basic drawing concepts

The rule of thirds

 this style of composition is a common thing for photographers. they use this to give space to their subjects, giving space to a subject give you more detail to whats happening in the shot. and gives the viewer a reason to look at the subject.

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The golden ratio

it is said that the golden ratio is the most perfect number in mathematics. 

1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89

Hexadecimal

shortcut keys in photoshop press "D to go black and white and X to invert color pallet"

0---------9  A---------F

0 = black

F = white

9 = Gray

why is it six characters?

00       00       00

red     green    blue

source: reymendoza

2nd meeting in Principles in design and color theory with Mr. Rey mendoza

learning the basics in configuring my own settings on photoshop.

to be able to start photoshop with its factory settings you must hold "command + option + shift" before clicking on the Ps icon, when prompt simply press yes to reset your photoshop settings.

to open up preferences press "Command + k" or simply go to (for mac click the PHOTOSHOP on the top left > preferences > general

preferences has many options to configure,  General, Interface, File handling, Performance, Cursor, Transparency, units & rulers, guides grids and slices, plug-ins and type.

on Interface you can change the color of the Photoshop's UI to black gray and to white.

on Performance it is best to use 60% of the computers memory for it to have 40% memory for the other programs in your computer.

on putting the number in the history settings. it is advisable that you only put up to 99 only for your computer not to hang or the program to crash.

Cursor, you can change your working cursor here. on how you want it to show when your working.

Transparency & gamut is where you change the empty layer on your work. on how you can see it.

units & rulers to be able to use ruler easily you must uses inches as the measurement. because it is the most common language we use instead of cm.


300 ppi is use by printers to print thier work because 72ppi is too small and the photo might get pixelated.

8 points is 12 points and is the best readable size of your text when printed in a paper.

adobe RGB(1998) > srgb

Principles in design and color theory with Mr. Rey mendoza

1. What is this subject and who is teaching this subject?
2. What have you learned today?
3. What are your expectations?

=> my first class for the second sem was Principles in design and color theory.

My professors name is Mr. Rey Mendoza he's a good guy (i think?) he talks nice to us and say jokes while discussing. he even let us use earphones if we are working. He's a professional photographer.

=> i have learned that my chosen course was not all about just designing and drawing things. you should also know how to talk to your clients and think rationally.  you must decide your goal. give people works that they need and at the same time they want it.

=>  this second semester will be a good one. having a nice prof and good at talking will surely give you all the knowledge you ned to learn. even though we are only few in the class i think that its better instead of having many classmates.