In class Mon Feb 21st

*Flash Drive Test on Wednesday!

Example: Worth 1000


Photoshop Basics 1
- Starting the Program / Quit
- Opening a file
- Save / Save As a file
- Windows
- File --> New

* File Types

- File Types
---- Photoshop = .PSD = working file, the one you keep forever

-- End Product Files
---- JPEG = .JPG = web and email (Flickr) file
---- GIFF = .GIF = web file
---- TIFF = .TIF = full quality print file
---- Portable Document File = .PDF = compressed print file


- Image size / Canvas size
- Preferences
- History / Undo function
- Foreground/Background Color
- Eyedropper




in class Assignment: Dada CD cover

1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random... ”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop to put it all together.

5 - Create 4 different Album Covers

6- Hand them in to Joe




















Work on Assignment