Technical Folder

Here is my technical folder where I will be showing you how I've edited my images for my finals - in this final major project. To begin with, I will be doing some background research on VSCO Cam just to inform you a little about what it is.

VSCO Cam is an art and technology company based in California. This app allows users to transform bland photos into gallery-worthy artistic images. It is commonly used by teens and the filters on this app is very much contemporary. Here is the tutorial for VSCO Cam below:

So once you open the image you want to work with, you have all the filters below so you click the one that you like. The arrow below is the button you'll need to load up any other adjustments which I will show later.

In this case, I've selected the filter HB2 /Hypebeast which gives the image this amazing street effect with added contrast and shadows. This filter is stayed switched up on +12 then you just click the tick when you're happy. Immediately you can see the difference to the image from the previous screenshot to now.

"HYPEBEAST is a worldwide, forward-thinking, and influential source for lifestyle and fashion editorial. We admire HYPEBEAST's unwavering dedication to creative culture and the artists, designers, fashionistas, and hip-hop heads who embody it."
http://vsco.co/archive/journal/introducing-hypebeast-vsco-presets-for-vsco-cam

So when you click on the arrow that I've mention before, you will see something like this. You just click on the spanner next to the paintbrush for more settings.

Now you will get all the adjustments controllers that you will be familiar with, such as brightness and contrast and so on. If you scroll through, you and make adjustment to any of these features and make your image how you want.

Just to show you an example, I've selected the temperature tool here and set it from 0 to +2, then once I'm happy with the look, you just click the tick. I did the same to every image so I have a reoccurring theme in my images so they will look fairly similar.

Once you're happy with the image, you can go ahead and just confirm any ticks then find your way through to this last stage. Then you can click save to camera roll or share for your preference.

When I clicked on save to my camera roll, it has given me the options on which to save the image size on. So I ensured that I clicked on actual size so my images were still high quality which will be good for when it comes to creating my final. And there we have a simple tutorial on how to use this application.

Final Visual Book - Tutorial

For the book that I've created for my finals, I've used the online Tesco website to create this under the soft cover photo book selection. In order to create a book, it may take up to 7 days maximum so I considered well when to order it in enough time for it to come. It's also created by Max Speillman that is in the selected tesco store, where I will be picking it up from - also for free.

Here is a screenshot of the size and the price that I went with. I was going to go medium but I thought small will be nicer and compact, especially as I was keep with my small darkroom prints, I thought that size would be good for a book. Once I knew the size I wanted to continue with, I just clicked n Design-a-book to have more controls over what I'm designing. 

Now before you begin your book designing, you get given the chance to upload all your images that you will use within the book. I've uploaded quite a lot and it uploads the full sized image in a quick speed. As you can see, the title also documented the date I was creating this book. 

Once you have all your images, you just simply use this setup and organise your images according to each page. You can explore around and add texts or borders however I liked to keep mine minimalist with the white background and lack of text. You can also add extra pages which will cost you but that option is also there if needed. Overall it's been a good experience to do something different and the outcome was simply amazing because the prints on the book came out super good and I am extremely happy with my book.