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COLORS. PRIMARY COLORS Are red, blue and yellow SECONDARY COLORS Are made by mixing primary colors. COMPLEMENTARY COLORS. OPPOSITE ON THE COLOR WHEEL AND USED TO CREATE CONTRAST. ANALOGOUS COLORS. Side by side on the color wheel. GAMUT . The complete range or scope of something
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COLORS PRIMARY COLORS Arered,blue and yellow SECONDARY COLORS Are made by mixing primary colors
COMPLEMENTARY COLORS OPPOSITE ON THE COLOR WHEEL AND USED TO CREATE CONTRAST
ANALOGOUS COLORS Side by side on the color wheel
GAMUT The complete range or scope of something (all the colors )
ADOBE BRIDGE Used to change an image format from one program to another within the site of adobe programs PS DW Br
DITHERING Scatters different colored pixels in an image to make it appear as though there are intermediate colors in images with a limited color palette
SEVEN ELEMENTSOF DESIGN • TEXTURE • SIZE • COLOR • SPACE • SHAPE • LINE • VALUE
UNITY (HARMONY) Is a principle of design where the feeling that everything in the work of art works together
BALANCE Is a principle of design that involves the distribution of visual weight and interest
REPETITION Is a principle of design that involves a pattern in elements to create movement and interest
NEGATIVE SPACE Is also WHITE space An area not occupied by shapes of forms
DEMOGRAPHIC a particular section of the population (children or business people)
CHARACTER PALETTE Found under the window menu • Font • Size • Color • Scale
GUIDES Under view on the menu bar • New guide • Horizontal • Vertical • Clear guides • Click on the ruler and drag out
RULER View on the menu bar, click on ruler • Organize space to eliminate the negative (white) space • Set guides
MAGIC WAND A tool makes a selection of contiguous color
EYE DROPPER • A tool that allows you to select colors to get an exact or specific color from the image you are working on • Also known as the color picker
AUTO TONE • Image Auto tone • Automatically adjust the black and white balance
TOOLS • Rectangular Marquee draws squares/rectangles. • Elliptical Marquee draws circle/ovals. • The red eye tool is found under the band aid tool
TOOLS • Quick Selection tool allows us to paint an area. • Magic wand tool selects continuous area.
Select/ Deselect • To select all in your canvas go to select > All • To get rid of the “dancing” or “marching” ants in Photoshop on a mac go to Select > Deselect (Command+D)
Layer Styles • Click on the style palette next to the color and swatches on the right of your screen. • You can add a new layer style by selecting the layer and clicking on the icon in the layer style palette. (next to the trash can)
Characters • To change the scale of the text go to window > character. • Leading is the space between the lines. • Scaling characters are percentages.
Soft Proof • To proof your image go to view> proof colors or view> proof setup> working CMYK • Soft proofing your image allows you to see what an image will look like when its printed.
Soft Proof • CS4, you can soft proof something by clicking on View>Soft Proof • In CS5/CS6 you can soft proof something by clicking on View> Proof Setup> Working CMYK.
IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS • To convert an Image to Black & White click Image>Adjustments>Black & White • To lighten/darken an image>adjustments>Brightness and Contrast
Hue/Saturation • Increase hue/saturation go to image>adjustment>hue/saturation • Hue is the color • Saturation is how much color
UNSHARP MASK • Sharpen the edges by going to FILTER>Sharpen>UNSHARP mask • This is nondestructive (will not change/alter/damage an image) • Change the Amount, radius, threshold ONLY if you are given amounts to change
THIS AND THAT • PDF stands for portable document format, good to submit to clients, BUT NOT for websites • CONTACT SHEET—File>Automate>Contact Sheet • Graphic Types to be used for the Web—JPEG (JPG) GIF, PNG
Web Graphics The three graphic types that can be used for the we are • JPG (jpeg)—photos, images, (gradients, fading out) • GIF—lines, large solid area of color, logos, cartoons (can only be transparent on a matte color) • PNG—true alpha transparency (see through)