Semi-transparent type tutorial

Step 1: Open the image of your choice. Press the letter T to get to the Type tool and enter your text.

Step 2: Put a selection around your text. Hide your type layer by clicking the eye icon. Click on your image layer.

Step 3: Press Apple + J. Add your drop shadow, inner shadow, and inner glow effect using your layer styles.

Step 4: Drag your original type layer into the trash.

Painting Away Color Tutorial

original

non- original
Step 1: Open the image you would like work on.

Step 2: Click on the brush tool. In the options bar switch the Blend Mode to color. Change your foreground color to black.

Step 3: From the brushes palette, choose a medium sized soft- edged (0%) hardness brush.

Step 4: Start painting. As you paint, the color will disappear leaving your image in grayscale. 

Shadow In Motion

Step 1: Tap the letter "D" to change your foreground color to black. Hold down the options key and press the delete key. Type your text using a medium gray color.(666666)

Step 2: Duplicate your type layer by using the Apple + J shortcut. Rasterize your layer

Step 3: Go under the filter menu, under pixelate., choose fragment. Run this filter two more times by using the Apple+F shortcut.

Step 4: Press Apple+T. In the options bar change the width+ height to 130%.

Step 5: Click on your original type layer and rasterize it. Click on the top layer and press Apple+E to merge the two layers.

Step 6: To colorize checkbox and make the hue slider to the color you'd like.

Photoshop Shortcuts

Apple+ U - Hue and Saturation

Apple+ T- Free Transformer

Options +Delete- Change the color of image to your foreground color

Apple+ J- Duplicate Layer

Apple +E- Merge

Apple +F- Run the last filter

Apple +S- Save

Apple+ A- Select All

Apple +V-  Paste 

Apple + C- Copy

Apple + Z- Undo 

Apple + X- Cut

Apple + C- Copy

Apple +N- New Document

Apple +D - Deselect

Publishing News and Entertainment

The media industry has exerted enormous influence on society for many years even before the invention if radio, movies, and television. Printed information from newspaper, magazines, and books were a powerful force in shopping how people think and behave. Broadcast media are even more powerful than printed publications because they can reach more people and reach them faster. The internet has added a new dimension to media industry.

Webzines

Webzines are also called e-magazines, e-zines, or just zings. A webzine is a magazine that is published on the web for a wide range if renders. Some webzines are online versions of traditional printed magazines, but others are available only online. Some have a large, general readership, but others are read almost exclusively by people who share a profession, a hobby or some other interest.

Blogs

Blogs short for Web logs, have quickly swept through the internet as an easy way to publish your journal. Be aware, anyone can read your entries and at times, comment on the entries. The author of a blog is called a blogger. 

New Media Poster

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Quote 7

                         An Intelligent Enemy Is Better Than Stupid Friend

 

I feel that is good  to have a intelligent friend because, that person will always have something for you to wonder about. Such as if they tell you that they have something that will surprise you and that person is pretty intelligent than you will be worrying about what they are going to do. However, let's say this person was not intelligent at all but rather stupid than you wouldn't be worrying about anything so technically you won't be learning anything if that person was stupid.

     I feel that it is not good to have a stupid friend because, that persons personality or there stupidity can always rub on you if you are not careful and you are around that person all the time. Such as if you are with this person and the enemy that you have (intelligent person) say they are out to get or have something that they are planning on doing to you you're stupid friend will not be able to help you do anything. So when you choose your friends you should always make sure you choose them wisely. Also make sure that when you have a enemy that person is not stupid or if they are you won't have anything to worry about. 

Holiday Card Project

1. What is Holiday Card Project?

The purpose of the Holiday Card Project is to create holiday cards for people who hospitalized during the holiday season. The idea behind the project is to simply try to bring little cheer to those who are undergoing hospital stay.

2. Exactly who receives the cards?

The cards will be distributed to both US and international hospitals. THe cards will be delivered in person by a representative. The patient who receives the cards age in range from children to seniors and have illness or injuries that vary from mild to terminal.

3. What should I write in the a card?

You can be as creative as you'd like. Just remember the degree of these for patients will vary so it is important to be cheerful. Some suggested greetings include " Hope you're feeling better," Thinking of You," or " Have a nice Day.' Try to stay away from " Get Well Soon"as it might not be appropriate for all patients. Remember to include a message of Happy Holidays." 

4. Will the patients know who sent the cards?

The only way a patient will know who it is from is if you sign your name. if you would like to send your card anonymously you can.

5. Can I send more than one card?

Absolutely! However, remember that quality is better than quantity. Sending one quality card that you put time and effect into is better than sending two cards that were thrown together. 

6. Is there a specific size of medium for the card?

There is no specific size for the cards. Use your best judgement. You can design and decorate cards by drawing, cloring, or painting. You can use glitter, construction paper, cardboard, markers, crayons, colored pencils, ribbons, and etc. To make your card special you can also design your card using Photoshop. In Photoshop please use 4*6 or 5*7 for your dimension. 

Test Review

Menu Bar- at the very top of the screen.

 It has File, Edit, Image, Layer,Select, Filter,View,Window, and Help.

Options Bar- right under neath  the menu bar

 All the icons on the options bar depend on which tool you are on.

Tool Bar- on the left hand side of the screen

 The tool bar has all the tools you need to do what ever you are doing on photoshop.

Layers Palette- on the right hand side of the screen 

 This shows all your layers and any thing that you would like to do on that layer or if you want to add a layer or even delete a layer.

Homework #3 Due 11/3/08

 Bring in 1 example of the outer glow effect. Your example can not be printed from the internet.

Homework #2

Due 10-29-08

 Bring in 2 examples of the stroke effect. Your examples are not allowed to be printed from the internet.

Gel Type Tutorial

Step 1- Choose your font, size and color.

Step 2- Type your word

Step 3- Make a new layer

Step 4- In your layers palette, Apple+Click your type layer to put the marching ants' around the text.

Step 5- Go around the select menu, under modify, and choose contract. When the contract dialog appears, enter 2 pixels, and click ok, then press option+delete to fill your contracted selection.

Step 6- Deselect by pressing apple+D. Duplicate this layer by dragging it to the new layer icon. Go under the filter menu, under Blur and choose Gussian Blur. When the dialog box appears, enter 3 pixels, and click ok.

Step 7- Choose bevel and emboss from the layers styles pop-up menu at the bottom of the layers palette.
->Style=Emboss
->Depth=300
->Size=12
->Highlight Opacity= 100%
->Shadow Mode=Color Dodge
->Shadow Mode Opacity=40%
->Black Color Switch=White (click ok)

Step 8= In the layers palette click on the eye icon beside the back round layer to hide it. Then choose merge visible from the palettes drop down menu. Choose drop shadow from thestyeles menu and click ok. Click on back round layer to cover it.

HomeWork#1 7-1/7-2

 Due 10/27/08

 Bring in 2 examples of the drop shadow effect. Your examples are not allowed to be printed from the internet.

Ec 1 Matrix

Step#1- Press "D" on your Keyboard to set the background swatch with black. Press the letter "X" to swap swatches. Hold down apple key. and press delete. 

Step#2- Type your text. Hold down the control key and click on the text layer. Choose Rasterize.

Step#3-  Make a duplicate of your rasterize layer. Go under the filter layer and click blur. Choose motion blur. When the dialog box appears set the angle to 0, and increase the distance of blur to 39 pixels. click ok. 

Step#4- Make a duplicate of your original rasterize layer. Go under the filter menu, under blur, and choose motion blur. When the dialog appears, set the angle to 90, and the distance of blur to 80 pixels. Click ok.

Photoshop Tools

1. Marquee Tool: Rectangular, elliptical, single column, and single row are all marquees 

They are used to put a selection or marching ants around an image.

   square tool 

2. Move Tool: used to move a layer you can use the mouse or the arrow keys to move layers

 This tool is a black small mouse

3. Gradient Tool: used to create gradients. A gradient is a smooth transition from one color to another.

   This tool is that looks like a transition from one color to another

4. Paint Bucket Tool: This tool enables you to paint large areas at once 

     This tool looks just like paint bucket 

5. Horizontal Type Tool: This tool is used to put text into an image. 

   this tool is a upper case T

6. Vertical Type Tool: This tool is used to put text into an image. It will write vertical.

This tool looks a upper case T with an arrow going vertical next to it.

7. Custom Shape Tool: With this tool you can create a custom shape in your image. You can choose from standard or imported shapes.

This tool looks like a blob of paint splattered

8. Hand Tool: This tool allows you to move your canvas/stage around

   This tool looks like a hand 

9. Zoom Tool: This tool is used to zoom in and out of your image

 This tool looks like a small magnify glass

10. Eyedropper Tool: with this tool you can set your foreground color. In your image, click on the color you want to have.

  This tool looks like an eyedropper.

Computer Scavenger Hunt

1. What does DVD stand for? How may DVD formats are available?

Digital Versatile Disc. There are 6 DVD formats.

2. What is a dingbat?

 Special characters like stars, hands arrows, and geometric shapes you can use to decorate a document. A collection of dingbats id found in popular font called Wingdings. 

........lssh..........

9. What do they the suit that cleanroom technicians must wear while making computer chips?

10. What does modem mean anyway?

A modem is a device or program that enables a computer to transmit data over, for example, telephone of cable lines.

11. I think the person who coined these computers terms must have been hungry?

What is a bit? 

A bit is the smallest unit  of data in a computer.

How many bits are in a byte?

A bit has a single binary value, either 0 or 1

  How many nibbles are in a byte?

Half a byte (four bits) is called a nibble.

12. The ARPANET'S development began in 1966. It was an experiment to connect university so they could share information. What do we call this today?

We call this the internet and 304 million people have this today.

13. In what year was the first World- Wide Web software created by Tim Berners- Lee?

Tim Berner- Lee developer. First Web is nxoc01.cern.ch, launched in Nov. 1990 and later renamed ifo.cern.ch. 

14. Project Gutenberg puts on the Internet public domain literature and information. What was the first document posted?

 A friendly dissuasion from this yeilding the first posting of a document in electronic text, and Project Gutenberg was born as Michael stated that he had "earned" the $100,000,000 because a copy of the Declaration of  independence would eventually be an electronic fixture in the computer libraries of 100,000,000 of the computer users of the future.

15. When were floppy disk introduced?

 In 1970 the eight inch floppy disk frive was introduced by IBM.

16. How many megabytes of data can a factory made audio CD hold?

It can hold up to 650 megabytes.

17. Douglas Engelbart was a computer visionary of the 1960's. What did he invent that you find handy?

The computer mouse because that makes it easy to click on things.

18. What do the letters CD- ROM stand for?

Compact Disc- Read Only Memory

19. Name three computer peripherals.

Any external device that plugs into your computer, such as a printer, modem, scanner, or tape drive.

20. What does GUI (pro

 

Multimedia and Society

Define the following terms:

1. e- commerce- business transactions conducted over the Internet

2. B2C (business to consumer)- the use of the web to sell merchandise to retail shoppers 

3. cookies- a very small file that a web site sends to an individual computer to obtain information about the computer's users 

4. SSL ( secure socket layers)- a protocol that authenticates encrypted communication between clients and servers, and allows a user to confirm a server's identity

5. encryption- a process that scrambles the data and makes it safe to send confidential information over the Internet

6. B2B( business to business)- the e- commerce on the web between business rather than between retailers and shoppers

                                                   Topic check

1. Describe three benefits that e - commerce offers businesses.

 B2B- it makes it easier to find the best prices on supplies or allows companies to post request for bids on goods and services

B2C- if you like what you see on the images you can order it directly from the product page.

Customer Services- For customers it can be a lot faster than getting help over the phone 

2. Explain why some people have concerns regarding business and e- commerce.

People have concerns because, every time you order merchandise on the Internet, information about you and your purchase is recored. 

Internet Digital Multimedia Careers

Multimedia developments is most of ten done by teams of people. Each team member brings an area of expertise to the project. 

Research 3 multimedia careers state their job description, skill required and salaries. 

                                                             Jobs 

 1. Interface Designer

2. Multimedia Programmer

3. Multimedia Graphic Production Artist 

                            Skills

1. Design Theory

2. Page Layout

3. Interactivity

                   Description 

1. Business

2. Marketing 

3. Education

Salary

1. All Multimedia specialists may earn $30,000 to $60,000 a year, based on experience and skills

Quote 7

Knowledge is like a garden, if it is not cultivated, it can not be harvested

I think that this means when you know something such as knowledge you have to use the knowledge that you have whenever there is a chance. Also if you know the knowledge it is best to add to your knowledge or maybe you might say water your knowledge you have like a garden.

For example, I know a lot of things and if I don't use this knowledge with certain things than I can loose it. Such as I have a little sister and she doesn't know as much as i do, so i can use my knowledge to teach her what she doesn't know. A way that I can learn things or add to my knowledge is by learning new things. Such as my little sister knows or is learning spanish and she is learning french so she can use her knowledge to expand mines. So to me this quote can go both ways by learning something new or by teaching someone else something new.   

A Person Who Knows proverbs can reconcile Differences-Quote 6

I think that this means if you know many quotes and you have a problem or difference with a friend that can help you with it. Such as if I am having a problem with my friend and I think of a quote that I might have known for a very long time it can come in handy. I can think of this and it may just be able to solve my problem.

Another quote can help me too one day to solve another problem that not with a friend. Such as if I just met a person and it just so happen that they were really mean or extra rude, another quote can come in handy. I can think of this quote and it can help me to find a way to handle this situation. So to me quotes can come up helpful in a lot of ways.  

The Full speaks The Wise Person Listens-quote 5

I think that this means that a person has a problem and want to talk about with a person than that wise person could be the one for them. Such as if I had a problem and i wanted someone to talk to that wise or I might say a friend they can be that person that I want to talk to and help me with my problem.

  Another example is that maybe that wise or that friend that listened to me one day the y need me to listen to them. Then I could be the wise person for them or the friend and listen to them and maybe even help them with their problem. So to me this quote can go either way meaning that if I have a problem than the wise person can be a help to me . Then also if my friend have a problem I can listen to them and maybe even help them with their problem that they may have. 

Carved Wood Type Tutorial

Step 1:Click on the gradient tool. In the options bar, click on the gradient thumbnail to bring up the gradient editor. When it appears double click on the left color stop. When the color picture appears, click on the custom button, then choose pantone 752 click ok.
Step 2:in the options bar click on the radial gradient icon. Using the tool, click and drag from the center to the top of the background layer Go under the filter menu, under noise, and choose add noise. Enter 12% for Amount, choose Gaussian , check Monochromatic, and click ok.
Step 3:Then, go under the filter menu, under bur, and choose motion blur. Enter 33 for angle and 10 for distance, click ok. Now go under the filter menu, under sharpen, and choose Unsharp Mask. Enter 500% for amount 9.0 pixels for radius and 1 for Threshold then click ok.
Type your text Go under the layer menu, under rasterize, and choose Type to convert your type layer into a regular image layer. Now under Brush Strokes choose Sprayed strokes Type 12 for stroke length 7 for radius, and right diagonal for direction click ok.
Step 5:Click the magic wand tool. Click once in your first letter of your word. Then go under the select menu and choose. Similar to select the rest of the letters under the select menu, choose inverse. Now press delete to remove the little chunks of white space around the letters created by the brushed strokes filter
Step 6:Go under the select menu and choose inverse. Drag your text layer into the trash to delete it press apple + J to put the selected background up on it's on layer. In the layers palette, click once on the background layer. Press apple + a, then press  delete. Press apple + d to deselect 

Step 7:Click on your text layer choose bevel and emboss from the layer styles menu at the dialog box appears, increase the depth to 400% and decrease the size to 4 increase the highlight opacity to 90% from the left side of the layer style dialog box, click on the word drop shadow to bring up it's options. Increase the size to 8, lower the opacity to 50% and click ok. 

Step 8:Choose the lasso tool. Make a thin selection in the center of each letter. Remember to hold down the shift key. Press apple + c to copy. Add a new layer press apple + v to paste. Change the layer mode from normal to color burn.

Step 9:Duplicate your new layer. Now duplicate your duplicated layer  change the layer mode from color burn to screen. Click on the move tool. Press the right arrow key twice the down arrow key once. 

Light Burst Tutorial

It is better to be Loved Than to be feared-quote 4

I think it is better to be loved than to feared because when you fear someone you don't have the time to get closer to them. Also you won't ever know how that person is or how nice they can be.
For example, if I had a friend and they were suppose to be my friend but in reality I was fearing them and they were fearing me than we would not be able to even be real friends. The reason why is because I wouldn't be myself around them and they wouldn't be there self around me. We could never be real friends because I would be acting thew way i think they want me to act and they will be acting the way they think I want them to act. So it is better for you to be loved than to be feared. I say this because, than me my friend can be the best of friends. We will be able to laugh at things, and be myself and my friend can be their self . So therefore we will be the best of friends and maybe even friends for life.

Light Burst Tutorial

Step 1: Set your foreground color to black Type your text Rasterize your type layer put a selection around your text go under the selection menu and choose save selection.
Step 2:Deselect your type switch your foreground color to white under the edit menu choose fill change the mode to multiply go under filter menu,under blur, choose Gaussian Blur Enter 2.5 pixels.
Step 3:Go under the filter menu, under stylize and choose solarize. Press shift + Apple + L to run the Auto levels Duplicate layer
Step 4:Filter menu, under Distart, choose polar to rectangular.
Step 5: Go under the image menu, under Rotate Canvas, choose 90cw. Invert your image (apple i). Filter menu, choose stylize, choose wind.

Step 6: In wind dialog choose wind for method and from the right for direction. Run this filter two more times (apple+f) twice

Step 7: Invert your image. Run auto levels. Run the wind filter 3 more times. Rotate canvas 90cw. Filter menu, distort. Choose polar coordinates.

Step 8: In polar coordinates choose rectangular to polar. Change the layer blend mode from normal to screen.

Step 9: Create a new layer. Choose a gradient. Drag your gradient through this layer. Change the blind mood to color. OPTIONAL: invert your layer 

Step 10: Click on your text layer copy. Filter menu, under blur, choose radial blur. In dialog box choose zoom. Increase the amount to 66. Click you original text layer. Select menu, load selection. Choose alpha 1. Change your foreground color to black. Deselect your text.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Warp Text Tutorial

Step 1: Use the type tool to set your type. Double click on the "T' thumbnail in your layer palette to highlight your text.

Step 2:Click the second to last icon in the Options Bar ( it has the letter "T" on it with a bent line beneath it). This brings up the Warp Text dialog box. From the dialog's Style pop-up menu, change the Style. 

Friday, September 12, 2008

A Brother/Sister is Like A Shoulder

This means to me that a sister or brother is always suppose to be there for another brother or sister. Maybe because one day someone in my class may just be upset one morning and maybe I can say something to make them happy. This could also mean that you could just lean on someone for help or maybe i might just be going through something one day and somebody could help me.

Introduction to Photoshop

• What is Photoshop?

Adobe Photoshop is a professional image editing software

• About the work area

Menu Bar- this is where you can access most of the features and commands on Photoshop. It is located at the very top of Photoshop

Options Bar-displays your tool options. it changes as different tools are selected

Tool Bar-contain all of your tools. They are used for creating and editing images

Palettes-to monitor and modify images. There are 5 palettes by default

Stage/Canvas-where the image being worked on will appear

• Layers-

The layers window shows the various layers that your image is made up of

• Selection-

There are several ways to select images or portions of images in Photoshop

Here is one basic method to do so:

1. Use the rectangular selections tool to select the area to be worked on

2. To add to a selection, hold shift before dragging 

3. To make the selection exactly square, start dragging, then hold shift 

4. You can press ctrl+ D to de select and remove the selection at any time

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

A log may stay in the water for 10 years but it will never turn to a corcadile

What this means to me is that when we believe in something that you must be as stiff as that piece of wood. It also means that, you must be strong because, when you think about it a person not going to change  what they believe in for you. So, why change yourself for them.

For Example I am one of Jehovah Witnesses so what I believe is a lot different from others. Now one day someone may tell me that I can do something for just one time it won't hurt. However, if it where them would they do what I do for just one time? I doubt it. So it won't be okay for me to do what they do for just one time. Just as well it will not be okay if they go past their believes to do something that I do.  

Knowledge is Better Than Riches

Knowledge is better than riches to me means that when you learn something it is better than getting money. I Believe that it is useful in everyday life. For Example if you had a bet with someone on how much knowledge you knew on a certain subject you would win. I believe this because if yo follow the quote before than you would because one day you  choose to learn more than to get money.

Monday, September 8, 2008

08-09 School Year

It's seems as though my goals for this year are to get to know everyone, as far as social goal. Maybe, though, my other goals are to make honors and continue to get all A's. As a result I did accomplish my goals from last year. Therefore in order to do this I always studied except for on my Vocab, I did get a B. Clearly, I didn't study for Vocab.

I believe that the benefits of attending New Media Tech Charter School is that I get to meet new people. For instance also I get to be in a new environment. Therefore last year my best subject was math. However my worst subject was vocab. Surprisingly I did get a A in Vocab last marking period.