Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Gold Chrome Tutorial

Step1:Type your text. Put a selection around your text.
Step2:Go under the select menu and choose save selection. Click OK. Deselect your text. Delete yor type layer.

Painting Away Color Qz


Painting Away Color




Step1:Open the image you would like to work on. Apple+J.

Step2:Click on the brush tool. In the options bar. Swicth the blend mode to color. Change your ground color to black.

Step3:From the brushes palette, choose a medium sized, soft-edged(0% hardness) brush.

Step4:Start painting. As you paint, the color will disappear leaving your image in grayscale.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Shadow In Motion Tutorial


Step1- ta[ the letter "d" to change your foreground color to black. Hold down the options key and tap the delete key. Type your text using a medium gray color (#666666).

Step2- Duplicate your type layer by using the Apple+J short cut. Rasterize your layer.

Step3-Go under the filter menu, under pixelate, choose fragment. Run this filter two more times by using the apple+F shortcut.

Step4-Press Apple+T. In the options bar change the width + height to 130%

Step%-Click on your original type layer and rasterize it. Click on the top layer and press apple+E to merge the 2 layers.

Step6-To colorize your type, press apple+ u to bring up Hue/Saturation. Click the colorize check box and move the hue slider to the color you,d like.

Photoshop Shortcuts

Photoshop Shortcuts

Apple+U-Hue and sasturation

Apple+T-Free Transform

Option+Delete-changes color of image to your foreground color

Apple+J-Duplicate layer

Apple+E-Merge

Apple+F-run the last filter

Apple+V-Paste

Apple+Z-Undo

Apple+X-Select

Apple+C-Copy

Apple + Click Layer_selection around text

Ctrl+click layer- Rasterize

Apple+A-select all

Apple+S-Save

Apple+N-New Document

Apple+D-Deselect

X-swaps

T-Type tool

B-Brush tool

D-Set swacthes to black and white

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Holiday Card Project

What is the holiday card project. The purpose of the holiday Card project is to create holiday cards for people who are hospitalized during the holiday season. The idea behind the project is to simply try to bring a littel cheer to those who are undergoing hospital stay. Exactly who recieves the cards? The cards will be distributed to both U.S and international hospitals.

The cards will be delivered in person by a representative. The patientd who recieve the cards age in range from children to seniors and have illness or injuries that vary from mild to terminal. What should I write in a card? Be as creative as you,d like. Just remember, the degree of illness for patients will vary, so it's important to be cheerful. Some suggested greetings include ''Hope you're feeling better"] thinking of you" or have a nice day!

Try to stay away from "get well soon" as it might not be appropriate for all patients. Remember to include a messege of Happy Holidays.

African Proverb #7

Do now

An intelligent enemy is better than a stupid friend.

The reason is because the friend can't find anything to destroy the enemy. The enemy keeps getting you and your friend. I would get a knew friend. That's why the enemy is better than a stupid friend.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Fool speaks. Wise person listens.

Surprisingly I think it means to be a fool. The reason why is because the person is acting foolish. Furthermore the wise person is listening to the fool to try to help him. I think thats what the African proverb means.

African Proverb #4

One camel does not laugh at another's hump.

I think that means dont disrespect anyone. For example dont disrespect your parents. Furthermore your family. Thats what it means to me.

My goals

I think my goals for this year are going to get better grades. Also gain respect. I will try my best to be better this year. Clearly I want to do better.

I believe I did good last year. For example I had friendes ,and As an Bs. In addition to being nice. It seems I acomplished those goals.

Surprisingly the way I acomplished those goals is by being nice. Inaddition by being the best out of the best. I believe in hardwork. Furthermore I acomplished all of my goals from last year.

However I got some stuff wrong. I did kind of good on the PSSAs but that wasnt good anoouth. It seems as thoe I failed some rela tests. Therefore those are my bad things.

However at benefits are fantastic. They give us a vass collection of knowledge. Inaddition the teachers would always help us. As a result those are the benefits.

Of course my weakest subjects are Rela, Math, and Science. As a result thoe are my weakest subjects. Although my strongest are Swahili, and Social studies. Therfore those are my strongest and my weakness, and thats all.

African Proverb #2

Surprisingly I think the African present means like bringing a squad of crocodile hunters to protect the people crossing the river.
For instance they would have never survived the journey through the river. Therefore when the people cross there protected by the hunters. For a real life ex. the cops are on the street from vilonce, and like hiring bodygaurds to protect us.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

African Proverb #1

Clearly the African proverb means to me is that knowledge helps you survive. For instance I use knowledge io help cook and do alot more stuff. For example I was to be a doctor I would have to use my head to get rid of this mans cancer. That is how I would use the African Proverb.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Light Burst Tutorial

Step1:Set your forground color to black. Type your text. Rasterize your type layer. Put a selection around your text. Go under the select menu and choose save select.

Step2:Deselect your type. Swicth your forground color white. Under edit menu choose fill. Change the mode to multiply . Go under filter menu, under Blur, choose gaussian Blur, enter 2.5 pixels.

Step3:Go under the filter menu under stylize and choose solerize. Press shift apple +L to run auto levels. Duplicate layer.

Step4:Filter menu under disort choose poler to change poler to rectangular.

Step5:Go under the image menu, under rotate canvas, choose 90*w. Invert your image {Apple+I} filter menu, choose stylize, choose wind.

Step6:In the wind dialog box choose wind for method and from the right for direction. Run this filter 2 more times by pressin Apple+F twice.

Step7:Invert your image. Run auto levels. Run the wind fillter 3 more times. Rotate canvace90.ccw filter menu, disort,choose poler cordinates.

Step8: I polar coordinates choose rectanguler to polar. Change the blend mode to color. Invertt layer.

Step10:Click on your text layer copy. Filter menu, under blur, choose radial Blur in dialog box choose zoom. Increase the amount to 66. Click your original text layer. Select menu, load selection. Choose alpha 1. Change your foreground color to black. Deselect your type.

Gel Type Tutorial



Step1:Choose your font size and color.

Step2:Type your word.

Step3:In your layers palette, apple click your type layer to put marching ants around your text. Create a new layer.

Step4:Go under the select menu under modify choose contract dialog appears, 2 pixels, and click OK, then press option + Delete
to fill your contracted selection.

Step5:Deselect by pressing apple+D. Duplicate this layer by dragging it to the new layer icon. Go under filter menu, under blur and choose Gaussian Blur. When the dialog box appears, enter 3 pixels, and click OK.

Step6Choose Bevel and Emboss from the layer.
Styles pop up menu at the bottom of layers palette.
Style:Embose
Deth:300
Size:12
Highlight Opacity:100%
Shadow mode:Coler Dodge 40%
Black color swacth: white
Click OK.

Step7:In the layers palete click on the eye icon beside the background layer to hide it. Then choose merge visible from the palettes drop shadow menu. Choose drop shadow from the styles menu and click OK. Click on the background layer to revael it.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

perspective Tutorial



Step1:Choose your font, color and size.

Step2:Type your words.

Step3:Go under the layer menu under type and choose to convert to shape.

Step4: Hold down the appel key on the keyboard and tap the letter T, to transform the text.

Step5: Hold down the control. Key and click the mouse; choose perspective. Grab one of the corner boxes and drag to create the perspective effect.

Step6: Under the layer menu, under rasterize choose shape.

Step7 Duplicate your text layer layer. Change your foreground tap the question mark on your keyboard. Click option+ delete to change color.

Step8: Choose the middel layer and move down to create a drop shadow effect using the down shadow.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Homework #1

Find an example of a form of advertisement (brochure, flyer, magazine ad), that was most likely made using photoshop. Pay close attention to details such as photoshop fillers, wraped text and layer styles.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Matrix Effect






Step1:Press "D" on your keyboard to set the background swacth with black. Press the letter "X" to swap swacthes. Hold down the apple key, and press delete,

Step2:Type your text. Hold down the control key and click on the text layer. Choose Rasterize.

Step3:Make a duplicate of your rasterized layer. Go under the filter menue, under blur, choose Motion Blur. When the dialog box appears set the angle to 0*, and increase tthe distance of the blur to 39 pixels. Click ok.

Step4:Make a duplicate of your original rasterized layer. Go under the filter menue, under blur, and choose Motion Blur. When the dialog box appears, set the angle to 90*, and the distance of Blur 80 pixels. Click OK.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Semi Transparent


Step1: Type your text.

Step2: Put a selection around your text. Hide your type layer. Click on the background layer.

Step3: Press apple + J. Click on your layer styles and choose drop shadow. Click directly on the words inner shadow. Next click on the words inner glow. Click OK.

Step4: Drag your type layer into trash.

Step5: Click on your background layer into the layer. Hold down the Apple key+ L to brighten your background image.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Carved Wood Type Tutorial


Step1 Click the on the gradient tool. In the optians bar, click on the gardient thumbtail to bring up the gradient editor. When it appears, double click on the left color step. When the left coler stop. When t appears, click on the custom button, this time choose PANTONE 732. Click ok.

Step2 In the optians bar Click on the radial gradient icon. Using the tool, click and drag from top center to the top of the background layer. Go under the filter menue, under noise, and choose Add noise Enter 12%.For amount check monochromatic.

Step3 Then go under the filter menue , under blur, and choose motion Blur. Enter 33* for angle and 10 for distance. Click ok. Now go under the filter menue, under sharpen, and choose unsharp Mask. Ente 500% for amount, 9.0 pixels for radius, and I for threshhold, then click ok.

Step4 Type your text. Go inder the layer menu, under rasterlize, and choose type to convert your type to convert your Type layer into a regular image layer. Now under Brush strokes, choose sprayed strokes. Type 12 for stroke lenth, 7 for the radius and right diagonal for direction. Click OK.

Step5 Click the magic wand tool. Click once in your first letter of your word. Then go under the select the rest of the letters. Under the select menue, choose inverse. Now press delete to remove the littel chunks of white space around the letters created by the brushed stroke filter.

Step6 Go under the select menue and choose inverse. Drag your text into the trash to delete it. Press apple+J to put the selected background area up on its own layer. In the layers palete, click once on the backgorund layer to delete . Press apple+D to deselect.

Step7 Click on youur text layer.Choose bevel. and Emboss from the layer styles menue at the layers palete. When the dialog box appeares, increse the deth to 400% and decrse the size to 4. Increase the highlight Opacity to 90%. From the left side of the layer style dialog box, click on the word drop shadow to bring up the its options. Increase the size to 8, lower the opacity to 8, lower the opacity to 50% and click OK.

Step8 Choose the lasso tool. Make a thin selection in the center rof each letter. Remember to hold down the shift key. Press Apple+c to copy. Add a new layer press apple+ V to paste. Change the layer mode from normal to color burn.

Step9 Duplicate your new layer. Now duplicate your duplicated layer. Change the layer the layer mode from Color Burn to screen. Cliick on the move tool. Press the right arrow key twice the down arrow key.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

African Proverb #6

Its better to be loved than to be feared because fear is scary. To be loved its enjoyable. Your loved by your family and friends and others around you to love you. If your feared nobody would want to talk to you or hug you or kiss you, care for you, or have presents.




That doese'nt sound like a enjoyable life. That is why you need to be loved not be feared by another person in your family or town or city. This is why families care for there children and family. That's a better life.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Extra Money

If I had 100,000$ I would give it to a charatie. The reason why is because the children need it. The reason why is beacause they need better stuff for the community, and stuff for the children. The children will be happy to have the money because they can live a happy life that they can enjoy without thinking about there diseases or disorders.

With the other hath I would give i to the military because they need tanks, choppers, submarines, boats, troops, planes, and trucks. The rest I would give it to the homeless because they need a good house, good food, pets, furniture, cloeths, and technology. That's what I would do with the rest of the money. I hope they use the money wisely.