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2015 Photo Restoration

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Meet Ralph.    He has had some tough luck, we will be using Photoshop to restore him! you will drag this to your Photoshop canvas and restore using these tools as well as others: selection, healing, clone stamp, dodge, burn, etc.  Screen shots that might help you along can be found at this website. helpful screen shots BEFORE AND AFTER Some other tutorials we may use can be found here Colorization: Turning a black and white photo back to color  or  Step by Step to Restore an old photo

Selection Tutorial

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Use the tutorial under Phototshop Help > Tutorials > Using Selection Tools Use the image of this eagle. we borrowed this image for educational purposes, in no way to make a profit.

2014 Typography Objects

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Fear Factor (phobias)

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Here is a list of phobias, examples of designs based around phobias, as well as some techniques you might consider. http://www.phobialist.com/ ILLUSTRATED PHOBIAS     DESIGN TECHNIQUES Add caption Use b/w photos layers with color photo, use cut-outs, include text, and creative brushes &  textures bump up the contrast, or make a silhouette, copy and change color

Back to School Time is Almost here!

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CD DESIGN

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CD & Case design and MORE ideas, head to GOOGLE or PINTEREST use this for your actual cd part....add as a low opacity layer  or a clipping mask Your Assignment: Choose song and artist when planning your design think about: color schemes        style       mood         genre of music      what message the song communicates fonts that are readable fonts that communicate the feel of the song Parts to include: cd design front cover back cover spine      may NOT just plop a photo of your artist, or already designed pictures for your design Combine refrence pictures, use paint brushes, creative text effects, cutouts, overlays     @ least 5 photos 1 layer effect  title artist name

calligraphy text effect

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