12/6-8

Students are working on a presentation style for the tools they work with in Photoshop with samples of their work as demonstrations.   A PowerPoint will be due by the end of class on Friday, Dec.9th.  The Assignment may be fairly large so it should be dropped into the dropbox.

12.5

Use this link to get more tips on the pen tool.  Be sure to close out the path with an X (returning to where you started).  Then you can fill the item with the paintbucket.

Use the pen tool to trace a logo (like the Nike Swish).
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/pen/pen.htm

Add some kind of background to your drawing.

11.15

Today students used the Shape tools to create perspective and add shading.  We worked on using brushes to add dimension.

11.14

Students are creating perspective using shapes.  Tools used:

Draw a shape
Use transform>perspective and transform>skew

11.10

Students worked on the Discussion Board post.  It is due at the end of the period.  Students are encouraged to use the textures they found this week around the school.

11.9

Students went and took photos to create textures. We also started the Thursday project (DB post is a 6 layered picture with different textures).

11.8

Using the tutorial to finish out a texture render.

11.7

Students took pictures of textures around the school to create a multilayered texture for a mask. We also began the tutorial.

11.3

Students used selection tools in Photoshop to apply filters. We also looked at selecting the INVERSE when using the selection tool. We transitioned to creating filters in flash for text boxes. I presented the project for 11.4 on the discussion board.

11.2

Students used Photoshop to create a filter effect in 9 steps.

11.1

Students took photos for the purpose of creating a filter to apply to these photos.

10.31

Students worked with filters in Photoshop.

10.27

17 points for a mask in Photoshop
19 points for a mask in Flash (using our template from Basketball yesterday)
21 points for a new mask idea in Flash
23 points for a mask idea in Illustrator
(that is right-- 2 points bonus for finding out how to create a mask in another adobe product!!).
When you finish with this project and it is submitted to the discussion board, you can work on your Halloween Costume for kitty, or another pet.

10.26

Students opened the Flash file from Communicator and worked with the mask over a picture for yearbook.

10.25

Students worked with masks and even went out and took photos to create new masks.

10.21

Students worked on creating masks in Photoshop inluding a gradient mask.

10.20

Students in groups worked on their Sections Presentation for the class. At the end of class, we previewed Masking in Photoshop.