If you have finished your Masterpiece Mashup you should turn it in to the server. Review the Masterpiece Mashup project page to make sure you have done all the requirements to earn an A. 

One of the computers in F-122 went south yesterday, no not to Missoula, it just crashed and took all the users information down with it.  If you have not recently sorted all your files and backed them up to the ghsxserve take a moment to do that now. Chances are your computer could crash someday too, but all your hard work will not be lost if you have it backed up on the server.

If you have done these two things take a look at some of the links below about digital painting. Each work station has a Wacom Bamboo tablet and they really can add a whole new element to your projects if you spend some time learning how they can be used.  

Digital painting is a way to use the Wacom tablet to create your own artrwork. Visit some of the links and follow a tutorial that is interesting to you.  





Digital Painting with a Tablet and Photoshop:


Learn all about the Brush Tool
Enhance a photo with a tablet
Easy Digital Painting in Photoshop
Character Concept Art: Drawing a Gunman

40 Fantastic Digital Painting Tutorials

Today we will learn some new techniques in Photoshop to create a miniature scene.  This is called Tilt Shift Photography and creates the illusion of making an image appear as though it is a miniature model scene.

By creating a tilt shift scene you will learn how to create layer masks and understand how they work. Also you will learn to use the gradient tool in Photoshop.

There are several tutorials we can follow to learn the same technique.  In Photoshop you will learn there are different ways of producing a desired effect, it just depends on what works for you.  I will walk you through the tutorial and show you the steps involved.  If you want to check some of these tutorials out for yourself check out the links below.

Use your brain and photoshop to produce diorama illusions on PSDTUTS.com

Fake Model Photography on Receding Hairline

Making Fake Miniature Photos on Still Scripts.com

Tilt-Shift Photography Photoshop Tutorial

I hope you enjoyed making some halloween posters yesterday and had a safe and fun halloween.  Hopefully you can swing through the sugar lows and highs during the next few days without missing a beat.

We will begin working with Photoshop in the next few weeks in Graphic Design 1. Before you begin today you will turn in your DREAM logos to the server and also your halloween posters. Take a screen shot of your DREAM logos and also your halloween poster.  Post your images onto your blog page. Write a few sentences about each project.


Now, on to photoshop....
For many of you, photoshop might be familiar and others it might be your first time. .After using Adobe Illustrator you will find the two programs have some similarities, but fundamentally they are quite different. 

Photoshop is used to create or edit raster images. Raster based images are comprised of pixels; essentially mosaics of tiny squares of different colors. If you zoom into an image as far as you possibly can in photoshop you can see the individual pixels. All digital photos are raster based images. They are on the web, your phones, iPods, digital cameras and more.  

Open Photoshop and open a few photos. Work your way through the following websites to begin to learn some of the basics. As you read through these tutorials try them using your computer and Photoshop CS4.Tutorials:

Getting Started with Photoshop: some basics you should read about.
Making Selections : How to make selections.
More on Making Selections

Here are some pictures to work with:

Animals

Plants

Bikes


Create a new photoshop document that is 8.5x11 inches. Open several photos and try selecting different items, copy and paste them into your new document. Use a different method of making a selection for each item.  Create a scene with the images you select. 

You will receive full credit (25pts)  for this assignment if you:

• Demonstrate that you can select five different objects using the selection tools and paste them into your document. 
  
• Submit a .PSD file into the PS.selections.PSD.p# folder on the server. 
  
• Create a feathered selection.
  
• Change the scale and rotate your selected objects
  
• Name your file correctly: Lastname.ps.selections.PSD
• Turn this project in on 11/2/11