Top 10 Photoshop Tools/Shortcuts / Zombie Extra Credit

Learning Target: Review basic tools and shortcuts used in Photoshop projects.  This will also be used as part of your Final Portfolio project.

Why: To create a document/resource of your Top 10 tools/shortcuts used while we've worked in Photoshop this semester.

We're wrapping up our time in Photoshop this week.

TO DO: 

• Finish Text Splash??
• PS Tools - NEW (See Below)
• Extra Credit: Zombie Project (see end of post)

Assignment: FAVORITE PHOTOSHOP TOOLS/SHORTCUTS

• Create a new Photoshop document (11" wide by 9" tall)
• Need a title somewhere in the document
• Need a picture of your favorite or most-often-used shortcut or tool
• Use the snipping tool to cut out the buttons
• Add the name of each tool AND a brief description of what the tool does
• Use a creative but readable font
• Include a nice background
• Spelling counts!
• Save room on the page to add more tools from InDesign and/or Illustrator!

Examples:

EXTRA CREDIT:  Zombie Project!

Start:  

• Find a scary, high quality background photo (2MP or larger)
• Cut out a person (yourself or Google image) and place on background (must be a real photograph, not a drawing or cartoon)
• Find other photos of scars, weird mouth, blood,  etc.
• Check tutorial for ideas and how to change skin color
• Blend any objects into your project - see tutorial for help

Tutorial Link (use for ideas, you do not need to follow the entire tutorial): Zombie Tutorial

My Tips/Details about the Tutorial:

• Step #1
• Use the quick selection tool instead of the pen tool
• Click on "refine edge" = "select and mask" and then Output > New layer"
• Step #9
• "Blending Mode" is the drop down menu right above your last layer; it probably says "Normal" right now.
• Save as a .psd and as a .jpeg. Post the .jpeg to Google Classroom #zombietutorial.