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Send them the christmas card and make sure to add a copy to computingtec@gmail.com

Happy Holidays!

Christmas Cards Exchange

PS Actvity #13 - Creating Text in Adobe PS

Activity #13 of your PS book. Page 41
Due Date: Monday December 14th
Post the resultant images in your blog.

Click here to download the file needed for the second part.

Color Modes

Click here to download the Color Mode flash learning object, to learn a little bit more about the subject.

Take notes of the most important things and start searching photos related to the topic, you'll need them for the next practice.

While surfing the internet, search for creative and outstanding pamphlet or brochure designs.

PS Activity #11 & #12

Painting Pixels in RGB & CMYK mode.

Due date: Wednesday December 14th.

Pages 36, 37, 38 & 39 of your Photoshop Book.

Christmas Project

To start the activities of the Third Period, you are going to use all the tools we have learned so far about PS.

This project doesn't have specific steps or instructions, the purpose is that you use your imagination and apply the tools, effects, filters, styles, etc. you know.

The project consists in creating a christmas photomontage, where you are supposed to be a really really small person surrounded by giant and representative christmas things, like ornaments, cookies, christmas tree, lights, etc.

Take a look at the examples below, they were created by last year's students. You need to be part of the photomontage, so you will need a picture of yourself (high resolution) in different positions or angles. If you have a specific idea or christmas ornaments in your house that you'd like to use, take them a picture to use them in your project.

Use the image adjustments to make changes in the color or light.

Have Fun!!

PS file settings:  width 35 cm / height 25 cm / resolution 100 ppi.  *Christmas frame or border   *Your name at the lower right corner. (small)

These are examples of the perspective and angles you can use when taking your pictures, to make your photomontage more real.

Practice #11 - Shapes & Brushes

Vector art is a form of digital illustration and its use is increasing every day. Vector art can be seen in almost every part of print, online and televised media. Knowing how to use vector-based illustration is a prerequisite for almost every graphic design job due to its many applications in commercial media. Vector-based artwork is entirely dependent on computers because it is driven by complex mathematical equations. Though it is relatively new, many beautiful illustrations and compelling advertisements have been created with vector art.

Read more: Definition of Vector Art | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5043089_definition-vector-art.html#ixzz1diGJiiKQ

Instructions:

1. Download different shapes and brushes
2. Create a vector art wallpaper, you can use gradients, layer styles, filters, etc. Be creative!
3. Post it in your blog

PSD file settings:

1024 x 768 pixels
120 ppi
RGB Color 8 bit
bg transparent

Here are some examples of the vectorial compositions you can create. Use your imagination!

I found the previous images on the internet, I am not the author of them. =)

Practice #10 - Vector Mask Layers

Part #1

• Download File #4 and open it directly in Photoshop.


• If the layer is blocked, rasterize it.


• Add a new Mask Layer.


• Start drawing shapes using the Custom Shape Tools. (it doesn’t have to be exactly as the example) 
• You can download different shapes from http://freephotoshop.org and install them in your PS.


• Add a new layer, and change the background (R:35 – G:105 – B:40) (Edit-Fill)


• Crop the picture to remove part of the background (look at the example)


• Save it as JPEG medium quality.


• Post it in your blog.

Part #2

Make your own composition using Vector Mask Layers, be creative! Surprise me with your imagination!

Photoshop's Concept 3rd Part

Instructions: Choose the correct word from the box, and answer correctly the following concepts. Highlight the answer with a different color, and make sure to add an example of each concept.

Example:   These are approximations. What you see onscreen depends on the quality and settings of your monitor. Softproofs

Hand Tool	Tools Palette	Magic Wand Tool	Navigator Palette	Clone Stamp Tool
Burn Tool	RGB	Spot Healing Brush Tool	CMYK	Marquee Tools
JPEG	Adjustment Layers	Layers	Panning	Document Window
Zooming	Tolerance	Main Menu	Polygonal Lasso Tool	Dodge Tool
Resolution	Save for Web & Devices	Layer Styles	It compresses well	TIFF, PDF
Palettes	History Palette	Selection Tools	Dodge & Burn	72 ppi & 300 ppi

1.    It’s located across the bottom of the application bar and organizes commands in individual menus.

2.    It contains tools for creating and editing images, artwork, page elements, and soon. Related tools are groups together.

3.    It displays the file you’re working on.

4.    These help you monitor and modify your work.

5.    This tool moves an image within its window. This is useful if you want to see a part of the image that is currently out of view.

6.    In Ps this refers to the horizontal movement or rotation of an image.

7.    In Ps this refers to change from a distant view to a more close-up view or vice versa.

8.    This palette is another quick way to make large changes in zoom level.

9.    You can use this layer to make changes in hue, levels, etc. while preserving the original image.

10. You can use these tools to change the lightness and darkness of particular areas of an image.

11. This tool allows more light to show through the negative, making the area lighter.

12. This tool allows less light to show, making the area darker.

13. This palette is used to undo steps and it keeps track of the last 20 commands you’ve applied to an image, allowing you to revert any one of these.

14. This tool is used to remove minor blemishes from a photo. It is most effective with small distinctive features.

15. This tool automatically samples pixels from the surrounding area and applies these to the selected area.

16. Mention the file format to save photos for the web.

17. Mention why the JPEG format is popular.

18. You can use this command to preview JPEGs with different compression settings before you save them.

19. Mention the recommended resolution to save images for on-screen display and images for print.

20. Mention the color combination that computers use to display photos.

21. Mention the name of the color combination used by the offset printing presses.  

22. Mention two examples of formats with no compression, known them as lossless format.

23. This is the level of detail in a bitmap image and is measured in pixels per inch (ppi).

24. The better you are at using these tools, the more flexibility you have with changing parts of images.

25. This tool selects parts of an image that have similar colors.

26. This tool selects a geometrically shaped area, such as a rectangle or circle.

27. This tool defines a selection area by hand.

28. This blurs a selection’s edges by adding a transition boundary between the selection and its surrounding pixels.

29. These are like sheets of stacked paper.

30. You can apply this to add special effects such as drop shadow or a glow. 

Photoshop's Concepts 2nd part

Photoshop's most commonly used shortcuts & quick keys

Instructions: Search in Photoshop the shortcuts or quick keys of the following commands & tools and post them in your blog.

1)         New file

2)         Open file
3)         Close file
4)         Undo
5)         Copy
6)         Paste
7)         Fill
8)         Free transform
9)         Hue and saturation
10)       Image size
11)       Canvas size
12)       New layer
13)       Liquify Filter
14)       Layers
15)       Marquee tools
16)       Lasso tools
17)       Magic wand tool
18)       Crop tool
19)       Healing brush / red eye tools
20)       Brush /pencil  tools
21)       Clone & pattern stamp tools
22)       Eraser tool
23)       Gradient / paint bucket tools
24)       Pen tool
25)       Type tool
26)       Path & direct selection tools
27)       Shapes tools
28)       Hand tool
29)       Zoom tool 

Photoshop's Concepts 1st Part

Using print screen identify the following parts of photoshop's interface:

1. The tools palette
2. Layers palette
3. History palette
4. Navigator palette
5. Options bar of the move tool
6. Main menu
7. Adjustments palette

Using print screens answer the following:

1. The process for creating a new document.
2. The process for placing an image.
3. The process for opening a document.
4. The process for saving an image as JPEG, medium quality.
5. The process to change an image's size

Instructions: Take the print screens, paste them in photoshop (crop them if necessary), save them as JPEG formats, post them in your blog with the correct names and full explanation of the process.

Practice #9

Practice 9.1 – Marquee Tools & Photo Filters

• Download File #1 and open it directly in Photoshop.
• If the layer is blocked, rasterize it.
• Using the rectangular marquee tool, select the main building of the picture.
• Apply a Deep Emerald Photo Filter with density at 90%. [Image - Adjustments - Photo Filter]
• Save it as JPEG medium quality.
• Post it in your blog.

Practice 9.2 – Polygonal Lasso Tool & Filters

• Download File #2 and open it directly in Photoshop.
• If the layer is blocked, rasterize it.
• Crop the image using the crop tool, as shown in the example.
• Using the Polygonal Lasso Tool (feather: 2px), select the background, leaving only the first rock without selection.
• Apply a Gaussian Blur Filter, with radius in 2.0 pixels. [Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur]
• Save it as JPEG medium quality.
• Post it in your blog.

Practice 9.3 – Polygonal Lasso Tool & Paint bucket tool

• Download File #3 and open it directly in Photoshop.
• If the layer is blocked, rasterize it.
• Using the Polygonal Lasso Tool (feather: 2px), select the buildings and copy them. [ctrl + C]
• Create a New Layer and paste the selection. [Ctrl + V]
• Delete the original layer.
• Create a new layer and using the paint bucket tool, add color to the background. (R:222 – G:235 – B:6)
• Arrange the layers if it's necessary, to put the buildings infront of the background.
• Save it as JPEG medium quality.
• Post it in your blog.

Practice #8 - Composite Image

• Download File #5, File #6, File #7, File #8 and File #9.
• Open file #5 directly in Photoshop.
• If the layer is blocked, convert it to smart object and then rasterize the layer.

• Create a new layer. Convert it to a background layer. {Layer - New - Layer from background} (it will turn to white)

•  Select the wall layer. Change its opacity to 50% in the layers palette)

•  Open file #6 directly in Photoshop.

• Paste it to the original file. (use the move tool and holding down Alt, drag the selection to the composition file. Rename the layer. (ocean)

•  For the big picture use these layer styles {layers palette}
• Drop shadow: opacity 70% - distance 15px – spread 13% - size 13px 
• Stroke: size 4 – color R:74-G:56-B:25)

• For the smaller pictures use these layer styles. 

• Drop shadow: opacity 70% - distance 7px – spread 26% - size 13px 
• Stroke: size 3 – color, free to choose

• For the medium picture use these special effects. 
• Outer glow: opacity 90% - spread 20% - size 30px – color, free to choose)

• Save it as JPEG medium quality and post it in your blog.

Practice # 7 - Photoshop Filters

Photoshop Filters are used to clean up or retocuh your images. These filters apply special arte effects that give your image the appearance of a sketch or pastel painting. You can see the result of the filters in your image before you apply them.

To apply a filter go to the Filters menu located in the Main Menu.

Instructions: Download 20 different appropriate pictures, and apply them the following filters. (one filter per picture)

1. 5 pictures with Artistic filters (free to choose)
2. 2 pictures with Brush Strokes filters (free to choose)
3. 2 pictures with Pixelate filters (free to choose)
4. 2 pictures with Render filters (lens flare & lighting effects)
5. 5 pictures with Skecth filters (free to choose)
6. 2 pictures with Stylize filters (free to choose)
7. 2 pictures with Texture filters (free to choose)

PS book - FILES

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE OF THE ACTIVITY #10
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE OF THE ACTVITY #9

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE OF THE ACTIVITY #8
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE OF THE ACTIVITY #4

Practice #6 - Adjustment layers

The only features from the Adjustments submenu (under the Image menu) that you can’t apply as an adjustment layer are Match Color, Replace Color, Shadow/Highlight, Exposure, Equalize, and Variations. We use Levels, Curves, Hue/Saturation, and Photo Filter far more often than the others, but we encourage you to experiment. You can’t do any harm, because your original image stays intact on the Background layer until you flatten it.

Instructions:

Practice with the adjustments. Edit 15 different pictures with each one of them.

Practice #5 - Red-eye tool

The Red Eye tool removes red eye in flash photos of people or animals, and white or green reflections in flash photos of animals.

Select the Red Eye tool . (The Red Eye tool is in the same group as the Spot Healing Brush tool . Click the triangle in the lower right portion of a tool to display additional tools.)

Click in the red eye. If you are not satisfied with the result, undo the correction, set one or more of the following options in the options bar, and click the red eye again:

Pupil Size

Increases or decreases the area affected by the Red Eye tool.

Darken Amount

Sets the darkness of the correction.

 

• Red eye is caused by a reflection of the camera flash in the subject’s retina. You’ll see it more often when taking pictures in a darkened room because the subject’s iris is wide open. To avoid red eye, use the camera’s red eye reduction feature. Or, better yet, use a separate flash unit that you can mount on the camera farther away from the camera’s lens.

Instructions:

Remove red-eyes from 2 different photos. Post them in your blog, both pictures, before & after.