Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Characteristics of Noir Movies/Exercise

VISUALS
• No weapons for safety for creative reasons
• All visuals are made using safety involved
•  Shadows, silhouettes, cigarettes, fog, smoky


STORY LINE
• Hollywood Crime Drama
• Detective
• Romance gone bad


Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Mid Term Thursday April 23

QUICK KEYS TEST
Quick Mask (Q)
Grid on/off (Com + ')
Eye dropper ( I )
Toggle Fore/Back ground color ( X )
Move Tool ( V )
Marquee Tool ( M )
Magic Wand ( W )
Invert Selection ( Com + Shift + I )
New Layer (Com + Shift + N )
Size of Text ( Com + Shift + {< + >})
Deselect ( Com + D )
Select All ( Com + A )
Change Size of Brush ( [ or ] )
Shape Tool ( U )
Subtract Selection ( Option )
Add to Selection ( Shift )
Healing Brush Tool ( J )
Change Screen Mode ( F )
Transform ( Com + T )
Group Layers ( Com + G )
Direct Selection Tool ( A )
Zoom In / Out ( Com + { + or - } )

MIDTERM SKILLS TEST
Copy the example on screen as closely as you can using 
1. Nondestructive masks
2. Blending modes
3. Adjustment layers if needed 
4. Label layers.

Set up document according to instructions
1. Size
2. Resolution
3. Color Mode