photoshop review_custom shapes

standards

2.0: Students will analyze and apply typography to the design of a visual image.

3.0: Students will analyze and demonstrate design principles and processes.

assignment objectives

To read and follow directions

To create a Photoshop document according to directions

To create a new Photoshop layer

To use the Custom Shape Tool

To resize shapes using the Free Transform command

assignment: custom shapes

Your assignment is to create a Photoshop document according to specifications, having 9 layers, with a different sized custom shape on each layer.

for help

custom shape tool

typing in photoshop

directions

open photoshop

go to window>workspace>default workspace or Essentials

go to file>new>name: type your name_custom shapes_review 1

width: 10 inches (not pixels)

height: 10 inches

resolution: 100

color mode: rgb

background contents: white

click OK

be sure you check Auto-Select Layer

go to http://stevecampbellhillwoodsamples.blogspot.com/

scroll down to the custom shape tool window

look right under the word "Photoshop" in the Options bar and be sure you have the correct

icon selected in your document

Save your work into your folder

1. click on the new layer icon

2. in the Custom Shape menu, select a custom shape

3. create a custom shape by clicking in the document and dragging

4. resize: go to edit>free transform and resize the custom shape

click the check mark when you have what you want or the cancel button if it’s not what you want.

1. create and resize 9 custom shape layers, each layer having a different color

2. use the move tool to rearrange the shapes to create a center of interest

3. type your name on a new type layer

save your document into your folder

finish

your grade will be based on:

correct document size

correct number of shapes, colors and layers

having a center of interest

your name on a type layer