Vocabulary
Quiz: Friday, April 1st, 2016
The Marquee tools make rectangular, elliptical, single row, and single column selections.
The Lasso tools make freehand, polygonal (straight-edged), and magnetic (snap-to) selections.
The Quick Selection tool lets you quickly “paint” a selection using an adjustable round brush tip.
The Magic Wand tool selects similarly colored areas.
The Color Range command selects a specified color or color range within an existing selection or an entire image.
Exercises 7, 8, and 9: due Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Use the images provided, and follow the instructions.
First: Smart Objects (the flip side of rasterize)
Second: Transform (a quick guide)
Third: Moving, copying, and deleting selected pixels
Exercise 7: Instructions
Exercise 7: Image 1
Exercise 7: Image 2
Exercise 7: Image 3
Exercise 8: Instructions
Exercise 8: Image 1
Exercise 8: Image 2
Exercise 9: Instructions
Exercise 9: Image 1
*** REMINDER ***
Name files LastName+FirstInitial+Lesson#.psd
Example: RichardsNLesson1.psd
Project # 7: "About Me" Collage
Due: Friday, April 1st, 2016
In Photoshop, create a file that is:
- 8 inches wide
- 10 inches high
- 300 dpi pixel density
- CYMK color mode
Use the techniques you have learned to isolate, delete, and transform portions of the images.
Arrange the images into a visually appealing collage.
Exercises 1, through 6: overdue
Use the images provided, and follow the instructions.
Exercise 1 Instructions
Exercise 1 Image
Exercise 2 Instructions
Exercise 2 Image
Exercise 3 Instructions
Exercise 3 Image
First: a brief discussion about Photoshop layers.
Second: Convert a background into a Photoshop layer
Third: Rasterize layers (at this point, this is a necessary evil).
Exercise 4: Instructions
Exercise 4: Image 1
Exercise 4: Image 2
Exercise 4: Image 3
Exercise 4: Image 4
Exercise 5: Instructions
Exercise 5: Image 1
Exercise 5: Image 2
Exercise 6: Instructions
Exercise 6: Image 1
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