Breeding

Topics
Photoshop Actions, Flowchart diagrams concept, Flowchart diagram how to draw it

Instructions

Follow the Breeding tutorial found in the tutorials folder clicking on this link. The tutorial covers the steps below.

  1. Explore Photoshop actions and batch processing to generate new combinations. 
  2. Define 5 different flowcharts (Photoshop actions) that are combining 2 pictures together and using different mutation techniques taught in class like filters, tile, and symmetry.
  3. Use each of the 5 flowcharts to combine each of the 5 images from the Mutation exercise with 2 other Mutation images either from your collection or taken from your colleagues, resulting with 50 images in total. The batch processing tool in photoshop will automate and facilitate this process.
  4. Organize the images that you have created: Create 5 folders (one for every action). named according to the main action: “Breeding-action”. In Each folder create two other folders each containing the Mutation taken from your collection or from the collection of your colleague and the 5 resulting outcomes. Remember to put in each of the 5 action folders your flowchart diagram represented in a way of your choosing. You can also refer to the diagram below for better understanding of the exercise as well as a diagram style you can use
  5. Select 5 pictures from the offspring and post.

Suggested transformations: 

  • Blend Action, 10 offspring + flowchart
  • Recursion Action, 10  offspring+ flowchart
  • Filter Action, 10  offspring+ flowchart
  • Array Action, 10  offspring+ flowchart
  • Combination Action, 10  offspring+ flowchart

DELIVERY

Please submit the below at 23:59 before the next session.

Blog: 
Best 5 transformations + Action Flowchart

Moodle: 
Zipped folder named “yourname-Filter” containing: 

  • your original pictures nameofthesubject-ROOT.jpg max 2mb
  • Folder “5 best Mutation” with the 5 best images from week one. Files: nameofthemutation.jpg max 5mb each
  • Folder “50 Mutations” with the 50 iterations of week1. Files: nameofthemutation.jpg max 2mb each
  • Folder “5 best Breeding” from week two. Filesize max 5mb each
  • 5 Folders with the explorations of week 2 (point4 of the instructions). Filesize max 2mb each 

Note: Please have Rhinoceros 3D and Illustrator installed on your computer for Session 3. Complete requisite tutorials.

*Bonus

Read  & discuss in your digital lab book:
Evolutionary Algorithms Could Be More Significant Than Machine Learning (https://danielmiessler.com/blog/genetic-algorithms-could-be-more-significant-than-machine-learning/)Interactive Evolution of Camouflage, Craig Reynolds (2011) (https://www.red3d.com/cwr/iec/2011ReynoldsALifeJournal.pdf)