Photoshop Fun


RIGGS STUDENT'S WORK!!!!-CLICK ON EACH PICTURE TO ENLARGE

Wesley         Zach           Elizabeth      Elizabeth


 Elizabeth (Morgan-Shali-Kami) Kaitlynn       Carson


Dalton           Eric              Jackson      Wesley


Wesley          Morgan             Eric         Wesley
Josh                    Xavier                Bob                Amin           


Isaac               Constance         Madison             Robert


Bastian             Jack                   Nyah                  Patrick   


Arthur                 Tristain





 

 


Pumpkin Head Demonstration:  CLICK HERE

 

TEACHER DEMONSTRATION:  Put Bob’s Head in the Pumpkin
   
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STUDENTS:  Try putting your head (my head), in the Pumpkin

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FLY OVER THE MISSOURI RIVER using a PATH:

  Making a Path around an object  PATH DIRECTIONS

      
Matt                                Background                 =             Matt Flies
       
     

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PUT YOURSELF ON A ROCK

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        Bob For Rock 
                  Big Rock                       Bob on the Rock

Working with LAYERS to make Posters, Web Page Banners, and Collages

          WEBSITE Banner Examples

 

 

 

 


 
Collage Example- Same directions as the website banners

     

Greeting Card: Start with a NEW PAGE- File NEW

Set the dimension of the banner to 7 inches by 5 Inches


 

Here are a couple of clip art examples for the Post Card

            

These will be saved for the demonstration, and inserted into the Card

Open the clip art pictures above, and make a path (using the magic wand, or create a new path and outline)

 

It should look like this:

 

 

 

COLLAGE: Start with a NEW PAGE- File NEW
  Set the dimension of the Collage to 10 inches by 8 inches
  Set the Dimension of a Poster to 8 Inches by 10 Inches
      or 10 Inches by 8 Inches for Landscape
Here are some picture assets that will be used to create a Web Banner
    NOTE: the same technique used for a banner will be used to make a collage or poster
 

  

                                  
Make sure the 
Canvas is not Maximized (Needs a double square in the top right corner)
    Choose Layers tab to see the layers (If layers isn’t available, choose Windows [top bar]
à choose Layers)
    Change Layer 1 to Background (double click on it)

Add a color or a gradient color (To use a gradient, right click on the Paint Bucket and Choose Gradient Tool)

 

To make a gradient, Choose two colors from the tool bar (foreground and background)

 

DRAW a line across the SCREEN- Either Horizontal, Vertical or diagonal, or a combination of each:

 

RESULTS with the Black and Red Colors:


Open a Second Picture such as the Pot of Gold

Use the Magic Wand or the Path Tool to select ONLY the
   POT OF GOLD

With the Magic Wand, select the outside area of the POT
Then choose SELECT (menu bar) and then Inverse


 


                                    Select- Inverse, Selects the POT



            
 


   

Go to Windows Explorer and open one of the pictures from the USB project-
      or use your own pictures

Right click on the picture of choosing, and choose Open With
      Choose Photoshop
Choose
 Image-Image Size- Resize to about 480 Width

Choose the Magnify Tool- Right click on Picture
   and choose  Fit on Screen

 

Feathering the picture before you drag it:
Select the picture with the select tool- Rectangular or Oval select
   Make the color selection BLACK
   Choose Select – Feather
          type 10- make the secondary color black
   Choose Select-Inverse-Choose the delete key
      The more times you press the delete key, the more feather you get

   Choose Select -Inverse to re-select picture (and not outside the picture)
      Drag the picture to the Background that was created

 

Make a new layer- bottom -2nd from the right

Choose the move tool and move it over to the Canvas

Choose the Text Tool- Change font and type a banner
    Gouty Stout is a nice font

Double click to the right side of the text layer and
     Choose Bevel and Drop Shadow
 

 

 

Another Example showing the layers



Add more pictures to the collage

SAVE the collage as a PSD (Photoshop format that keeps all the layers for editing later)

To print the picture at a Wal-Mart or Walgreen: 
    Do a Save AS and then change the file type to JPG
    Save the picture as a JPG- Save it with an 11 or 12 quality for printing.