Producer Interview

1. What programs did you use to make the movie?
2. How long did it take to make the movie?
3. What special effects did you use?
4. Where did you make the movie?
5. Did you have any help doing the movie?

Pr#5 Animation

Reflection Questions

1) What was the idea for your animation?
The idea for my animation was for the next Twilight Movie which is New Moon. I read all the books and totally loved them. So I decided to make an animation for New Moon since it will come out later this year. I made the animation based on two characters in the book but made sure it didn't give out to much on what happens in the book/ movie.

2) What does the tween option do?
The tween option allows you to do animation. Use create frames to make an animation that allows for images to move and other effects too.

3) What is important to know about the first frame when editing an animation?
The first frame when editing it is important to know what layer your going to start with and the effects you want to use on it.

4) What were the limitations to creating an animation using Photoshop?
The limitations to creating an animation using Photoshop is that it couldn't be more than 10 sec.

5) What steps do you have to take to make an image look like it is growing or shrinking in Photoshop?
The steps you have to take to make an image look like it is growing or shrinking is that you use position and shrink the image every so often to make the image look like its growing or shrinking.

Pr#4 Silhouette & Lettering

Reflection Questions
1) How do masks make the silhouette work?
Masks make silhouette's work by making the selection nearly perfect so that you can have the silhouette also nearly perfect.

2) What images did you find to put inside your cutout?
The images I found to put inside my cutout are land rollers, Be the Pack Leader book, Cesar's Way book, dog treats, tennis ball, a paw print, a dog with a "not guilty" sign on it, the National Geographic sign, a dog with a leash, and the Cesar and Ilusion Millan foundation sign.

3) How did you get the letters to trace around the cutout?
I got the letters to trace around the cutout by making a selection on the cutout. Then make a work path of that selection. Then using the type tool you click on the path and then type the letters on the cutout.

4) How satisfied were you with your silhouette and your letter tracing?
I am pretty satisfied with my silhouette and my letter tracing. I think my letter tracing was good. I also think my silhouette was good but the cutout was okay.

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I repaired the image by using the clone tool. I used the clone tool to get rid of the tear and to get rid of the sprinklers. The clone tool was fairly easy, but it can be hard because the part of the image that you clone can look awkward compared to the rest of the image. You can use the clone tool for repairing images or copying patterns that you want.

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Just look at the image. Are you being sucked into the spiral or is the spiral coming out at you.
An optical illusion is when an image can be looked at in two or more perspectives. The image can look one way, then if you look at it in a different way, the image can be something else. I created mine by making the background purple, then using the brush tool i made green circles. After that I increased the saturation.

Project #3

Reflection Questions

1. What does a mask do in Photoshop?

A mask in photoshop allows you to do a perfect selection by making your selection being in view while everything that is not selected red.

2. In masks, what do the colors Red, Black and White represent?
The color red represents the area that is not selected. Black represents the brush color to use when making more of the image not selected. White represents the brush color to use when making more of the image selected.

3. Which tools did you use in mask mode?
The tools I used in mask mode was the white and black brush tool.

4. How did these tools help you to feather your selection?
Those tools helped me feather my selection by making it a better selection than you would usually get by using the selection tools. It also helped by making my selection perfect.

5. What did the adjustment layers do to your image?
The adjustment layers made my images change. It made my image black and white, also darker and sharper.

6. Which did you find easier to make selections - lassos or masks?
The lassos were easier to make selections. But the masks make your selection nearly perfect. So I would most likely use the masks.

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1. What shapes did you use?
The shapes that I used were heart, butterfly, diamond, raindrop, star, cat, crown, clover, flower, and spade.
2. Why did you choose those colors?
I chose those colors because I wanted the shapes to be in those colors.
3. How can you have make it better?
I can make it better by making the raindrop a different shade of red because you can barely see it.
4. What was your inspiration?
My inspiration was from a show I used to watch. The shapes I chose represented a specific person.
5. Are shapes difficult to use? why?
Shapes are not hard to use but they can be when you want the shape to be a certain size.

Project #2- Google sign

My Google sign has many different smiley faces. They represent some of the different emotions that people have. I think the world will be better if everyone showed their true emotions. Also I want people to have a happy emotion on their face, rather than a sad one.

LB3 Text- Reflection

What the effect looked like when you changed the settings for each letter?
The effect changed the settings for each letter. Letter A has a ghostly shadow behind it. Letter B has a heavenly glow around it. Letter C has a shine to it and looks bold.

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Shortcuts for tools on Photoshop

Move tool - V
Lasso tool - L
Magic wand tool - W
Rectangular Marque tool - M
Elliptical Marque tool - Ctrl+M
Eraser tool - E
Duplicate layers - Crtl+J
Free Transform - Ctrl+T
Undo - Ctrl+Z
Select All - Ctrl+A

Project #1- 2 Bobbleheads are better than 1

Reflection Journal Questions

1. What was the objective of the task?
The objective of the task was to swap the heads of two people. We had to also increase the size of their heads to make it look like bobble heads. It was to also see how good our cut outs are. We also had to make sure that the heads were facing in the same position.

2. What picture did you decide to use and why?
The pictures we had to use were a picture of ourselves and a picture of our role models. My role model I decided to use was Annemarie Lucas. She is an animal cop that works for the ASPCA in New York City. ASPCA stands for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Ever since I was little I would watch her on the show Animal Precinct. When I grow up I hope to also help animals by becoming a Veterinarian.

3. How did it turn out compared to what you were planning on doing?
Compared to what I was planning on doing it came out okay. But I wanted the head cut outs to come out looking a little bit better than it actually did.

4. What was the most difficult aspect of this project?
I think the most difficult aspect of the project was to make the head cut outs really good. Also to put the pictures on the same file. Also to trying to my head cut out because I didn't know where my hair ended and where my sweater started.

5. If you were to re-do this project, what would you do differently or add to it?
If I were to re-do the project, I would probably use a different picture of myself because I didn't know where my hair ended and where my sweater started. I would also try to do a better job at the cut outs.

Lab # 1 Melon Head - Reflection Journal 1

1. What does the Marquee tool do? What types of selections can you make with it?
The Marquee tool makes selections using shapes. The types of selections you can make with it are rectangular, elliptical, single row, and single column.

2. What does the magic wand do?
The Magic Wand makes selections based on similar colors.

3. What does the lasso tool do?
The Lasso tool makes selections based on the specific shape that you want it to come out to be.

4. What do you notice about these selection tools? What do they all have in common (what looks similar)?
I notice that the selection tools are used specifically on the selection your trying to make. They all have a blinking dash line around your selection.

5. What does a selection look like?
A selection looks like a blinking dash line surrounding your selection.

Photoshop Drawing grade

I think i did a good job at drawing the toolbar. I didn't finish drawing the pallet. I didn't finish drawing the whole Photo shop layout. I think i did good but not a great grade.

My Expectations

My expectations for the class is to learn more about how to use programs on the computer. I will like to learn how to make a video using programs. I will like to make a great portfolio to use for college applications to show what i can be able to do. I will use them to make it to great colleges and for further work in my future.
My expectations for my teacher is for her to teach us everything she know. I will her to break down the steps so we can be able to do what she can. I will like to learn as much as I can.
My expectations for my peers is that we'll all be able to learn together. We will be able to learn more by paying attention in class and do everything in steps to make it further in class.