Tuesday May 10, 2011

Mike on the Moon

Layer Mask and Quick Mask Mode:
 Layer Mask - Cover portions of your layers

Layer Mask - Allow you to paint a selections

1. Open the image we cropped from yesterday.
2. Enter Quick Mask Mode (Q) or click the Quick Mask Mode Icon from the tool bar
3. Set your foreground color and background colors to black and white
4. Select a regular paintbrush
5. Paint over the are of the picture you do not want. It should be a transparent red color.
6. Return to your normal mode (Q) or click the exist Quick Mask Mode icon.
7. You should have a selection around the image you would like to keep.
8. Copy your selection (Edit Copy)
9. Go here and copy the image. On the Moon
10. Paste your copy onto the Moon
11. Position the pictures some where on the moon so it looks almost natural.
12. Add a Layer Mask to your new layer
13. Make sure you have black and white for your foreground and background colors.
14. Cover up your image by painting on the mask. 

Monday - Resizing an Image

This week a couple of quick reviews of Photoshopwe will begin the process of constructing your High School Portfolio. This is a work in progress Portfolio by no means is it your High School exit Portfolio.

Resizing Images from your Camea to fit on a Web page or Word Document

1. Right Click on the Image below and copy
1. Link to image if it does not show up below
2. Open Photoshop
3. Start a new Photoshop document
4. Name it resized image
5. It should be already set to the size of the image you have copied.
6. Paste the image onto your document (Edit Paste)
7. Do a Save for Web (File->Save For Web)
8. Notice how big the files is
9. Resize the width to 200 pixels

1. What tool allows you to trim your graphic size down?
2. What file format should we save our color harmonies in?

Photoshop Warm UP
Cropping and Save for Web

1. Open the Daily Photoshop from this week.
2. Show only the Complementary Colors Group
3. Use the crop tool to trim away any unwanted areas
4. Use the save for Web Option and Save as a gif or png
5. Name ComplementaryColors
6. Use the layer History and click on the Open
7. Do the same procedure for Monochromatic, Triads, and Analogous Colors if you have not placed the images on your daily notes document

Thursday May 5 , 2011

Thursday May 5 , 2011

• These color schemes are what’s known as "harmonious" color combinations, or colors that are in tune with each other, and look extremely presentable when used in tandem.

• Analogous: This scheme uses three colors, one that is in the center, and the two colors adjacent to it on the color wheel (for example: Red, Red-Orange, and Red-Violet).

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Photoshop Warm UP Quick and Easy Frames around your images.

1. Open Photoshop from Monday
2. Turn all of your layers off
3. Select any color that is not Black or White
4. Create a new layer - Name it Analogous Color
5. Fill your color layer with your choice of a color - Then turn if off
6. Type the word "Analogous". Make sure you have a fat font (San Serif) and are using the same color as your filled layer. (That is why we had to turn off the color layer).
7. Use one of the selection tools and create a large selection that will cover 1/2 of the letters of your text.
8. Go to the layer menu and select Layer adjustment -> Hue Saturation.

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3. Make sure you have "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask"  screen shot below
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5. Move the Hue Slider to either 30  degrees
6. This will create an color adjusted clipping with a Mask of your selected area
7. Switch back to your Text Layer
8. Make a 2nd selection that will cover the other 1/2 of your text.
9. Go to the layer menu and select Layer adjustment -> Hue Saturation.
10. This time move the hue slider to -30 degrees
11. Now turn on the filled layer Analogous color
12. If it is hard to read your text Use a neutral color (Gray,white, or Black) and fill a selection.
13. Group your layers and you are done!
14. Save
15. Use the Save for Web Option.. Adjust the size if needed
16. Insert your image on your Daily Notes

Wednesday May 4, 2011

Layer Mask:
What does a Layer Mask allow you to do?
When working with a layer mask what 2 colors are you using?

Creating a Triad  Color Scheme

• A triad is a group of three colors that are separated on the color wheel by 120 degrees in either direction.

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1. Open Photoshop from Monday
2. Turn all of your layers off
3. Set your colors to the default colors
4. Type the word "Triads". Make sure you have a fat font (San Serif)
5. Create a new layer
6. Create a selection with the square or circle
7. Fill your selection with a color of your choice.
8. Create a copy your filled square or circle layer
9. Deselect (Ctrl+D)
10. Move your 2 circle so they cover up your text.
11. Create a selection of your text (Ctrl+Mouse Click on the layer thumbnail)
12. Make one of your circle layers active
13. Go to the layer menu and select Layer adjustment -> Hue Saturation.
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15. Make sure you have "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask"  screen shot below
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17. Move the Hue Slider to either 120 or -120 degrees
18. Repeat the process for the second circle
19. Create a layer group called Triads and move all the layers we created today inside of that group.
20. Save
21. File Save for Web and insert on your daily notes

Tuesday May 3, 2011

1. If you would like to create a selection of just the image on a layer. For example selecting just the text. What keyboard short cut should you use?
2. What does it mean to rasterize a layer?
3. What is a monochromatic color?

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1. Open Photoshop from Yesterday
2. Create a Layer Group called Complementary Colors
3. Move all your Complementary colors inside of this group
4. Select a color that is in the middleish area of the color picker.
5. With the text tool type  "Monochromatic"

1. Create a new layer
2. Create a selection with the square or circle
3. Fill your selection with the the same color you used for your text.
4. Create a copy your filled square or circle layer
5. Deselect (Ctrl+D)
6. New Concept Layer Adjustments
7. Go to the layer menu and select Layer adjustment -> Hue Saturation.
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9. Make sure you have "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask"  screen shot below
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11. Move the Saturation slider to the right or left and you have a perfect monochromatic colorfor you color.....
12. A color opposite on the color wheel.

Save As Color Wheel

1. Can A photohop image may be place or uploaded to a web page or a Word Document?

Photoshop Warm Up:

1. Open Photoshop and create a new document. Make the document size larger then what you will need.  600 pixels by 600 pixels. You can crop it down at the end.
2. Select the Type Tool.
3. Select any color you would like and Type "Complementary Colors"
4. Create a new layer
5. Create a selection with the square or circle
6. Fill your selection with the the same color you used for your text.
7. Create a copy your filled square or circle layer
8. Deselect (Ctrl+D)
9. New Concept Layer Adjustments
10. Go to the layer menu and select Layer adjustment -> Hue Saturation.
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12. Make sure you have "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask"  screen shot below
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14. Move the Hue slider all the way to the right or left and you have a perfect complement for you color.....
15. A color opposite on the color wheel.

Save As Color Wheel

Use the Save For Web Option and Save As Complementary Color
Add to your Daily Notes Under Monday