Digital Art Its Arts and Science

by Wong, Yue-Ling

• ISBN13: 9780131757035
• ISBN10: 0131757032
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-13
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This book explores the application of art and design principles in the digital realm. It explains some of the necessary technical details of digital media that can help readers make better technical decisions when using their tools for creative purposes. The book covers the essentials of digital media digital imaging, video, audio, and multimedia authoring while emphasizing the elements of art and design. Software-specific videos show how to use popular digital media applications. For anyone interested in learning the basics of digital media.

Author Biography

Yue-Ling Wong is the author for two of the proposed books in the Digital Media Series, A Primer of Digital Media and The Art of Digital Media. She holds a joint faculty position in the Computer Science and Art Departments at Wake Forest University as Lecturer in Digital Media. She has taught the Digital Media course of Computer Science Department, designed the multimedia labs for Computer Science 101 (a course for non-computer science majors), team-taught Art Department's Digital Art I, II and III, and taught courses in 3-D Modeling and Animation, and Advanced Web Programming.  She is also designing and teaching a new introductory  computer programming course using the visual approaches of interactive multimedia programming, game programming, and graphic animation.  Dr. Wong has ten years of experience in developing interactive multimedia instructional material for both science and non-science disciplines. Her educational software package entitled Atomic Orbitals CD and published in 1997 by Jones and Bartlett Publishers was a finalist of the NewMedia magazine INVISION '97 award in the educational category.

Table of Contents

Art in Digital and Digital in Art
What is Digital Art?	p. 4
Digital Art as Fine Art and as Design	p. 6
Digital Technologies as a Tool and as a Medium in Digital Art	p. 10
What, Why, and HowWhat is the Science of Digital Art? Why Must We Learn It? How?	p. 18
Common Mistakes in Learning Digital Art	p. 19
Art and Design Elements	p. 19
Critiquing Digital Art	p. 20
Digital Canvas	p. 21
Memory and Storage	p. 22
Memory	p. 23
Storage Media	p. 23
Computer Skills for Working with Files	p. 25
Organizing Files and Folders	p. 25
Opening Files versus Importing Files	p. 27
Terms	p. 29
Learning Aids	p. 29
Review Questions	p. 30
Exercises and Activities	p. 30
Fundamentals of Digital Imaging for Digital Art
What are Digital Images?	p. 34
Measuring the Digital Canvas
Resolution, Resolution, Resolution!	p. 35
Scanning Resolution	p. 36
Screen Resolution	p. 39
Printing Resolution	p. 42
Digital Color	p. 43
Difficulties Reproducing Colors Across Devices	p. 43
The Concept of Color Management	p. 44
Producing Consistent Color with Desktop Inkjet Printing	p. 47
Art and Design Elements	p. 49
Line	p. 50
Shape	p. 53
Value	p. 56
Color	p. 57
Texture	p. 62
Space	p. 63
Psychology of Seeing
Perceptual Organization Principles	p. 68
Combining Art and Design Elements
Art and Design Organizational Principles	p. 72
Unity and Harmony	p. 74
Balance	p. 75
Repetition and Rhythm	p. 77
Emphasis and Focus	p. 78
Perspective	p. 78
Critiquing Digital Images	p. 80
Terms	p. 82
Learning Aids	p. 83
Review Questions	p. 83
Exercises and Activities	p. 85
Creating Digital Images
Learning New Software Tools	p. 88
Copying	p. 88
The Basics
What to Learn First	p. 89
Methods of Learning	p. 95
Moving onto the Next Level	p. 96
Digital Imaging Tools Creating Traditional Art?	p. 103
Layers	p. 103
Filters	p. 108
Digital Imaging ToolsCreating Digital Art	p. 111
Digital Photography	p. 111
Scanning	p. 122
Digital Painting and Drawing	p. 123
Mixing Different Techniques and Images	p. 123
Creating Digital Images for a Portfolio	p. 128
In Print	p. 128
On the Web	p. 137
Digital Image Tools
Art and Design Fundamentals	p. 141
Shape	p. 142
Line	p. 147
Value nd Color	p. 148
Texture	p. 152
Space	p. 155
Composition	p. 156
Repetition	p. 156
Balance and Emphasis	p. 157
Perspective	p. 157
Making Convincing Composites	p. 160
Example 1: Replicating an Object in Its Environment	p. 160
Example 2: Recreating a Sky Background	p. 164
Example 3: Tools in Vector-Graphic Application Programs for Organic Look	p. 169
Abstract and Nonrepresentational Images	p. 177
Terms	p. 178
Learning Aids	p. 178
Assignments	p. 179
Projects	p. 181
Fundamentals of Digital Audio in Digital Art
What is Digital Audio?	p. 186
Sampled Audio	p. 186
MIDI	p. 189
Examples of Digital Audio Works	p. 192
Basic Elements of Digital Audio	p. 195
Perceptual Properties of Sound	p. 195
Properties of Sampled Audio Files	p. 197
Perceptual Experience of Digital Audio versus Digital Images	p. 198
Digital Audio in Digital Art	p. 199
Combining Visual Elements	p. 199
Content	p. 199
Ending	p. 199
Principles of Perceptual Organization
The Psychology of Hearing	p. 199
Proximity and Similarity	p. 200
Common Fate
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