fMatthew Rakowski has 6 post(s)

Prior to these videos and articles, I was one of the many people today who had no idea what kind of stuff goes on behind the scenes in a dark room. Sure, I have gotten a disposable camera and had someone at the local pharmacy develop them for me but I never knew what they were actually doing. After viewing the video about Jerry Uelsmann, it made me have a much higher appreciation for all of the work that we do on the computer. Now a days if you want something to be photoshopped you can download one of the thousands of simplistic photoshop apps the world has to offer. In this video he takes us through the process of what it takes to “edit” or produce a photo in a dark room. This process is lengthy and can be time consuming, but if we wanted to do this same process today, we could simply use a computer program. In the articles that we were given, they went over how people made photos look edited without actually using a computer. I think that these other articles were very eye-opening because prior to seeing these I just thought that people did not edit photos in the old days. Seeing that it was possible back then with what they have made me realize that anything I set my mind can be achieved, especially given the resources we have today.

Disoriented-

To turn from the east; to cause to ‘lose one’s bearings’; to put out, disconcert, embarrass.

This French word has to do with direction, or a lack there of. While I did not know that it was French, I knew that it had to do with not knowing where you were or the direction you were facing.

Caffeine-

  A vegetable alkaloid crystallizing in white silky needles, found in the leaves and seeds of the coffee and tea plants, the leaves of guarana, maté, etc.

Because I am not an avid coffee drinker, I knew near nothing about the word caffeine other than it is what most people rely on to get their day going.

Bubbling-

The action of the verb bubble v.; the process of forming bubbles, rising in bubbles, etc.

Almost everyone can image what it looks like when you pour a soda into an ice-filled cup. It is a satisfying, eye-pleasing sight that should be fun to show through illustrator.

Gumfiate-

To cause to swell; to puff up

This word comes from a Scottish decent, and means to swell or puff up. To display this word I will have to involve some sort of swelling or puffing.

After taking the Kern Quiz many, many times, the final grade that I decided to use was a 94. Although it took me a while to obtain a score like this, I though the quiz was very eye-opening on how my skills of kerning were. I really liked that this quiz gave you the opportunity to manually do it. For me the words that I struggled with the most was xylophone and yvess. I’m not exactly sure what about these two words made me struggle so much but I continued to struggle with these two words. Overall, I enjoyed this quiz and think this helped a lot.