typography is the use of type in design. Typography in graphic design can affect how people react to a design you create. Every choice a graphic designer makes has an effect on how people would react to what you want them to see.
What did you do in the labs?
 The labs were filter lab, type kerning lab and many more. in the filter lab, we used images and converted them into Smart Objects. In the Filter lab, we added filters on top of our image to add an effect. Filters change the appearance of an image or part of an image by changing the shades & colors of the pixels away.  Although when using Smart Objects in Photoshop it preserves the image meaning it is a form of Non-Destructive Editing. Another lab we did was the Type Kerning lab. In this lab, we used the kerning function to alter and fix typed words by adding normal spacing. 
Why are these skills important for a web designer?
These skills are important for a web designer because these skills can be used in the real world, on a job, For example, a company might ask you to edit a design to make it look more pleasing and would be able to do that without editing the image.

Filter Lab

     Smart filters are an example of non destructive image editing because you are changing the way an image looks without changing it permanently.

 Plastic wrap from the filter gallery wraps the image in a sort of plastic layer.

 Poster edges make an image look like it like a comic book drawing.

Sponge filter adds noticeable dark spots on a image

Liquefy allows you to edit certain aspects of an image with extreme detail

 Liquify#1

 Liquify#2

Liquify#3

 Gaussian blurs to image to how much you decide to reduce image noise and reduce detail.  

Radial Blur-makes it look like there is more going on in a picture with a zoom or spin effect.

motion blur- blur the image to make it look like the subjects in the image are moving or the camera was moving.

 distort twirl- adds a twirling effect to your image which can be adjusted using the slider

 Render Lighting Effects-The Lighting Effects filter produces lighting effects on RGB images.

  Pixelate Color Halftone- Color Halftone filter simulates the result of using a halftone screen on the layer. The filter divides the image into rectangles and replaces each rectangle with a circle. The circle size is proportional to the brightness of the rectangle.

 Pixelate Crystallize-The Crystalize filter draws a layer as polygon-shaped batches of color. You can set the size of the crystals.

mosaic- turns the image places a grid  on the image in which each square fills with the color of the original color

Hour of Code

          The Hour of Code is seven days where professionals teach kids about coding. On Monday, first day we did Hour of Code we had a visitor speaker, Michael Eizsel from Weav Music. Michael spoke on what Weav Music is and what he did for the app. Michael whats its like to go in for a meeting. Additionally on Monday we did some coding, the coding we did was to make a few character move.

         On Tuesday, we learn how to code with blocks so the next day we were able to teach a freshman class the next day. On Wednesday a class of freshmen came and we each picked a kid and taught them what we knew. The freshman I had already knew about hour of code so we were messing around making anything.Thursday we had visitor speaker Akiera Gilbert from Code.org, Akiera spoke about howshe is going to jails such as Rikers Island to show the detainees how to use tablets as a way to make the transition back into regular society smoother if they are to be released. 

On Friday we had Chris Lai from Microsoft speak to us on video call. Chris explained some parts of coding and what he recently does regarding coding. Chris recently created an automated program for a game he was played in order to succeed in it.  

short video on what he did during hour of code week

South Asian Galleries at the Met Museum

       I thought the museum architecture matched what i thought it would be as a grand open place. that would allow many people to view the different artworks they had. The exhibition rooms were easy to navigate allowing us to find different artworks and each room wasn't to crowded with too much. The artwork I saw was sculptures of different versions of a Buddhist god. They were made of different materials but each had a similar design with long ears and a bun on top of his head. I was kinda interested in the artwork as i knew that i would have to write a blog on what i saw. However i was surprised at how detailed each one was. The artwork kinda made me remember artwork of my religion as some of the sculptures looked like Hindu sculptures.

Collage by Clipping Mask

       This collage had us pick a theme and make a collage using pictures that are related to that theme. The theme that I choose was American. This is why I used pictures of presidents and the Statue of Liberty because those are symbols that represent America. The background that I choose was the American flag since it represents American and fits nicely with my theme. A clipping mask is made up of different pictures. However, the pictures are only shown if they are within the boundaries of the bottom layer or the layer to which the photos are "slaved" to. A clipping mask is an example of non-destructive image editing since the original images can always be salvaged.

Three Masking Techniques.

      The first composition involved us having to replicate a certain aspect of our picture several times. there are different ways to do this but the way I found easiest is by using the clone stamp tool. I did this by moving the clone stamp over the picture of the traffic signal. Then I proceeded to use the clone to copies of a part of my image. The Second Composition had us use two images on top of one another. And make a mask on the top image to reveal the second image underneath. The third composition had us make a mask of one image. then we had to take that mask and composite it onto another image. Masking is an example of non-destructive image adjustments since you can always edit the mask or delete it without doing anything permanent to your image. 

                                                                                                                             

Retouching

Before

This the spot healing tool. this tool allows us to get rid of certain spots of a picture we don't need.  in this picture i used the spot healing brush to get remove the plane so i have one dark night sky.                                                                             

After

                                                             

                

Before

After

Using the content fill tool i was able to remove the lady in the distance from my photo.

Before

Using the clone stamp i was able to remove the clothing hanging in the back wall of my picture so it's just one wall with nothing on it.

After

Photographic Hike

             Taking the pictures had many challenges for me. One of the most challenging aspects was what do I had pictures to take of.  I wasn't the most creative person so thinking of what to take a picture was challenging. My second challenge was to find the time to make to take these pictures between school and football.

                                                                    Formal Balance

                                                                 Color Emphasis

Value Emphasis 

 Perspective Emphasis

Selective Focus

                                                                      Rule Of Thirds

                                                                         Texture Emphasis

                                                                          Framing

                                                                        Informal Balance