photoshop to illustrator assignment

Objectives

To place a JPEG image in a Photoshop document

To erase a background from a JPEG image in Photoshop

To create an Illustrator document

To copy a Photoshop image into an Illustrator document

To use the Live Trace command in Illustrator

Assignment in 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

6. Place a JPEG in the Photoshop document. caedes.net

7. Cut out or erase the background from the photo

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

8. Go to Select>All

9. Edit>Copy

Assignment in 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 to 16

11. Check Preview

Note: Try the Blur effect. It will really help a complex trace.

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

13. If you like how the trace looks, 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.

17. Save

Finish up

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, go to the Direct Selection Tool. Click on the whites 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. Turn in a piece of paper with your name_photoshop to illustrator. Write your block, the date and the computer you are on.

If your desktop folder is not the same as your name, write down the desktop folder name.

Help

http://stevecampbellhillwoodsamples.blogspot.com/

To resize: Edit>Free Transform in Photoshop

If you can't see everything: View>Fit on Screen in Photoshop or View>Fit in Window in Illustrator