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