channeling McLuhan into Photoshop cs5 - PROJECT One Introduction

"The efficiency of the machine age cannot discover anything worthwhile now."
Marshall McLuhan, WIRED magazine pseudo-interview

1. Discussion---> channeling a virtual Marshall Mcluhan from WIRED MAGAZINE

2. Look at some of your examples of mediums

3. Photoshop Composite techniques

setting up a document
Layers
image size
canvas size
selection tools.. filters, layer effects
cut/paste
cropping
save as .PSD
save for web and devices

4. Channeling McLuhan into Photoshop
Photoshop Assignment #1.1 Due Fri the 10Th
choose one of the three mediums you found from your previous assignment.
making the distinction between the content of your medium and how McLuhan would see the Message caused by this innovation

Seek out various Visual representations symbolizing this Medium and it's effects.

Create a New Photoshop Document at a minim 800 X 600 pixels, 72ppi, that composites 4-10, or more different images to create a .PSD that VISUALLY CONVEYS shows what effect or significance this medium's introduction had on society

SAVE YOUR PROJECT, RETAINING THE LAYERS AS A .PSD AND STORE IT ON YOUR FLASH DRIVE BRING IN your progress next class