Photoshop Intro

November 5, 2013

Wrestling Info for Video Display

For those interested in doing a display item for wrestling, the following info is available:

NOTE: This information is arranged and written in a very haphazard, poor manner. This is intentional, as you (the designer) will need to take the time to clean it up.

The first team meeting for 2013-2014 will be November 11th (A Monday) at 7 PM in the Athletic Wing. It is for hydration testing.
Wrestlers need to bring $5
After hydration testing, we will have a quick meeting to discuss practice times and dates, as well as issue gear
Practice times are as follows:
- During football playoffs, Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 6-7:30 AM
- During athletic period, you will do your regular workouts
- After playoffs, M-F 4-6 PM

November 1, 2013

Putting it all together - Video Display Designs

It's time to combine your skills we've been working on in Photoshop. Take this opportunity to create a design for the new displays in the commons/cafeteria. To do so, you must meet the following specifications:

DUE DATE: End of Class Tuesday
PIXEL DIMENSIONS: 1920 x 1080, 72 ppi (if you haven't already started. If you have a different ppi but have 1920x1080, that's okay)
COLOR MODE: RGB
TOPIC: Your design could cover a number of different possibilities:
- Advertise for a specific organization or sport (board gaming, football, FCCLA, band, etc.)
- Advertise for a specific upcoming event, which should include a date, time, and location
- An embodiment of general school pride/spirit
- Other ideas you might proffer that are related to Bushland, and are school appropriate. They must acquire my prior approval first, and not be completely absurd.
- Absurdity is not an option, and your grade will suffer if you follow this path.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Your design should incorporate NUMEROUS skills you have acquired this year. Remember the following items we have covered:
- Blending modes - for both adding texture and tinting to other layers.
- Brushes AND THE BRUSH PANEL
- Layer styles for text and shapes alike
- Shapes
- The Pen Tool
- Clipping Masks
- Opacity
- Channels/Channel Mixer
- Compositing layers by way of masking, not quick selecting and copying/pasting portions of other images.

October 28, 2013

Gradient Maps and Semi-Transparent Shapes

Create a Project folder in your Photoshop folder titled 'Gradient Map Boroughs.' You will save all original images and .PSD's here. Using ONLY large-size images from Google, you will locate images representing one landmark from each of the five Boroughs of New York City. You will then create a series of photos that are tinted via Gradient Map adjustments (review how to use them here).

Label each photo with two text layers: one will be larger and the name of the Borough, the other smaller and reading 'Boroughs of New York.' These text items will be set upon either a white or black semi-transparent shape. You are limited to Sans-Serif fonts for your choices. If you are not familiar with the difference between Sans Serif and Serif typefaces, you need to learn the difference. Four of them should involve a Normal blending mode, lending a color tint (such as Maroon and White or Black and light blue); the fifth one should involve a blending mode such as Overlay or Soft Light to intensify or SLIGHTLY alter existing colors.

Consider the following workflow:

Before looking for any images, determine the names of the five boroughs
Seek out 1 or 2 major attractions or points of interest for each borough
Search for images of those attractions (don't forget to search for large size images!)

October 3, 2013

Channels in Photoshop

First, either view the video found on my usb, or go here.

After you've viewed that video, then this video to learn about making selections. You can use the yellow flowers in your Sample Pictures to follow along pretty closely.

October 3, 2013

Putting it all Together - Layer Masks and Gradients

- Cross fade between two photos using a gradient on a layer mask (you can do this in a separate document/file from the design below)

You will create an autumn-inspired design that includes the following technical details:

- Document Size - 7.5 inches by 10 inches (or vice versa), 300 ppi, CMYK color

- Use a brush to create a simple shape (i.e. use the star or leaf brush), then fill it with a gradient you created using any of several methods

- Create a background layer and fill it with a solid color

- Bring in a full photo, then use a layer mask to hide the part of it

- Incorporate text into your design, such as 'Falcon Fall,' or 'Happy Autumn, Bushland!'

- Save your project file in a Photoshop Folder inside of your Graphic Design Folder. Save it in the following formats:

Save it first as a .PSD file. Name it Autumn Design (your name)
Save it second as a .JPG/JPEG (not JPEG 2000) file, with the same name.
When you are done, get my USB and copy them into the finished work folder for graphic design students.

September 24, 2013

Creating Custom Brushes in Photoshop CS5

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/easily-brushes-photoshop/

September 20, 2013

Brushes Practice Project

For this project, you will be creating two separate Photoshop documents: one as an example of a monochromatic color harmony, and the other an example of analogous color harmony. If you have forgotten what the color harmonies are, then you may GO HERE. The following are the specifics for the design:

Each document should be created with dimensions of 7.5 inches by 10 inches (or 10 inches by 7.5 inches), at 300 pixels per inch resolution
Include uses of the various dynamics of brushes (the options on the Brush Panel) to create unique shapes and designs
Include brushes used as single stamps (clicking once), as well as to create strokes/lines
BE SURE TO COLOR ITEMS FROM EACH BRUSH IN A DIFFERENT LAYER, AND DO NOT PAINT ON THE BACKGROUND LAYER.
NO EXTERNAL IMAGES ARE USED IN THIS DESIGN.
Include a large, descriptive title, as well as a much smaller description/definition of the harmony
- Modify at least the heading text using the various aspects of the Character panel to alter the standard appearance of the text used. You could also consider using the layer styles (fx button at bottom of layers panel)
- the definition text should be much simpler, standard, and quick/easy to read.

You may also incorporate your name into this design.

Saved in the end as a both a PSD (do this first), and then saved also as a .JPG or .PNG. The files should be saved in a 'color harmonies' project folder within your 'photoshop' folder, and named "name-harmony-project," where name is your last and first name without spaces, and harmony is the specific harmony that file depicts.
Finished PSD files should also be copied onto my USB drive into the 'finished project' folder.

September 12, 2013

Quick Selecting Hair and Fine Details

The following link and/or video offer a guide to making tricky selection edges with the Refine Edge command (such as hair, leaves, etc)

August 30, 2013

Things to know for Tuesday, Sept 3 Quiz

For Tuesday, you only need to know the GREEN items seen on the LARGER image below. In addition, know the following when setting up a Photoshop Document:

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