2nd QUARTER (ARTS)

TECHNOLOGY-BASED ART
Technology-based art is essentially computer-generated and/or manipulated. Through
the centuries, visual artists used actual brushes and palettes, and a whole array of
paints, inks, and natural pigments applied to paper, canvas, fabric, stucco walls and
ceilings.

A. Computer/Digital Arts - first came in the early 1960s

- make use of electronic and mechanical devices, rather
than the artists own hand.
- Ex. Polygon Drawings by Frieder Nake, Mountain &
Staurolyte by Ronald Davis
- In the Philippines, First Academy of Computer Arts, the
Philippine Center for Creative Imaging (PCCI), as well as
the Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) through scholarships given by the
Animation Council of the Philippines (ACPI). Courses
such as these open up an array of career opportunities
for young Filipinos in the fields of advertising, animation
design, multimedia communication, and web
development

B. Mobile Phone Art - a communication tool

- a creative device that allows you to generate original
works of art for an entire range of purposes. These
could be personal photographs and videos that you can
manipulate with a myriad special effects, both visual as
well as sound and music. They could also be school
projects or reports that require you to combine images,
incorporate text, even include simple animation.
- There are new-generation models known as android
tablets, phones, and combination of both called
phablets.

I. Image manipulation programs and applications that run on todays

android devices are the following:
Pixlr a powerful, free online image editor
Pic Collage allows you to make collages incorporating photos, stickers,
text, and frames
Photo Grid a downloadable application for android phones that allows
you to make collages out of images from your photo gallery
Doodle Booth an iPad application (with a free downloadable version)
that enables you to doodle on your images using available stickers
Photo Booth an application for taking photos and videos using an iPad
or iPad mini (a version for the iPhone, called SimpleBooth, is also available)
Magic Mirror Booth an iPhone application that allows you to take
amusing, distorted images, simulating camera effects
Pic Monkey a free online photo editing tool that provides filters, frames,
text, and effects to manipulate your images
Flipagram a downloadable application that allows you to bring your
photos to life in short videos set to music of your choice.
Picsart a free photo editor & drawing application, as well as social
network for you to share your arts to others
Instagram a fast and fun way to share images with others; snap a
photo, choose from among the available filters, and share via Facebook,
Twitter, Tumblr, and more

II. Computer Programs & Applications:

Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program) Picasa
Paint.net Paint Star
Inkscape Smooth Draw
Xara Extreme Spray
Artweaver Karbon
Pencil Adobe Photoshop Express
Drawplus Corel PaintShop Pro X5
 III. Effects & Features to modify images or illustrations:
re-size change colors
crop gray scale
skew / warp sepia tone
rotate apply a texture superimpose text, trying
different
flip apply frames, borders, or banners
adjust brightness edit out an element that you do not
want to appear
adjust sharpness add an element that is not in the
original image

C. Digital Photography
- another means of generating an original image is to capture it first as a
digital file. In the case of todays electronic technology, that would mean
recording the image using a digital camera or a device with a built-in
camera, like your mobile phone, android device, or tablet.
-The photographer (or a commercial developing service) would then have to
process the exposed film in a special enclosed space known as a dark
roomand only then would the recorded images be seen.

1. Dark Room -It is a room that can be made completely dark to allow the processing of
the light sensitive photographic materials, including film and photographic paper. Various
equipment is used in the darkroom, including an enlarger, baths containing chemicals, and
running water.

2. Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera provides the film-less &
instant review features of a point-and-shoot digital camera.

D. Video Games
- A major component of such entertainment is in the form of video games of
every conceivable genre, subject matter, and skill level.
- Then there are the tremendously popular games of strategy, war, science
fiction, and mythical worlds that employ amazingly complex and realistic
graphics, motion, sound, and other special effects.

Game Consoles:
-Turbo -Xbox
-Playstation - Wii
-Nintendo

D. Digital Painting
- is a method of creating an artwork using a computer.
- Digital painting still makes use of traditional painting mediums such as
acrylic paint, oils, ink, and watercolor and also applies the pigment to
traditional surfaces, such as canvas, paper, polyester etc. But it does so by
employing computer software that drives a type of robot device (such as a
plotter) or an office machine (such as a printer) that takes the place of the
artists hand.

E. Video Technology / Imaging Videos

1. Social media purposes -Another tremendously powerful and
innovative field that digital technology has revolutionized is that of
creating and presenting videos. The explosion of social media in recent
decades has provided a new platform for video materials targeting the
netizens of today.
2. Medical/scientific purposes Another extremely valuable use of
todays video technology is that of imaging videos in the fields of
medicine and science. Used to create and record visual images of a
patients internal anatomy in order to diagnose and treat diseases and
injuries.
 Examples: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computerized
Tomography (CT scans), ultrasounds and sonograms.