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Tutorials Page 2 Contents Foreign Language Type Convert Type To Shape Copy PDF Text/Copy & Paste from .txt files Paths & Pen Tool Paste Into Command Selecting Objects		Spring 2006 Text Book: Classic Photoshop Effects by Scott Kelby. Go to Class Notes
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		1. Foreign Language Type (Flash Movie 5:26 minutes) Shows how to utilize the built in foreign language dictionaries to spell check and apply accent marks of designated foreign language. (This is optional info for "Using One Photo as the Background and Focal Point" Chapter 1, page 2. Not a mandatory lesson.)				movie

		2. Convert Type to Shape (Flash Movie 10:44) This tutorial will show how and why you should convert copies of PostScript Type layers into Vector Shapes. Much like the "Create Outlines" command found in Adobe Illustrator. (Uses example from Mandatory Lesson 2b, "Blending a Photo into a Solid-Color Background," Retreat poster, page 21, but this type shape layer back-up applies to all lessons.)				movie

		3. Copy PDF Text (Flash Movie: 6:47 minutes) This video specifically shows you how to import the PDF text at the resolution you determine, which should be 216ppi for this particular ad. You set this resolution in the PDF Import Dialog box, which automatically appears when you try to open a PDF from the File>Open command. Use the Marquee Tool to select the black text. Use the Move Tool to drag the marqueed text into the poster. Invert the text to white by pressing Command I (Mac), Control I (PC). Use the Free Transform command to scale-down to appropriate size-the last line of text should touch vertical guides placed 3/4 inch in from the sides of the document. (This video works in conjunction with Mandatory Lesson 2a,* "Blending a Photo into a Solid-Color Background," Movie Poster with Security Guard , page 18.* Copy & Paste from .txt files (Flash Movie: 16:14 minutes) This video shows you a method to copy and paste unformatted text from the Browser window directly into Photoshop. Also includes formatting tips, tracking, leading, Paragraph Text vs Point Type, and tips on how to set guides to insure proper alignment between graphic elements and text blocks. (Uses example from Mandatory Lesson 1,* "Putting One Image Inside Another Image," page 12, but applies to all lessons where you use this technique.)*				movie movie

		4. Paths & Pen Tool While this series is optional and is not related to any particular lesson from the text, I strongly advise experimenting with the Pen Tool and Vector functions in Photoshop in order to increase your skills in creating vector objects and also to employ as an alternate method for selecting objects. View in sequence, this series of Flash movies on-line or download the whole series to your hard drive to view off-line. If you download, after un-zipping the shell folder, view the "whyusepen" video first, which is the intro movie. Then view the others sequentially; 01, 02, etc. Also download the templates (Practice_Paths.zip) folder which includes the templates I use in the tutorials on how to use the Pen Tool in Photoshop. You can use these templates to practice drawing with the Pen Tool. Be sure to click the Paths tab in Photoshop, which is usually nested with the Layers Palette, or go to Window>Paths, while working with this Vector drawing tool. Intro to Vector Paths: (Flash Movie 6:16 minutes) 01_Straight Paths: (Flash Movie 10:24 minutes)Shows you how to use the Pen tool to create straight line paths. 02_Closed Curved Paths: (Flash Movie 3:42 minutes)Shows you how to create bezier curves and closed paths. 03_Straight Curved Paths: (Flash Movie 6:57 minutes)Shows you how to combine straight paths with bezier curved paths. 04_Edit Paths: (Flash Movie 15:18 minutes)Shows you how to edit a path after you've created it, using Add Point, Delete Point, the Direct Selection Tool, and the Convert Anchor Point Tool. The series begins with an example of how a vector shape differs from the same shape on a regular pixel layer. Showing you how using the Free Transform tool on both produces very different results. The pixel layer degrades while the vector layer remains sharp and crisp. The same result occurs when the file is upsampled or downsampled. Using the Vector drawing tools (the Pen, Shape, and Custom Shape Tools) with their vector options checked is an alternate way to create logos in Photoshop, without having to jump to Illustrator You can also use Vector Clipping Masks in lieu of 8-bit Layer masks if your preference is to have a very sharp crisp edge, as opposed to a softer one which is the nature of the 8-bit Layer mask. Unlike 8-bit Layer masks and regular pixel layers, you cannot apply filters to Vector Shape Layers or Vector Clipping Masks.				intro 01_movie 02_movie 03_movie 04_movie	templates

		5. Paste Into (Flash Movie: 3:06 minutes)This video shows how the Edit>Paste Into Command works for Mandatory Lesson 1's Putting One Image Inside Another Image-The Global Net Cell Phone Ad, page 12.				movie

		6. Selecting Objects with Pen Tool/ Vector Mask for Lesson 1 (Flash Movie: 12:53 minutes) This video will show you a different way to select the cell phone. In Mama's method you will create a Vector Mask which will give the phone edges a crisp clear cut edge. Scott doesn't tell you how to extract the cell phone from the white background, but I'll bet your first impulse would be to use the Magic Wand! Don't do it--instead watch this video! (Uses example from Mandatory Lesson 1, "Putting One Image Inside Another Image," page 12, but applies to all lessons where you may want to use this technique to preserve crisp edges around an object.)				movie

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