Classes 1 and 2

Class One
Learned about our projects and what we will be doing for the class.

Class Two

In Photoshop we went through

1. Image resizing 
2. Transform Tool 
3. Actions 

So image resizing is when you use the transform tool to resize images within photoshop via scaling the image either up or down. If one holds the shift key down while resizing, the image will resize equally.

Actions were pretty new to me. And awesome. So this is where one can create a range of motions, almost like a dance move, that one would like to apply within an image numerous times.

How is this done? One makes sure the window for actions is open. In the corner of the actions window is a tiny menu tab, that when pressed, shows a menu including "new action..." Which is what you choose.
Name your new action, and then at the bottom of the action window make sure the red tab is on (circle tab) and create your action - you can scale, filter, color, etc - Then when you are finished you press stop the square tab. You can now apply your action as many times as you want by pressing the play tab :)

More Tricks and Tips

1. See layers as elements - like papers on top of one another
2. Make sure you use high resolution (pixels per inch) files - especially for print
3. Use quick mask (the camera under the two color squares on the side bar) to paint out areas - should be pink - then when exiting quick mask, that area pinked out becomes a marquee of sorts, and can be copied and pasted.

I created the hearts by creating a new action. I then moved the hearts around. An image of a car was pulled of the internet. The car was pinked out with a brush using quick mask, then quick mask was left, and the marquee surrounding the car was used to copy and paste the car into this image. Opacity changes were used, as well as filters, and the transform tool on the car.