Photoshop Chapter 4 Lesson

In this lesson I learned how to make specific areas of an image active and the rest of the image non-active. I also learned how to move certain parts of an image to another area and duplicate sections of a photography. To make steps easier I learned keyboard and mouse combinations. To move an object in the image I learned how to use to arrow keys and also how to deselect and area. Another thing I learned was how to rotate an object in an image, erase pixels, and combine tools to make certain actions.

(G) use time management techniques to develop and maintain work schedules and meet deadlines; and

Learn about how to manage their time in order to made work schedules and not be late.

(C) use graphic software to create and modify images;

Use computer to make images or edit images.

Photoshop Chapter 3 Lesson

In this lesson I learned how to retouch and repair photographs. The new tools that I learned how to use are the clone stamp, spot healing brush, and healing patch. I also further learned how to undo mistakes that I may have made and use the history palette to backtrack. I also learned how to make changes look natural by using layers. The last thing that I learned in this lesson is how to use snapshots to save earlier states of a project.

(G) use time management techniques to develop and maintain work schedules and meet deadlines; and

Learn about how to manage their time in order to made work schedules and not be late.

(C) use graphic software to create and modify images;

Use computer to make images or edit images.

Photoshop Chapter 2 Lesson

In this lesson I learned how to change an image’s resolution and size, crop an image and straighten it, adjust the tonal range of an image, remove color cast from an image using Auto Color correction, adjust the saturation and brightness of an image, use the sponge and dodge tool, apply the Unsharp-Mask filter and save an image file for use in a page-layout program.

(G) use time management techniques to develop and maintain work schedules and meet deadlines; and

Learn about how to manage their time in order to made work schedules and not be late.

(C) use graphic software to create and modify images; Use computer to make images or edit images.

Photoshop Chapter 1 Lesson

In this lesson I learned how to simply open photoshop, use several of the tools in the toolbox, access hidden tools, zoom in and out on an image, work on one specific area of an image, insert text onto an image, draw on an image, undo mistakes I may have made and use the different parts of photoshop.

(C) use graphic software to create and modify images;

Use computer to make images or edit images.

(H) complete his/her work according to established criteria.

Have all work finished by the due date and meet the teacher’s standards.

Vector vs. Raster

Raster- the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor.

Vector- geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon(s), which are all based upon mathematical equations, to represent images in computer graphics. The image uses plot points instead of pixels.

Bitmap- an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels.

Anti-aliasing- a process that smooths edges during the scanning capture process so that there is a more gradual pixel change than that which is being captured. The result is the final scanned image looks like the original rather than having a sharp contrast causing jagged lines.

Portable Document Format (PDF)- a file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document exchange. It is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system.

AI- Adobe Illustrator Artwork is a proprietary file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing single-page vector-based drawings in either the EPS or PDF formats.

SVG- Scalable Vector Graphics is an XML specification and file format for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and dynamic (interactive or animated).

Adobe Photoshop- a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems. It is the current and primary market leader for commercial bitmap and image manipulation, and is the flagship product of Adobe Systems. It has been described as “an industry standard for graphics professionals” and was one of the early “killer applications” on the Macintosh.

“Save link as”- when you save an html source as a graphic

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pixel dimensions: 986pixels by 1015pixels

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Images

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File type: JPEG Image

Site: http://images.allmoviephoto.com/2006_The_U.S._vs._John_Lennon/2006_us_vs_john_lennon_003.jpg

This assignment taught me about images and the properties that go along with them. I learned what makes an image clear or blurry. I also learned how to apply my computer skills to a certain assignment and how to follow directions and a certain criteria correctly. I learned some digital image terms such as megapixels and resolution.

(H) complete his/her work according to established criteria.

Have all work finished by the due date and meet the teacher’s standards.

(C) identify and apply science principles used in computer technology. Incorporate science into computer technology

Pictures From The Web: Christmas Break

This past Christmas was a lot of fun. I went to several Christmas parties of friends. On Christmas Eve I attended midnight mass which was very joyful. Christmas morning is always the most exciting day of all. I love waking up to the smell of hot chocolate and chocolate fudge that my mom makes and then seeing so many presents under the Christmas tree. It is such a magical day because my family can all be happy together. I got pretty much every gift that I wanted. My biggest gift was a brand new, hot pink, 16GB ipod.

I got to spend more time with my boyfriend over the break than I normally do. We went ice skating and made cute little gingerbread men.

An ongoing tradition that my family has had every year since I have been born is going to the Trail of Lights in Zilker Park. Unfortunately this year is was insanely crowded and it was hard to walk around the trail and see the lights since it was packed so full of people. None the less I still had a lot of fun.

I wish it had been a little colder this year. Seventy to eighty degree weather just doesn’t seem like Christmas to me.

The day after Christmas I flew to Alabama and Arkansas to visit family which was a lot of fun. It was my first time to fly alone which was a wonderful experience.

The most wonderful thing I did this Christmas was adopt a family for National Honors Society. The family was a cafeteria worker from McCallum raising her three grandchildren who are all in middle school. Her husband had just gotten laid off from work so they were only living on her salary. Mr. Ferguson helped up raise money to buy them gifts, a one-hundred gift card to H.E.B. and a one-hundred and fifty gift card to Target. Seeing the joy in their eyes when we gave them their gift was so moving. I am so glad that I was able to help someone else over the holidays.

New Technology 1

A new car has been invented, the Hermes Smart Fortwo which has the lowest CO2 emissions of any other car. It is very compact and is offered in several different colors. It is efficient. It costs however, $48,500 since it is so new.

I believe that this car and others like it will hopefully lead to Americans getting away from their oil addiction and instead driving in cars that do not harm the environment. If more cars like this are made and possibly made more cost efficient the global crisis might be solved for good.

Computer Application Review

1. Window E- opens my computer.

2. When file naming only use underscores, spaces, letters, and numbers; NOTHING ELSE!

3. Firefox is the internet browser you should always use.

4. Files should be sorted by title, size, date, etc.

5. Discs use lasers .

6.Napster is a large pirating site.

7.Pirating is ILLEGAL but pirates don’t often get caught or arrested.

8.Sharing files or parts of files for free is also illegal.

9.It is pretty good to assume that anything on YouTube is legal and has been approved.

10.Chain e-mails are BAD!

11.You should always have a subject in the subject line of e-mails.

12.You should not send mass- forward emails because it is annoying.

13.BCC stands for blind carbon copy.

14.CC stands for carbon copy.

15.You should have your e-mail address, name, and class as your auto signature on e-mails.

16.Adds go along with e-mails.

17.You are not supposed to rely to a carbon copy.

18.No one else knows besides you and the sender that you received a BCC e-mail.

19.You should save things to your “Home Drive” not the “Shared Drive”.

20.You should always pick an application to open files with.

Email Quiz

1. should- The subject line is important so that the recipient knows what the email is mainly about before they even open it and can determine if they do in fact want to open the email or not.

2. shouldn’t- You want to protect the privacy of your friends therefore you want to hide all of the email addresses so that the whole world doesn’t have access to everyone else’s email address.

3. shouldn’t- Not everyone that received the email necessarily needs to hear from you and they might not even know that you received the email and have any idea who you are or even care.

4. should- The “cc” field lets the recipient know that they received a copy and do not need to reply.

5. shouldn’t- When you receive an email in the “bcc” field no one else even knows that you received the email so it would be silly to reply to people.

6. should- It is important to always include your email address and name so that the recipient easily knows who you are and how to reply to you.

7. shouldn’t- Sending mass emails to everyone you know is just annoying and pointless. Not everyone in your address book wants to receive a certain email.

8. shouldn’t- Expecting supernatural things to happen due to sending an email is simply ridiculous. Enough said.

9. shouldn’t- Sending tons of emails with tons of pictures takes up a MASSIVE amount of space on not only your computer but everyone else’s computers and their friends computers etc.

10. should- It is courteous to be respectful of your friends privacy. Just think…would you want people you don’t even know having YOUR address?