FREE ONLINE GRAPHIC PROGRAMS
Show basics of free online graphic program SPLASHUP - http://www.splashup.com/
CUBESCAPE
http://www.themaninblue.com/experiment/Cubescape/
QBLOCK
http://kyucon.com/qblock/
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OBJECTIVE
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Have each student create something and save into folder.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Lesson 3: 3D Typography
Lesson 3: 3D Typography
Show basics of XARA 3D program.
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OBJECTIVE
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Have each student create something and save into folder.
Show basics of XARA 3D program.
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OBJECTIVE
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Have each student create something and save into folder.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Lesson 2E: Photoshop 101: Graphic Artist Styles/Portfolios
D.A.S.H. - Graphic Artist Styles and Portfolios - OCTOBER 31ST, 2012
Graphic Design: Artist Styles
20 Best Graphic artists under 30
http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/20-best-graphic-artists-under-30-selected-print-magazine#1
10 Different Graphic Design Artist
http://www.8womendream.com/5723/10-famous-graphic-designers/
GRAPHIC DESIGN PORTFOLIOS
Design Portfolios - BIO-BAK
http://www.bio-bak.nl/
Krasimirtsonev
http://www.krasimirtsonev.com/site/
This is real art
http://www.thisisrealart.com/
NISGIA
http://www.nisgia.com/
DISTURB
http://www.disturbmedia.com/work/
THIBAUD
http://www.thibaud.be/
MARTIAN DESIGN
http://www.martiandesign.com/
K4LAB
http://www.k4lab.info/eng/
SAIZEN MEDIA
http://saizenmedia.com/newsite/works/
WMTEAM
http://www.wmteam.com/
SECTION SEVEN
http://www.sectionseven.com/
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Lesson 2d: Photoshop 101: GRAFFITI
[From Wikipedia.org]
Graffiti (singular: graffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.[1] Stickers and other adhesives are not considered graffiti.[citation needed] Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.[2]
In modern times, paint, particularly spray paint, and marker pens have become the most commonly used graffiti materials. In most countries, marking or painting property without the property owner's consent is considered defacement and vandalism, which is a punishable crime. Graffiti may also express underlying social and political messages and a whole genre of artistic expression is based upon spray paint graffiti styles. Within hip hop culture, graffiti has evolved alongside hip hop music, b-boying, and other elements.[3] Unrelated to hip-hop graffiti, gangs use their own form of graffiti to mark territory or to serve as an indicator of gang-related activities.
Street Graffiti
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/14/tribute-to-graffiti-50-beautiful-graffiti-artworks/
Street Graffiti
http://funbindass.com/50-best-graffiti-and-street-art-of-2011/
3D Graffiti
http://bestdesignoptions.com/?p=12299
next lesson Street Poster Art
Graffiti (singular: graffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.[1] Stickers and other adhesives are not considered graffiti.[citation needed] Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.[2]
In modern times, paint, particularly spray paint, and marker pens have become the most commonly used graffiti materials. In most countries, marking or painting property without the property owner's consent is considered defacement and vandalism, which is a punishable crime. Graffiti may also express underlying social and political messages and a whole genre of artistic expression is based upon spray paint graffiti styles. Within hip hop culture, graffiti has evolved alongside hip hop music, b-boying, and other elements.[3] Unrelated to hip-hop graffiti, gangs use their own form of graffiti to mark territory or to serve as an indicator of gang-related activities.
Street Graffiti
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/14/tribute-to-graffiti-50-beautiful-graffiti-artworks/
Street Graffiti
http://funbindass.com/50-best-graffiti-and-street-art-of-2011/
3D Graffiti
http://bestdesignoptions.com/?p=12299
next lesson Street Poster Art
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Lesson 2c: Photoshop 101: TYPOGRAPHY & FILTERS
Typography & Filters
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Typography
Filters
Overview
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TYPOGRAPHY
Typography (from the Greek words τύπος (typos) = form and γραφή (graphe) = writing) is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning).
Who Uses Typography?
Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, comic book artists, graffiti artists, clerical workers, and anyone else who arranges type for a product.
Inspiring "Typography"
30+ Outstanding Typographic Poster Designs
http://spyrestudios.com/outstanding-typographic-posters/
Great examples of "3D Typography"
70 Wonderful 3D Typography That Truely Inspires
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/70-wonderful-3d-typography-that-truely-inspires/
A Collection of Innovative and Inspiring Typography
http://www.noupe.com/inspiration/a-collection-of-innovative-and-inspiring-typography.html
FILTERS
You can use filters to clean up or retouch your photos, apply special art effects that give your image the appearance of a sketch or impressionistic painting, or create unique transformations using distortions and lighting effects. The filters provided by Adobe appear in the Filter menu.
*Filters are applied to the active, visible layer or a selection.
*For 8‑bits-per-channel images, most filters can be applied cumulatively through the Filter Gallery. All filters can be applied individually.
*Filters cannot be applied to Bitmap-mode or indexed-color images.
*Some filters work only on RGB images.
*All filters can be applied to 8‑bit images.
*The following filters can be applied to 16‑bit images:
*The following filters can be applied to 32‑bit images: Average Blur, Box Blur, Gaussian Blur, Motion Blur, Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Surface Blur, Add Noise, Clouds, Lens Flare, Smart Sharpen, Unsharp Mask, De-Interlace, NTSC Colors, Emboss, High Pass, Maximum, Minimum, and Offset.
*Some filters are processed entirely in RAM. If you don’t have enough available RAM to process a filter effect, you may get an error message.
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OVERVIEW
Perform a filter action.
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Typography
Filters
Overview
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TYPOGRAPHY
Typography (from the Greek words τύπος (typos) = form and γραφή (graphe) = writing) is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning).
Who Uses Typography?
Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, comic book artists, graffiti artists, clerical workers, and anyone else who arranges type for a product.
Inspiring "Typography"
30+ Outstanding Typographic Poster Designs
http://spyrestudios.com/outstanding-typographic-posters/
Great examples of "3D Typography"
70 Wonderful 3D Typography That Truely Inspires
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/70-wonderful-3d-typography-that-truely-inspires/
A Collection of Innovative and Inspiring Typography
http://www.noupe.com/inspiration/a-collection-of-innovative-and-inspiring-typography.html
FILTERS
You can use filters to clean up or retouch your photos, apply special art effects that give your image the appearance of a sketch or impressionistic painting, or create unique transformations using distortions and lighting effects. The filters provided by Adobe appear in the Filter menu.
*Filters are applied to the active, visible layer or a selection.
*For 8‑bits-per-channel images, most filters can be applied cumulatively through the Filter Gallery. All filters can be applied individually.
*Filters cannot be applied to Bitmap-mode or indexed-color images.
*Some filters work only on RGB images.
*All filters can be applied to 8‑bit images.
*The following filters can be applied to 16‑bit images:
- Liquify
- Vanishing Point
- Average Blur
- Blur
- Blur More
- Box Blur
- Gaussian Blur
- Lens Blur
- Motion Blur
- Radial Blur
- Surface Blur
- Shape Blur
- Lens Correction
- Add Noise
- Despeckle
- Dust & Scratches
- Median
- Reduce Noise
- Fibers
- Clouds
- Difference Clouds
- Lens Flare
- Sharpen
- Sharpen Edges
- Sharpen More
- Smart Sharpen
- Unsharp Mask
- Emboss
- Find Edges
- Solarize
- De-Interlace
- NTSC Colors
- Custom
- High Pass
- Maximum
- Minimum
- Offset
*The following filters can be applied to 32‑bit images: Average Blur, Box Blur, Gaussian Blur, Motion Blur, Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Surface Blur, Add Noise, Clouds, Lens Flare, Smart Sharpen, Unsharp Mask, De-Interlace, NTSC Colors, Emboss, High Pass, Maximum, Minimum, and Offset.
*Some filters are processed entirely in RAM. If you don’t have enough available RAM to process a filter effect, you may get an error message.
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OVERVIEW
Perform a filter action.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Lesson 2b: Photoshop 101: LAYERS & STYLES
Lesson 2b: Photoshop 101: LAYERS & STYLES
What is a layer?
Bad & Good Examples of Mixtape Cover Artwork
Layer Properties - Blending Options
Objective
Layers
What is a layer?
If you're totally unfamiliar with layers in graphics software, they can be a bit difficult to grasp. You can think of each layer in a document as a sheet of clear transparent film. When you paint on one of the sheets, you can still see through the unpainted areas of the sheet. When you stack the sheets, the painted areas on the lower sheets will show through the transparent areas of the sheets above. In Photoshop, the transparent portions of a layer are displayed as a gray and white checkerboard pattern (unless the image contains a background). The checkerboard pattern is not really part of the document, it's just there to help you identify the transparent areas.
Show example of layer stacking
copy
delete
opacity
fill
MIXTAPE COVER ART
A good example of what can be done with adobe photoshop with layers and filters can be seen on hip hop mixtape covers. They are a good look for inspiration in whatever graphic design area you specialize in as they try to be as unique as possible from one another.
Worst Mixtape Covers
http://www.vladtv.com/blog/42286/the-worst-mixtape-covers-of-all-time/
Best Mixtape covers
http://creativeoverflow.net/50-inspiring-mixtape-covers/
http://inspirationfeed.com/inspiration/digital-art-inspiration/25-amazing-examples-of-mixtape-cover-design/
Layer Styles (Blending Options)
DROP SHADOW
The Blend Mode allows you to blend the shadow into the background in different ways (Multiply, Overlay, etc.).
Lower the Opacity to increase the shadow’s translucence.
The Angle option of your drop shadow will affect the direction it drops when the Distance is set to 1 pixel or higher. If the Distance is set to 0, the shadow will spread equally around the layer’s contents.
Spread allows you to make the shadow thicker/denser.
The Size is how big or small the drop shadow will be on each side of the object.
Changing the Quality set of options enables you to add noise to your shadow and alter the contours of your shadow.
INNER SHADOW
Definition: The Inner Shadow effect is very similar to the Drop Shadow. In fact, it’s just the inverse in that it’s applied inside the object instead of the outside of it.
All of the options are the same as Drop Shadow. You may notice, however, that Spread has been replaced with Choke – the higher the Choke value, the thicker the shadow.
OUTER GLOW
Glows are very similar to shadows in concept. Outer glows are often used to create subtle effects when an outer edge of an object needs a bit of a boost to get it to stand out from its background. Outer glows usually work best on dark backgrounds.
Like shadows, you can adjust the Blend Mode, Opacity and Noise of your glow, as well as the Spread and Size of it.
An option you have with glows that isn’t available with shadows is the Technique option, which can either be Softer or Precise.
Softer gives the edge of your glow a softer and more subtle edge, whereas Precise makes your glow stronger and bolder.
The Range option of your glow allows you to change its thickness — the lower the number, the thicker. Setting this at 1%, for example, will actually make your glow look like a stroke rather than a glow.
INNER GLOW
Like the Drop Shadow versus Inner Shadow, the Inner Glow versus the Outer Glow is similar, they are just the inverse of each other.
All the options are the same as Outer Glow, with one additional option: Source. The Source allows you to make your glow appear from the Edge (default setting) or the Center.
Bevel and Emboss - Contour-Texture
The Bevel and Emboss gives an object a raised (Bevel) or depressed (Emboss) look. The effect has two sub-effects, Contour and Texture.
Contour allows you to make your bevel/emboss sharper or softer.
Texture gives you the option to add a pattern to your object.
There are a handful of different settings when it comes to using the Bevel and Emboss effect. The higher the Depth, the sharper the structure. The higher the Size, the more center your bevel/emboss will be. The Shading set of options allow you to increase the Opacity of both the highlights and the shading, and also allows you to change the Angle (the source of light).
Satin
The Satin style, in my experience, is very rarely used. One use I have found for it in the past is for recreating vintage effects — although there are lots of different other ways to do that.
The Satin options are very simple, and similar to the others we have already looked at.
Color Overlay
Color Overlay is an incredibly simple layer style, allowing you to completely cover the layer’s contents with a color.
There are three settings: the Blend Mode, the Color, and the Opacity — they are pretty self-explanatory. This is a useful effect for quickly changing colors and is often used in web design variations, when alternative colors of things like text is desired.
Gradient Overlay
The Gradient Overlay does the exact same thing as a Color Overlay, apart from that it overlays your objects with a color gradient rather than a color.
The Style of the gradient can be Linear, Radial, Angle, Reflected or Diamond.
The Scale of the gradient makes it smaller or bigger with respect to the size of your layer objects.
There is also a Reverse option, which allows you to quickly reverse the orientation of your colors, saving you from having to recreate a new gradient.
Clicking on the Gradient option presents the Gradient Editor where you can set your gradient’s colors and type.
Pattern Overlay
Like the other overlay effects, the Pattern Overlay works in almost the same way. This is actually very similar to the Texture setting we used under the Bevel and Emboss effect.
You can select from various built-in Photoshop patterns or create/install your own.
Stroke
This is the last layer effect we will talk about. The stroke effect simply places a border around your object.
The options are similar to the ones we’ve discussed earlier and are pretty self-explanatory (at least by now). The Position option, which indicates where you want the stroke to be made, can be Inner, Outer, or Center. The size of your stroke determines how thick it is — you can adjust this in pixel units. The default is 3px, but the most common is probably 1px.
The Fill Type allows you to fill your stroke with different elements; you can either choose from a solid color, a color gradient, or even a pattern. The default Fill Type is Color.
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OBJECTIVE
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Execute a layer style on text or image
What is a layer?
Bad & Good Examples of Mixtape Cover Artwork
Layer Properties - Blending Options
Objective
Layers
What is a layer?
If you're totally unfamiliar with layers in graphics software, they can be a bit difficult to grasp. You can think of each layer in a document as a sheet of clear transparent film. When you paint on one of the sheets, you can still see through the unpainted areas of the sheet. When you stack the sheets, the painted areas on the lower sheets will show through the transparent areas of the sheets above. In Photoshop, the transparent portions of a layer are displayed as a gray and white checkerboard pattern (unless the image contains a background). The checkerboard pattern is not really part of the document, it's just there to help you identify the transparent areas.
Show example of layer stacking
copy
delete
opacity
fill
MIXTAPE COVER ART
A good example of what can be done with adobe photoshop with layers and filters can be seen on hip hop mixtape covers. They are a good look for inspiration in whatever graphic design area you specialize in as they try to be as unique as possible from one another.
Worst Mixtape Covers
http://www.vladtv.com/blog/42286/the-worst-mixtape-covers-of-all-time/
Best Mixtape covers
http://creativeoverflow.net/50-inspiring-mixtape-covers/
http://inspirationfeed.com/inspiration/digital-art-inspiration/25-amazing-examples-of-mixtape-cover-design/
Layer Styles (Blending Options)
DROP SHADOW
The Blend Mode allows you to blend the shadow into the background in different ways (Multiply, Overlay, etc.).
Lower the Opacity to increase the shadow’s translucence.
The Angle option of your drop shadow will affect the direction it drops when the Distance is set to 1 pixel or higher. If the Distance is set to 0, the shadow will spread equally around the layer’s contents.
Spread allows you to make the shadow thicker/denser.
The Size is how big or small the drop shadow will be on each side of the object.
Changing the Quality set of options enables you to add noise to your shadow and alter the contours of your shadow.
INNER SHADOW
Definition: The Inner Shadow effect is very similar to the Drop Shadow. In fact, it’s just the inverse in that it’s applied inside the object instead of the outside of it.
All of the options are the same as Drop Shadow. You may notice, however, that Spread has been replaced with Choke – the higher the Choke value, the thicker the shadow.
OUTER GLOW
Glows are very similar to shadows in concept. Outer glows are often used to create subtle effects when an outer edge of an object needs a bit of a boost to get it to stand out from its background. Outer glows usually work best on dark backgrounds.
Like shadows, you can adjust the Blend Mode, Opacity and Noise of your glow, as well as the Spread and Size of it.
An option you have with glows that isn’t available with shadows is the Technique option, which can either be Softer or Precise.
Softer gives the edge of your glow a softer and more subtle edge, whereas Precise makes your glow stronger and bolder.
The Range option of your glow allows you to change its thickness — the lower the number, the thicker. Setting this at 1%, for example, will actually make your glow look like a stroke rather than a glow.
INNER GLOW
Like the Drop Shadow versus Inner Shadow, the Inner Glow versus the Outer Glow is similar, they are just the inverse of each other.
All the options are the same as Outer Glow, with one additional option: Source. The Source allows you to make your glow appear from the Edge (default setting) or the Center.
Bevel and Emboss - Contour-Texture
The Bevel and Emboss gives an object a raised (Bevel) or depressed (Emboss) look. The effect has two sub-effects, Contour and Texture.
Contour allows you to make your bevel/emboss sharper or softer.
Texture gives you the option to add a pattern to your object.
There are a handful of different settings when it comes to using the Bevel and Emboss effect. The higher the Depth, the sharper the structure. The higher the Size, the more center your bevel/emboss will be. The Shading set of options allow you to increase the Opacity of both the highlights and the shading, and also allows you to change the Angle (the source of light).
Satin
The Satin style, in my experience, is very rarely used. One use I have found for it in the past is for recreating vintage effects — although there are lots of different other ways to do that.
The Satin options are very simple, and similar to the others we have already looked at.
Color Overlay
Color Overlay is an incredibly simple layer style, allowing you to completely cover the layer’s contents with a color.
There are three settings: the Blend Mode, the Color, and the Opacity — they are pretty self-explanatory. This is a useful effect for quickly changing colors and is often used in web design variations, when alternative colors of things like text is desired.
Gradient Overlay
The Gradient Overlay does the exact same thing as a Color Overlay, apart from that it overlays your objects with a color gradient rather than a color.
The Style of the gradient can be Linear, Radial, Angle, Reflected or Diamond.
The Scale of the gradient makes it smaller or bigger with respect to the size of your layer objects.
There is also a Reverse option, which allows you to quickly reverse the orientation of your colors, saving you from having to recreate a new gradient.
Clicking on the Gradient option presents the Gradient Editor where you can set your gradient’s colors and type.
Pattern Overlay
Like the other overlay effects, the Pattern Overlay works in almost the same way. This is actually very similar to the Texture setting we used under the Bevel and Emboss effect.
You can select from various built-in Photoshop patterns or create/install your own.
Stroke
This is the last layer effect we will talk about. The stroke effect simply places a border around your object.
The options are similar to the ones we’ve discussed earlier and are pretty self-explanatory (at least by now). The Position option, which indicates where you want the stroke to be made, can be Inner, Outer, or Center. The size of your stroke determines how thick it is — you can adjust this in pixel units. The default is 3px, but the most common is probably 1px.
The Fill Type allows you to fill your stroke with different elements; you can either choose from a solid color, a color gradient, or even a pattern. The default Fill Type is Color.
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OBJECTIVE
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Execute a layer style on text or image
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Lesson 2a: Photoshop 101: WHAT IS PHOTOSHOP?
1. Why I personally Use photoshop?
I use photoshop for a variety of reasons. mainly for flyers. I combine photography and photoshop for a lot of graphic design and sometimes use a 3d text program for typography.
*Show examples of recent album covers
http://www.sicill.bandcamp.com
2. What is Photoshop?
[From Wikipedia.org]
Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems.
File format
Photoshop files have default file extension as .PSD, which stands for "Photoshop Document.
The .PSD file format can be exported to and from Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects, to make professional standard DVDs and provide non-linear editing and special effects services, such as backgrounds, textures, and so on, for television, film, and the web.
3. Uses of photoshop
Website Design
Photography
Marketing Graphics
3D Work
Motion Graphics
Animation
Typography
Print Design
Illustration
Image Editing & Manipulation
4. Bad examples of photoshop
example 1
http://www.boredpanda.com/worst-photoshop-mistakes/
example 2
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/52-worst-photoshop-mistakes-in-magazines/
5. Great examples of photoshop
Example 1
http://psd.fanextra.com/articles/50-super-inspiring-photoshop-masterpieces/
Example 2
http://www.designresourcebox.com/inspiring-photoshop-creations-35-examples/
Example 3 (Album Covers)
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/03/35-beautiful-music-album-covers/
6. Photoshop toolbox
[Wikipedia.org]
Tools
Upon loading Photoshop, a sidebar with a variety of tools with multiple image-editing functions appears to the left of the screen. These tools typically fall under the categories of cropping and slicing; drawing; painting; measuring and navigation; selection; typing; and retouching.[24] Some tools contain a small triangle in the bottom right of the toolbox icon. These can be expanded to reveal similar tools.
Cropping and Slicing
The crop tool can be used to select a particular area of an image and discard the portions outside of the chosen section. This tool assists in creating a focus point on an image and excluding unnecessary or excess space.
*Show Example: CROP
The "slice" and slice select tools, like the crop tool, are used in isolating parts of images. The slice tool can be used to divide an image into different sections, and these separate parts can be used as pieces of a web page design once HTML and CSS are applied.[27] The slice select tool allows sliced sections of an image to be adjusted and shifted.[27]
Drawing
Photoshop includes a few versions of the pen tool. The pen tool creates precise paths that can be manipulated using anchor points.[24] The freeform pen tool allows the user to draw paths freehand, and with the magnetic pen tool, the drawn path attaches closely to outlines of objects in an image, which is useful for isolating them from a background.[28]
Measuring and Navigation
The eyedropper tool selects a color from an area of the image that is clicked, and samples it for future use.[24] The hand tool navigates an image by moving it in any direction, and the zoom tool enlarges the part of an image that is clicked on, allowing for a closer view.[24]
Selection
*Show Example: EYEDROP
The marquee tool can make selections that are single row, single column, rectangular and elliptical.[24] Once an area of an image is highlighted, the move tool can be used to manually relocate the selected piece to anywhere on the canvas.[24] The lasso tool is similar to the marquee tool, however, the user can make a custom selection by drawing it freehand. In addition, the lasso tool can make magnetic and polygonal selections.[24]
Typing
*Show Example: MAGNETIC LASSO
Photoshop also provides tools for adding and editing text. The type tools create an area where text can be entered, and the type mask tools create a selection area that has the shape of text.[24] The type tool creates vector-based text, so symbols, letters and numbers in various fonts and colors can be re-sized while maintaining the same resolution.[29]
Retouching
There are several tools that are used for retouching, manipulating and adjusting photos, such as the clone stamp, eraser, burn, dodge, smudge and blur tools.[24] The clone stamp tool samples a selected portion of an image, and duplicates it over another area using a brush that can be adjusted in size, flow and opacity.[24] The smudge tool, when dragged across part of an image, stretches and smudges pixels as if they are real paint, and the blur tool softens portions of an image by lowering the amount of detail within the adjusted area.[30] The eraser tool removes pixels from an image, and the magic eraser tool selects areas of solid color and erases them.[24] The burn and dodge tools, which are derived from traditional methods of adjusting the exposure on printed photos, have opposite effects; the burn tool darkens selected areas, and the dodge tool lightens them.
7. Class Project: Cartoonize
Take picture with camera of someone & Cartoonize them
*Show Live Example
*Tools we will be using
*eyedrop
*polygonal lasso
*paint bucket
8. Overview
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9. OBJECTIVE
Demonstrate ability of EYEDROP TOOL and cartoonize
or
Demonstrate ability of POLYGONAL LASSO with copy and paste
I use photoshop for a variety of reasons. mainly for flyers. I combine photography and photoshop for a lot of graphic design and sometimes use a 3d text program for typography.
*Show examples of recent album covers
http://www.sicill.bandcamp.com
2. What is Photoshop?
[From Wikipedia.org]
Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems.
File format
Photoshop files have default file extension as .PSD, which stands for "Photoshop Document.
The .PSD file format can be exported to and from Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects, to make professional standard DVDs and provide non-linear editing and special effects services, such as backgrounds, textures, and so on, for television, film, and the web.
3. Uses of photoshop
Website Design
Photography
Marketing Graphics
3D Work
Motion Graphics
Animation
Typography
Print Design
Illustration
Image Editing & Manipulation
4. Bad examples of photoshop
example 1
http://www.boredpanda.com/worst-photoshop-mistakes/
example 2
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/52-worst-photoshop-mistakes-in-magazines/
5. Great examples of photoshop
Example 1
http://psd.fanextra.com/articles/50-super-inspiring-photoshop-masterpieces/
Example 2
http://www.designresourcebox.com/inspiring-photoshop-creations-35-examples/
Example 3 (Album Covers)
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/03/35-beautiful-music-album-covers/
6. Photoshop toolbox
[Wikipedia.org]
Tools
Upon loading Photoshop, a sidebar with a variety of tools with multiple image-editing functions appears to the left of the screen. These tools typically fall under the categories of cropping and slicing; drawing; painting; measuring and navigation; selection; typing; and retouching.[24] Some tools contain a small triangle in the bottom right of the toolbox icon. These can be expanded to reveal similar tools.
Cropping and Slicing
The crop tool can be used to select a particular area of an image and discard the portions outside of the chosen section. This tool assists in creating a focus point on an image and excluding unnecessary or excess space.
*Show Example: CROP
The "slice" and slice select tools, like the crop tool, are used in isolating parts of images. The slice tool can be used to divide an image into different sections, and these separate parts can be used as pieces of a web page design once HTML and CSS are applied.[27] The slice select tool allows sliced sections of an image to be adjusted and shifted.[27]
Drawing
Photoshop includes a few versions of the pen tool. The pen tool creates precise paths that can be manipulated using anchor points.[24] The freeform pen tool allows the user to draw paths freehand, and with the magnetic pen tool, the drawn path attaches closely to outlines of objects in an image, which is useful for isolating them from a background.[28]
Measuring and Navigation
The eyedropper tool selects a color from an area of the image that is clicked, and samples it for future use.[24] The hand tool navigates an image by moving it in any direction, and the zoom tool enlarges the part of an image that is clicked on, allowing for a closer view.[24]
Selection
*Show Example: EYEDROP
The marquee tool can make selections that are single row, single column, rectangular and elliptical.[24] Once an area of an image is highlighted, the move tool can be used to manually relocate the selected piece to anywhere on the canvas.[24] The lasso tool is similar to the marquee tool, however, the user can make a custom selection by drawing it freehand. In addition, the lasso tool can make magnetic and polygonal selections.[24]
Typing
*Show Example: MAGNETIC LASSO
Photoshop also provides tools for adding and editing text. The type tools create an area where text can be entered, and the type mask tools create a selection area that has the shape of text.[24] The type tool creates vector-based text, so symbols, letters and numbers in various fonts and colors can be re-sized while maintaining the same resolution.[29]
Retouching
There are several tools that are used for retouching, manipulating and adjusting photos, such as the clone stamp, eraser, burn, dodge, smudge and blur tools.[24] The clone stamp tool samples a selected portion of an image, and duplicates it over another area using a brush that can be adjusted in size, flow and opacity.[24] The smudge tool, when dragged across part of an image, stretches and smudges pixels as if they are real paint, and the blur tool softens portions of an image by lowering the amount of detail within the adjusted area.[30] The eraser tool removes pixels from an image, and the magic eraser tool selects areas of solid color and erases them.[24] The burn and dodge tools, which are derived from traditional methods of adjusting the exposure on printed photos, have opposite effects; the burn tool darkens selected areas, and the dodge tool lightens them.
7. Class Project: Cartoonize
Take picture with camera of someone & Cartoonize them
*Show Live Example
*Tools we will be using
*eyedrop
*polygonal lasso
*paint bucket
8. Overview
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9. OBJECTIVE
Demonstrate ability of EYEDROP TOOL and cartoonize
or
Demonstrate ability of POLYGONAL LASSO with copy and paste
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