Friday, June 6, 2014

MiniProject: Name-in-Lights

Use the "Name in Lights" instructions in
>Public >InfoPro >Photoshop
to
1. Add your initials in PhotoShop
2. Add 3 photos (one for each letter in your initials), and 'cut-out' the letters to show the photo that is behind.

Save your file as a JPG...

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

PhotoShop Skills #5: Pick-a-Lesson!

As you can appreciate, there is a lot more to Photoshop than the few lessons you've done to build some essential skills. If/when you take Information Processing 20, one module you'll be able to do is "Intermediate Photoshop", where you'll be adding to your skill set. But for the last lesson, you'll be able to choose what lesson/mini-project to finish with!

Your Job:
Go to >Public >InfoPro >Photoshop >ideas for Photoshop Skills #5, and choose ONE lesson to complete.

(they are well written by Adobe Professionals for 'training students' how to use Photoshop, so this is good training for any "Photoshop class" that you'd pay for in the future...).

Monday, June 2, 2014

Photoshop Skills #4: Filters

Filters allow you to modify photos in a number of ways with predefined Photoshop settings. You'll need to use this link to help you start; it has the file mentioned in the "Your Job" section... the instructions can be helpful, too (or you can use the 'Help' feature built in to our version of Photoshop).

Your Job:
Part #1: Find a photo that includes you from the >Public >Yearbook folder. Use the file from the link above to use filters to modify your photo as indicated.

Not all pictures on the Web are created equal. Copyrighted images and non-copyrighted images both are searchable by Google; in a business setting, choosing the wrong one can get you in legal trouble. The website Creative Commons lets you search pictures/video/audio files that others have purposely allowed users to upload for 'free' (just give the creator credit).

Part #2: Use the Creative Commons site to find an image of your idea using the theme below:
   Theme:  "What Summer Means to Me..."

then:
      > add ANY 4 filters that make the photo appear 'dreamlike'
           (as it is a future event that you are wishing for...) and save
           all the photos in 1 file


Again, make sure to save 2 files for each 'part' (one PSD and one JPEG).