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Thursday, May 19, 2011

1. A good digital artist need to know how to use a computer. Many  of the software required in the animation industry. One of these software include  photo shop. They need to know photo shop so that they can remove the unnecessary items from the photos. They also need to know how to use audacity. They need to know how to use audacity so that they can make a good sound track.


2. The artists used many tools. These tools include the cloning tool; the cloning tool was used to erase the unnecessary background. The digital artists also uses the quick selection tool to select and mask out unnecessary things. They also uses the move tool to move the objects around to make it look more realistic.



Friday, April 1, 2011

Audicity

1) I fu want to get audicity program
        -Project> Import audio
2) Project- Make a new labal track
3) Remember to bring earphones
4) Tools at the top bench press tool is the time shift tool
5) "I beam" is called a selection tool
6) The envelope tool is to click multiple times to squish and lengthen the waves
7) Pencil tool is to shape the wave
8) Multi tool mode- Combination of all the tools

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

How to make a drop shadow for a Ipod

1) Put all layers into 1 folder and name it Ipod
2) Make a duplicate (2x) of the folder
3) Name it shadow and reflection
4) The shadow and the reflection folders should be merged together.
5) Transform and flip vertically
6) Mask the reflection
7) Use the grandiant/Brush tool
8) Have low opacity
9) Take shadow layer and ctrl click on the icon of the layer na dwill give u a selection
10) Fill with black
11) Make it smaller and use gausium blur

Friday, March 11, 2011

how to make a drop shadow

3) Set the resolution to 72 pixels per inch and the mode to RGB color.
4) From the Layer menu, choose New and Layer. Click OK.
5) Select the Paintbrush tool and choose a light foreground color. Paint a shape on the canvas.
6) From the Layer menu, choose Effects and Drop Shadow. Click OK.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Layout composition

7 tools of compositions:

Hierarchy: Organizings things from most impotant to least important.
Focal point: The strongest, most compelling element in a design.
Eye path: A strong composition can guide the viewer's eye through design.
Proportion: Size of elements in proportion to one another. Relative amount of space devoted to items. e.g. written vs. image.
Visual weight: The lightness and darkness to a hue
Type as a visual element:
Alignment (grid): A way to align things up , using a grid.

^ design with intention
Use these tools to guide the audience's eye

Monday, March 7, 2011