Tuesday, May 14, 2013

photoshop practice 1


Standards:
4. Students will relate and apply artistic knowledge, skills, techniques, processes and strategies for the creation of design, photographic, web, print, and various digital projects.

What I want you to know or do:

1. how to open photoshop
2. how to create a new document
3. how to create a new layer in the layers palette
4. how to create a custom shape on a new layer
5. how to type on a layer



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copying photos onto layers

working with the layers palette



video tutorial for practice 

practice_1.mp4


Assignment:


If Photoshop is open, quit Photoshop


Reopen Photoshop.


Go to Window>Workspace>Essentials (Default)


Create a Photoshop document:

Width: 8 inches
Height: 8 inches
Resolution:100 pixels/inch
Color Mode:RGB Color
Background Contents: White

Save as: Your First and Last Name_photoshop practice 


Make a new layer by clicking on the New Layer icon.


Go to the Custom Shape Tool.


Click and drag in the document to make a custom shape.


Add two more new layers and two more different custom shapes.


Go to the type tool. Type your first and last name.


Save and tell me when you are finished.