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- Class 8//Last Class
In our last class we will review the final poster assignment and turn in our CD’s and a disk with all the final assignments. I have one more demo to provide on the Vanishing point filter.
- class 7// Almost there
Hard to believe are final class is next week! As I scurry to add more knowledge to you knowledge base before you jump off the deep end we’ll cover some hidden gems
Our last assignment will be an 8.5 x 1 poster based on your CD cover.
- Class 6//additional info - spot channels tutorial and notes
Channel tutorials
Not much out there on channels - but these two cover the basic things to remember
http://www.planetphotoshop.com/working-with-spot-color-channels.html
Using a channel to isolate complex edge such as hair
http://www.youthedesigner.com/2008/03/10/adobe-photoshop-cs3-tutorials-extract-complex-shapes/
For the CD template click here
Actual CD template
From our class demo we started with a color file with multiple layers– then we converted that to gray scale WITHOUT merging [...]
- Class 6//Channels - a mystery solved
Today’s class will include a demo of channels in use as a method of creating spot colors and highly crafted selections. Channels are a highly accurate way to manipulate images and create accurate selections.
- Class 5// Layer Effects and styles the extended version
So far we have covered the following: Color correction, Resolution, Layer compositing, Masks and clipping groups. Today we will get more in-depth with Layer styles.
In class we will cover layer styles and the styles palette layer style blending options, copying and pasting layer styles.
Our next assignment is CD cover
Project Parameters: CD cover — use the [...]
- Class 4//Banner design
Web Banner- yipee
Specifications for web banner : 730 px x 90 px
Format: gif
Maximun file size: 32K
Color: 256, Web color palette
In Class demo on web and optimization
Definition: GIF, short for Graphics Interchange Format is a file format for storing graphical images up to 256 colors. It uses LZW compression which is a lossless compression method. Until [...]
