creating spheres using the airbrush

standards:

STANDARD 6.0: Students will demonstrate necessary skills related to assembling page elements for output.

assignment objectives:

To read and follow directions

To use the Photoshop marquee tool

To use the Photoshop brush tool

assignment:

Follow the steps in illustrations 1 and 2 to create and color spheres with the airbrush tool.

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step 1

step 2

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step 1

exam_photoshop practice

open photoshop

go to window>workspace>default workspace

go to file>new>name: type your name_midterm exam

width: 8 inches (not pixels)

height: 8 inches

resolution: 100

color mode: rgb

background contents: white

click OK

Be sure you check Auto-Select Layer

Place a Custom Shape on a new layer.

Add a Drop Shadow to the Shape.

Click on the Horizontal Type Tool and select Times 18 point type.

The type color should be green.

Type Drop Shadow on a type layer and place these words near the shape with the drop shadow on it.

Create a new layer and place a new custom shape on it.

Add Bevel and Emboss.

Select Times 24 point type as the typeface. Color the type red.

Type Bevel and Emboss on a type layer and place these words near the shape with the bevel and emboss on it.

Type your first and last name on a type layer, using any typeface, point size, and color you wish.

Add a color (not black) to the background layer

Save this document into your folder.

collegfortn_career study

STANDARD 8.0: Students will evaluate career opportunities and career paths within the digital design and imaging industry.

Go to collegefortn.org

http://www.collegefortn.org/

Create an account

Fill out a College for TN registration form if you have not. Ms. Shaver will keep this on file.

Go to Career Planning

Go to Learn About Yourself

Complete Interest Profiler, Career Cluster Survey, and Basic Skills Survey

create a digital portfolio

standard

13.0: Students will develop a portfolio.

assignment objectives:

To read and follow directions

To create a PDF digital portfolio using Photoshop

assignment:

Create a new folder titled "your name_digital portfolio"

Place all of your finished artwork in that folder

Go to Photoshop>Automate>PDF Presentation

At the PDF Presentation window, go to Browse and find your Digital Portfolio folder

Hold down the Shift key and click on all the documents as you hold

Click Open

All your documents should appear in the window

Under Output Options in the PDF Presentation window, click on the button by the word Presentation

Under Presentation Options, either check or uncheck the Advance Every 5 Seconds box

Click on Save

Be sure you are saving into your folder

Save as your name_digital portfolio

Click Save

At the Save Adobe PDF window, select Adobe PDF Preset: Smallest File Size.

Under Options, check Optimize for Fast Web Preview and View PDF After Saving

Click on Save PDF

Your digital portfolio should be in your folder

Click on it to view it

Press the esc key to go back to your normal screen

type & custom shapes plus layers styles

assignment

Type and custom shapes + Layer Styles

description of assignment

There are two parts to this assignment. The first part involves using type and adding layer styles such as a drop shadow and bevel and emboss. The second part is using custom shape tools, making a new layer for each custom shape and adding layer styles to custom shapes.

Objectives:

To read and follow directions

To create a Photoshop document according to directions

To use the Typing Tool to create and color type

To use the Custom Shape Tool to create custom shapes on separate layers

To resize type using the Free Transform command

To apply Layer Styles to a type layer

1. Open photoshop. If photoshop is not already open, in the finder menu bar, go to Go>Applications>Adobe Photoshop CS3

Go to Window>Workspace>Essentials or Design

2. Go to File>New>Name: type your name_typing tool + layer styles

width: 10 inches (not pixels)

height:10 inches

resolution: 100

color mode: rgb

background contents: white

click OK

Typing your name on a layer

1. Click on the T in the tools palette and select the Horizontal Type Tool

2. Click once inside the document window. Do not click and drag.

3. In the Options Bar, select a Typeface, Point Size, and Color

4. Type your first name (and last name if you wish)

5. Click on the check mark on the top menu

6. Resize: go to Edit>Free Transform. Scale and resize your name.

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

Applying Layer Styles

1. Look at the Layers Palette and be sure the layer with your name on it is still highlighted

2. In the Photoshop menu bar, go to Layer>Layer Style

3. Go to Drop Shadow. Click OK when you have what you want.

Apply another Layer Style

1. In the Photoshop menu bar, go to Layer>Layer Style

2. Apply bevel & emboss

Save your work

Make 4 different layers with your name in different typefaces and with different layer styles

1. Repeat and create 3 more layers with your name using a different typeface, color, and size on each layer

2. Apply a different layer style to each layer

Now, warp type on each layer by using the Warp Type Tool

Remember, you can click the "eyeballs" off and on to work with individual layers more easily.

To finish, apply a background color using the Paint Bucket Tool

Save your work into your folder

Assessment

1. Correct number of type layers
2. Correct layer styles
3. Warp Tool used on all layers
4. Backgroud layer is colored

Part two

Create another Photoshop document using the same specifications as the one you just finished.

Use the Custom Shape Tool to create 7 different custom shapes with 7 different colors on 7 different layers. Apply a different layer style to each custom shape layer. Apply these layer styles: drop shadow, bevel and emboss, outer glow, gradient overlay (click on Gradient: to see all the different gradients), and 3 different pattern overlays.

Be sure you make a new layer for each Custom Shape.

Add a color to the background layer so that the outer glow shows up.

Save this as Your Name_Custom Shapes + Layer Styles.

logo links

Look at the links below. In your sketchbook, sketch 15 logos that you like. You can find logos from other sources also. You can go through magazines, and cut out an paste logos on sketchbook pages.

http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/08/14/logo-design-inspiration-cool-logos-part-i/

http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/08/24/logo-design-inspiration-cool-logos-part-ii/

http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2009/05/08/logo-design-inspiration-best-of-cool-logos-part-iii/

http://www.sportslogos.net/league.php?id=6

http://thelogocompany.net/logo-design-example_4.htm#a1

http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/04/14/logo-design-creation-process-from-start-to-finish-by-expert-graphic-designer-angela-ferraro-fanning/

http://www.davidairey.com/5-vital-logo-design-tips/

October 6 & 7

Photoshop collage

If you need help with Photoshop, go to http://stevecampbellhillwoodsamples.blogspot.com/

Objectives

Read and follow directions

Create Photoshop document correctly

Copy photos into Photoshop on multiple layers

Resize and move photos in a Photoshop document

1. Open Photoshop

2. Go to Window>Workspace>Default Workspace

3. Go to File>New>Name: type your name_photoshop collage_10_6 or 7

Width: 11 inches (not pixels)

Height: 7 inches

Resolution: 100

Color Mode: RGB color

Background Contents: White

Click OK

NOTE: Look in the top Options Bar, right below the word “Photoshop”.

Be sure that Auto Select Layer is checked.

You will move images on their layers by using the move tool.

The Move Tool is top, black arrow in the Tool Bar.

1. Place seven images in this Photoshop document. You can use images you have used in your earlier assignments or get images from in caedes.net. caedes.net

2. Resize the images so they fit in the document.

3. Arrange them in an interesting layout.

4. Have one center of interest.

5. Type your name in one area or space. Your name should be at least 24 points.

6. Color the background.

Remember that you can turn off the eyeballs on Photoshop layers to simplify what you are doing to each layer.

10_4 & 5

Do this on your own

Create a Photoshop document

1. Go to File>New>Name: type your name_typing tool

Width: 8 inches (not pixels) Height: 8 inches Resolution: 100

Color mode: RGB Background contents: white

2. Type your name on a layer in Photoshop

3. Resize your name using Free Transform.

4. Type your name on another layer.

5. Select your name

make the typeface Times, 72 point

color the type red

Photoshop collage

If you need help with Photoshop, go to http://stevecampbellhillwoodsamples.blogspot.com/

Objectives

Read and follow directions

Create Photoshop document correctly

Copy photos into Photoshop on multiple layers

Resize and move photos in a Photoshop document

1. Open Photoshop

2. Go to Window>Workspace>Default Workspace

3. Go to File>New>Name: type your name_photoshop collage_10_4 or 5

Width: 11 inches (not pixels)

Height: 11 inches

Resolution: 100

Color Mode: RGB color

Background Contents: White

Click OK

NOTE: Look in the top Options Bar, right below the word “Photoshop”.

Be sure that Auto Select Layer is checked.

You will move images on their layers by using the move tool.

The Move Tool is top, black arrow in the Tool Bar.

1. Find an image in caedes.net. caedes.net

2. Click once on one of the images and drag it to the desktop.

3. Drag it onto the Photoshop icon in the dock to open it.

4. Copy it into the new Photoshop document>Click and hold on the layer thumbnail>Drag it into the new Photoshop document.

5. Resize: Go to Edit>Free Transform and resize the image to fit in the document. Hold down Shift to resize in proportion. Click the check mark when you have what you want or the cancel button if it’s not what you want.

6. Go to File>Save. Be sure you are saving into your folder.

Repeat

1. Repeat steps 1-6 above and create 8 layers with a new photograph on each layer.

Resize all of the to make them fit in the new document.

2. Double click on the Background layer. Click OK at the New Layer window.

3. Go to the Paint Bucket Tool and make the background green.

4. Save the document and tell me when you are finished.

Remember that you can turn off the eyeballs on Photoshop layers to simplify what you are doing to each layer.

9_29 & 30 assignments

Have a folder for a sketchbook or a sketchbook. I will give you a grade at the end of class.

Photoshop assignment 9_29 & 30

If you need help with Photoshop, go to http://stevecampbellhillwoodsamples.blogspot.com/

1. Open photoshop

2. Go to Window>Workspace>Default Workspace

3. Go to File>New>Name: type your name_photoshop_9_29 & 30

Width: 14 inches (not pixels)

Height:11 inches

Resolution: 100

Color Mode: RGB color

Background Contents: White

Click OK

NOTE: Look in the top Options Bar, right below the word “Photoshop”.

Be sure that Auto Select Layer is checked.

1. Find an image in caedes.net. caedes.net

2. Click once on one of the images and drag it to the desktop.

3. Drag it onto the Photoshop icon in the dock to open it.

4. Copy it into the new Photoshop document>Click and hold on the layer thumbnail>Drag it into the new Photoshop document.

5. Resize: Go to Edit>Free Transform and resize the image to fit in the document. Hold down Shift to resize in proportion. Click the check mark when you have what you want or the cancel button if it’s not what you want.

6. Go to File>Save. Be sure you are saving into your folder.

Repeat

1. Repeat steps 1-6 above and create 5 layers with a new photograph on each layer.

Resize all of the to make them fit in the new document.

2. Double click on the Background layer. Click OK at the New Layer window.

3. Go to the Paint Bucket Tool and make the background blue.

4. Save the document and tell me when you are finished.

Remember that you can turn off the eyeballs on Photoshop layers to simplify what you are doing to each layer.

test

Open Photoshop

First, Window>Workspace>Default Workspace

1. Create a new Photoshop document

2. Size: 10 inches x 10 inches. Be sure this is inches, not pixels.

3. Resolution: 100

4. Color Mode: RGB

5. Background Contents: White

Save As Your name_test_today's date. Save into your folder. You can Save As either a JPEG or PSD.

6. Click once on the photo of the flower (above) it to enlarge it.

7. Drag this to your desktop.

8. Place the photo in the Photoshop document you have just made

9. Cut out or erase the background from the photo

10. Go to Select>All

11. Edit>Copy

Open Illustrator

First, Window>Workspace>Basic

1. Create a new Illustrator document

2. Size: 10 inches x 10 inches

3. Edit>Paste

4. Object>Rasterize.

5. Color Model: CMYK

6. Resolution: High (300 ppi)

7. OK

8. Object>Live Trace>Tracing Options

9. Mode: Color

10. Max Colors: 6

11. Blur: 5 px

Click on Trace

12. Save all your work. Your name_test_today's date.

13. Click on the Expand button in the top menu bar.

14. With the Selection Tool (the black arrow) click and drag to make the image the size you want it.

15. Click on the Direct Selection Tool. That's the white arrow.

16. Click on the individual shapes and recolor them. Recolor at least three different areas with three different colors of red.

17. Save

Put in a background

1. Click on the Rectangle Tool. It's located 8 down from the top.

2. Click and drag in the document to make a background that completely covers the document.

3. Go to Object>Arrange>Send to Back

4. If the area around your image is white (or possibly another color), go to the Direct Selection Tool. Click on the white shapes and press delete on your keyboard.

5. Select the Type Tool. Type your name. Go to Type>Font to see what the typefaces look like.

6. Resize and rearrange the image and your name so that your artwork shows good design.

7. Save into your desktop folder

8. Tell me when you are finished