- The 4 pictures are to be using the pictures found on First Class
- All of the black laptops and some of the white laptops have Photoshop
- You begin this project by making a folder within your file server folder called Nov12photoshopBarack (using your name of course)
- You now move into this folder the 4 pictures you want to use
- You cannot use pictures of another person unless he or she gives you explicit permission ... that is an important general principle
- Using the steps of IMAGE --> RESIZE --> IMAGE SIZE you need to first change the picture to be 72 DPI ("dots per inch") since that is the resolution for the Web ... other resolutions are better when printing the picture
- You will need to make sure RULERS are on using VIEW --> RULERS
- If it is not showing up in inches, then you need to change PREFERENCES under PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS
- You need to crop each picture so that the portion you want to use is 3x3 ... use the CROPPING TOOL to make a square that is a little bit bigger than 3 x 3
- To make the picture exactly 3 x 3 and trim a bit off the edges, you will be changing the CANVAS SIZE using IMAGE --> RESIZE --> CANVAS SIZE ... the icons let us decide which of the four sides to trim
- Save each of your 4 pictures in Photoshop format using an EXTENSION or SUFFIX of PSD ("photoshop document")
- Please put one of these three words on each picture -- YES WE CAN -- choosing a color that matches one color in the photo. Please put your initials on the fourth picture, again matching one color in the photo.
- Once you are ready to make your collage, start with any one of the pictures and use CANVAS SIZE not IMAGE SIZE to make a square that is 6 by 6 ... the background color is the color used when you do this ... your steps are
IMAGE --> RESIZE --> CANVAS SIZE ... you can choose for the current picture to be in any 1 of the corners
- If partially done, save as PSD
- When finally done, you will FLATTEN and save as JPEG and use MEDIUM quality
- Now post on BLOG
A Sample
Notes from RKC
Make four pictures three by three
Write in each of the first 3 pictures YES or WE or CAN followed by your initials in the 4th one
Don’t post pictures of other people on the web without their permission
Go on first class and get the four pictures you want.
You can use pictures of yourself.
In student conferences, in first class, all of the pictures are there
Take four pictures and put them on the desktop, the size of the pictures has to be three by three
Photoshop is only on some white laptops and on all the black laptops.
Ruler is a feature under view.
Resolution means how many dots there are pure inch, the resolution needs to be 72. To make a resolution of 72, go to image, resize, image size. The web only supports 72.
You need to make the picture three inches.
Cropping is a tool used to make the picture slimmer and smaller.
He wants to see the words YES WE CAN and your initials using color. You can match the color by using the eyedropper, which sucks up the color to match the color.
When you save, you are going to save it as a Photoshop document under tile 1,2,3, and 4.
To use a picture on the desktop, drag the picture to Photoshop.
OT changes the resolution, go to image, resize, image size, and then change the resolution to 72.
To make it three by three, go to rulers, and measure to three by three.
Make sure all of your tiles say yes we can, and have your initials.
To assemble your tiles, put your tiles on the file server, and put them a file1, 2, 3, and 4.
Make sure you make the canvas bigger than the tile.
If the tile is three by three, the canvas has to be six by six because it supports the tile fully.
Make sure you assemble the tiles in each corner of the canvas. Put the first one in the left corner, the second in the right corner, the third one in the bottom left corner, and the bottom right corner.