In Class Assignment 01 PS

Create a drawing.

1. On paper create a black and white drawing.

2. Recreate your picture digitally, make a new file in Ps, RGB mode, 8.5" by 11" at 72dpi.

3. Recreate your drawing with the painting tools.

4. Try to recreate your drawing using the other tools from the tool bar with out using any of the painting tools.

5. Compare the two, remember it takes time to get used to manipulating the mouse.
The skills here will be used for future projects.

That is all...

Professor Ellis

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In Class Assignment 01 Written component

Please complete the following before class on Monday and have it posted to the blog with you response. 

1. What is Photoshop?


2. List 10 things that you can do with photoshop.


3. Professions that would use photoshop to complete their work.


4. Tool panel overview:

• Name a type of selection tool
• What does the move tool do and what is it's hot key?
• What is the hot key for the eyedropper tool and what does that tool do?
• What does the eraser tool do?
• What tool creates straight, angled, or radial gradients, what is it's hot key?
• When might you use the brush tool?
• What is the difference between vector and raster?
• What is the difference between aliased and anti aliased?

Also please watch the 2nd video at CTRLPAINT.COM  complete the brush exercise and post it to the blog.Thanks, you are all marvelous...


Professor Ellis