Photoshop Masks

1.Copy Picture On To Second Picture By Dragging Layer On
2.Transform Picture (Ctrl+T) To Resize Picture.Zoom Out If Transformation Handles Aren't Visable. (Shift+Transform) To Make A Square. When Finished Transforming, Press Enter.
3.Click Mask On The Layers Palette
4.Paint With Black To Remove, Left Bracket To Make Brush Smaller, Right = Bigger
5. Hard Brush For Hard Objects
6.Soft Brush For Blending With Low Opacity 

Photoshop Review

Space Bar, Hand tool, Navagation Tool to navigate.
Default Colors are Black and White, small box to reset
Selections are necessary
Shift to add, Alt to subtract, Ctrl + D to deselect, Ctrl + Shift + I to invert selection
Alt + Del to fill
Ctrl + click thumbnail to select all selections in that layer
Name Layers
Duplicate layers for backup

How to Make a Drop Shadow

Create text using text tool
Copy layer
Rasterize both layers
Lock Trancparency of one of the layers
Edit > fill (with black)
Unlock Transparency of the layer
Use filter menu > blur > gaussian blur and change the amount of blur to your own liking
Reduce opacity
Move layer below original layer (so "shadow" is below plain text)
Move text slightly below and to the left

How to Make a Blapple

Quick Selection Tool to select background
Polygonal Selection Tool to select stem
Invert selection (Shift+Ctrl+I)
Layer Adjustment and change Hue/Saturation

Photoshop

To save selection, Select Menu and "Save Selection"
To change hue and saturation "Crtl + U"
"Space" for Hand Tool
"Crtl + Space"  = Zoom In
"Alt + Space" = Zoom Out
"Shift" = Add Selection
"Ctrl" = Remove Selection
"Shift+Ctrl+I" = Invert Selection
Blur Menu and Gaussian = Shadow
Select object and move to backround
To get selection back : "Ctrl" + Click Thumbnail
Shift Click to select multiple layers
To edit background layer, doulbe click and rename
To fill, "Alt" +"Del"
To rechoose a selection "Ctrl" + Click Thumbnail of layer
Turn each layer off to find problems
NAME LAYERS PROPERLY

Harmony

This picture shows harmony. It flows from the land to the water and also shows balance between the man made gate and the nartural scenery

Rhythm

The white fence continues and creates rhythm, which causes an allusion of movement.

Proportion

This shows proportion in the comparison between the boy and the gorilla. The gorilla is usually seen as the larger of the two, but the difference may cause intrest to be viewed.

Emphasis

This shows emphasis, because when viewing the picture attention is immediatly drawn to the red text due to the extreme contrast to its surrondings.

Symmetry

If you were to cut this image in half, either horizontally or vertically, the image will remain the same.

Asymmerty

This clearly shows asymmetry. The viewer can clearly determine that the tree on the right is larger than the 3 on the left causing difference in the art.

Colour

This picture is a great example of colour, because, while it displays all of the colours in the spectrum, it also shows how well they all blend

Texture

This brick texture could give the viewer an idea of what the picture may feel like. In this case, the feeing is rough.

Shape

This is an example of shape in design. The image is made up of mainly squares which represent honesty and stability.

Line

This picture shows line well because it shows the many different forms lines can take, from curved to straight.

Has anyone noticed

That the word "blog" sounds like something that lives at the bottom of a lake?

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THIS IS A BLOG