August 15, 2013 Today we worked on adding pages to our weebly site and also images to each of the pages. I made the theme of my site as rapture which is the setting for the popular game Bioshock.
August 16, 2013 Today we learn some of the basic of Photoshop. Undo short cut is Alt+Control+Z and in order to create a new file is file new also set the resolution to 200 pixels per inch, and you can draw using the brush tool. We will use layer styles and filters. Also control J is a shortcut to copy layers. Control + is the shortcut for zoom. To create a brush using your signature you take a photo of your signature and you open it in Photoshop then you use the magic eraser to get rid of the paper keeping you signature use the rectangular marquee tool to surround your name and then you click on edit then define brush patterns and upload the picture.
August 19, 2013 Today we used Photoshop to copy a work of Frank Stella and what we did was make lots of layers then clicked zoom and then show and then grid to put a grid on the work then I used the rectangular marquee tool to make a perfect square on a 8 by 8 in window and then chose my back ground color then clicked control and Backspace to fill the color in and then continue inwards then when you are done go to stroke in layer styles to add a color bordering.
August 21, 2013 Today, I finished a work by an artist by the name of Wassily Kandinsky where i made a new document 6 by 8 inches and then went to view then show and clicked grid and divided each row into four squares and each column into three squares. I then when through and using the control backspace shortcut then colored in each box. I then when back with the oliptical marquee tool and drew ovals and ovals within ovals. I then when back and colored each oval and then signed the work and saved the work as a jpg and uploaded it to my site.
August 22, 2013 Today we worked on changing words so that they look like diamonds and have a gold outline. First we changed the back ground color of a 500 by 500 pixels with resolution of 72. We wrote our name using magneto and then enlarged it using the short cut control T. Then we went to layer styles and then Inner glow and put the settings of edge a tan color which is the default and then choke 14 and pixels 10 and then opacity 100%. We then went to Bevel and changed it to stroke emboss with pixels 10 and the depth one hundred and smooth transitions. We then put a gradient overlay with 10% opacity.
August 27, 2013 Today we worked on the cold writing and you first get a picture of ice water then take it to photoshop using open in the main menu and then you write a word in white font using the arial font. Then you go to filter wind after you go to transform and rotate the words 90 clock wise and rasturize the image and then you click okay then you click control f to repeat until you like the icicles . Then you duplicate the image and transform it by flipping vertically. Then you change the opacity of the eraser and try and erase it so it looks blurred. Also, Distort it using the transform making it grow bigger as it get toward you.
August 28, 2013 Today we made a fire font. We first changed the background to black and wrote in white font fire. Then we went to the smudge tool and try and make the thing look like flames. Then you go to the little ball right next to your layers and click it then click color balance. Then you can change the white into other colors. You should try and get a really yellow and red and magent.
August 29, 2013 Today we made a gif by first making a 5 by 7 inch new document and how you do that is first make the background black and then make a little box with the marquee tool and make it white. Then you copy it three times and then go back to each copy and erase the background so it is just white and then take the smudge tool and make flame looking spikes. Then you go to window animation and then have only the background showing and then click the square with a triangle through it and then but only the background and first copy and continue doing this till you have the four slides. Then click the circles right by the play button and then use tween to make it smoother. Also then you color balance to make it red like fire. To save you go to save for devices and web and click gif do not save it as a jpg.
September 3, 2013 Today we made a font that looks like grass you first have a sand colored background on a 400 by 400 pixel paper with 100 resolution. Then you write in a green tone a word then you go to filter then sketch and click torn paper and click image balance 50, smoothness 1, and then contrast 25. then you go to Gaussian blur and pixel with 3.5. Then you go to layer styles and then you to inner shadow and then you blend mode normal with opacity 75 distance 5 and chock 0 and size 21 and the counter is the one big hill. Then you go to outer glow and put in the settings normal settings with screen and opacity 75 and noise 0 also softer technique and spread 2 and size 4 and the counter the first row 6th item with range 50. Then you got to inner glow and the settings of regular quality and with element with softer and edge and size 43 and with structure with screen and opacity 75 and noise 0. Then you go to bevel and emboss and click the inner bevel and smooth direction up size 5 and soften 0 and gloss contour the two little pyramids. Then you go to contour and click the stairs looking contour and then you go to texture and click a static looking texture. Then you go to gradient overlay and have a normal blending mode with full opacity and the gradient be from white to a royal purple. The contour of the inner shadow affects how much the shadow comes out and is not just white. And the one for the outer glow affects how prominent the outer glow is. The one in the inner glow does the same but for the inside. The bevel and emboss one changes if the green things inside.
September 4, 2013 Today we talked about the pen tool and how you use then pen tool is go to the quill like object and click it and that allows you to draw shapes that will be filled in. A shortcut for the pen tool was p and then you can click the object next to the the square with boxes on the counters and that will allow you to create a path in which you can write on and it will follow it. When writing with the text box you can make things a lot closer as you just click the A on the right side then the T with a line under it.
September 5, 2013 Today we wrote our names with a white Arial font name. Then we went to the tool bar for the text and pushed the t with a curve under it to make it an arch. Then you click the outside edge of it while not selected and click create work path. Then you go to brush and click the brush icon on the right side and pick the the brush you want and click the brush brush tip shape and then put the distance you want from one another. then you have the pen and right click the path. Then you click stroke fill after you create a new layer and select it and then click the drop down menu and click brush then okay.
September 17, 2013 Today we create words with picture in them. First you find a picture and open it in Photoshop then you duplicate the image. Then you add a layer in between the two photos and make it white. Then you make a word you want and type it in. Then you put in between the two photos but over the blank layer and you click the top most layer and click clipping mask and you have it. To do more picture you go and do this for every letter and then crop only the letter out and then add it on a white file.
October 1, 2013
Today we worked on creating a picture totally made of word. First I took a picture of yourself and then I selected just my face and shoulders. Then you cut it from the rest of the thing and then you get rid of the layer with just the background. From their you go to color range and select your mid tones and shadows and put them on two different layers You then color the Shadows with the 50% grey thing and the mid tone 15% from white to black. You then combine the two photos by merge visible. You then create a white page over everything and then create a blank page over it. You then take several words that describe the person and make them brushes. You then go to brush icon on the right and go to brush tip shape and increase the spacing so you can see every word and then shape dynamics to add angle jitter to makes the word appear random. You then put the words on the blank layer and then when you are done put the layer mask on it and copy the shadows and mid tones into the layer mask.
October 4, 2013
Today we worked on Andy Warhol type picture where first you get a picture of yourself and then take only you head or body and then right click it and click cut. You then delete the background and go to select and color range. You then click color range highlight, shadows, and mid tone and make 4 new layers with each. Select on of each and then go to a color wheel and use shift f5 to fill them in with color near each other on the color wheel then change the canvas size to a square and the make four colored squares for each of them.
October 9, 2013
Today we worked on creating an outline of things so you can make the ads like iPod. First you get a picture and select what you want with the the quick selection tool. Then you do f5 plus shift and go to color and change the color of the thing to white. You then right click it and click select inverse and then shift plus f5 and fill it in as a primary color. Then you make a text box and make the font white and write i plus the word you want.