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This video demonstrates how to prepare your Photoshop Folio for presentation.
The first thing you should do is compare your digital files to the Photoshop Folio Check
List. You can find the Check List on the Photoshop page of the class blog in the Photoshop Folio
Handout.
The first page shows the file organization you should use in the right column.
The second page is the Check List. It has all the assignment requirements listed in
a checklist format. I recommend you print out this page and go through the checklist
for your own Photoshop Folio.
There are two reasons to do this:
One: so you won't find out on presentation day that you're missing files or other requirements
that would result in a lower grade.
Two: you'll have completed the whole checklist once, so you'll be prepared to evaluate fellow
students' projects using this checklist.
You should also review the last page, the Peer Grade Sheet. During class you will fill
out a checklist and grade sheet for two of your classmates, and at least two of your
classmates will fill out one for you!
The next thing you should do is practice displaying your files for presentation. On presentation
night, you have the first ten minutes of class to get set up.
You'll put your Photoshop Folio on your desktop and double-click it to show its contents.
Show this window in List View, and expand each folder so it's easy to see what's inside.
We're all going to display our master files of the Double Exposure and Exquisite Corpse
on screen. The first step is to open both of them in Photoshop. Then use the Arrange
Documents menu in the Options Bar, and select the 2 Up view to show both files side by side.
If your files don't fit in their windows, you can type a new Zoom percentage in the
lower left corner of the window and press Return to see the result. If both projects
are the same size you can use the Arrange Documents window to match the Zoom and Location.
With both files on screen, you have something we can look at during your presentation, and
your project files will be ready for peer review.
The last thing to do is plan what you want to say during your verbal presentation. You
should be ready to speak for two to three minutes about the themes or ideas expressed
in your work, whether or not you are happy with your final result, and which image you
intend to use on your postcard.
Your verbal presentation is essentially a recap of the two reflection blog posts you
wrote during weeks six and seven of class. You should not give a step by step description
of your Photoshop techniques – after all, we all did the same practice exercises. (If
you added something that wasn't taught in the practice exercises, you could tell us
about it briefly.) It's more interesting for us to hear what you were thinking as you worked
on your projects.
For example:
My Double-Exposure combines a sculpture of a woman's body with a close up photo of a
moth resting on some netting. I was thinking about how women's bodies are always in transition
from one stage to another as we grow older. And about how moths and butterflies are common
symbols of transformation. This sculpture “traps” the body in one stage of its journey,
the same way a net traps a butterfly. I am not sure I successfully expressed this idea,
since I don't think everyone would take the same message away when looking at this image.
I also used a photo a friend took of me in a “fight” stance. As a whole, the image
to present your own work.