Sooo many posts....soooo much frustration!!!

I feel like this baby. FRRRRUSTRATED! I promise I have all of your lessons filmed and edited but the process of getting them to you online is a big, fat pain!!

I have no internet at home (crazy, I know...) and so the only way I can upload  your video files is at school. AND WE ARE FIGHTING!!! Not me and TLCA, me and the internet. Every way I try to get them to you is BLOCKED or must just HATE ME.

*Sigh*

Okay, I promise to catch up and figure out how to get each lesson to you the same day we do it. The results of you guys staying caught up with work have been too cool not too. I am especially happy that some of  you who aren't even IN graphics have been coming to me and telling me you are checking out the videos and ready to take graphics next year. Fun, fun!

Anyways....stay tuned and hopefully I'll figure this out before I pull out all my hair!

3D Bevel Effect!

So I still haven't figured out what NAPP stands for. I only know it for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals but what does that have to do with baseball?!? Let me know if you figure it out. In the meantime....here is the video for how to make this cool silver, metal beveled edge look!

Metal Bevel Effect

The facebook numbers are going up every day! Don't forget to visit  my FaceBook and check out your work. Spread the word so everyone can see all the cool stuff you are doing in class!

More Amazingly Awesome Type Effects

Today is the first day of the 5th six weeks and we are still plowing through type effects. Today we hit on three different ones: Harry Potter (gothic chiseled), 3D Drop back, and black chrome. Each of the three effects has their own video for you to check out and try on your own!

Harry Potter

The 3D drop back gives logos a really cool 3D appearance that is super easy to accomplish!

3D Drop Back Logo

Black Chrome is a cool effect that actually applies a chrome metal look to the outside of the type.

Black Chrome

Don't forget to go to my FaceBook and check out your work. Tag yourself so others can see what an awesome graphic artist you are!

Thank you Mister President(s)...

...for a day off from school! Woo-hoo!

Be safe and happy and have fun! See you all Tuesday!

Taming the Wild Animal (print)

Today, all classes finished up projects and make-up work since the six weeks ends tomorrow. We launched the use of screencast videos in class today and it was a HUGE success. I am madly in love with the Screen-cast-o-matic website that lets me do them for free!

It was pretty cool for each student to be able to work on a different project and get help from me via video. In a full class like my second period, it's hard to get stuff done when everyone needs help on something different. WE HAVE A SOLUTION PEOPLE!! My favorite part was when they found out there is music in the videos....everyone kept looking around for someone trying to listen to music on the sly before they realized it was the video they were watching...Good times!

Don't forget to swing over to my FaceBook and check out your animal print work. Visual puns from  BIM will be hitting the page tomorrow!!

Cool Type Effects--Animal Print

Today we jumped into more advanced type effects than what we've done so far this year. The lesson that we did together was to make a jaguar print letter X in the style of the Mac OS Jaguar X. Everyone did a great job on the X and most of you started on  your independent project with your own letter. Remember you can switch up the colors and the shape of the spots/stripes to make your letter zebra, cheetah, tiger or any other patterned furry animal. Check out the video for the how to steps!

Don't forget to go Miss Allbright's Facebook page to check see some of your own work!! Tag yourself in the pictures you created!

Happy PhotoShopping!

(Materials in this lesson come from Scott Kelby's awesome book "Photoshop CS: Down and Dirty Tricks" and the photos used are from Brand X stock images.)

BIM--Visual Puns!

Palm Pilot



Today's lesson was fun! You all really got into it! First we learned  that a pun is a play on words, usually the assignment of different meanings to similarly sounding words or phrases, with humorous intent. Then you all came up with lots of fun examples then went to work on your project coming up with 5 visual puns of your own! Check out some of the examples we looked at in class today:

Egg Plant

Dr. Pepper

King of Pop

 



Today's examples came from SparkyPower. Don't forget to visit Miss Allbright's Facebook page to check out some of your own examples!!



Chapter 2--Torn Edge Collage

Today's lesson was taking a single picture and making it appear to be multiple torn up photos making one image.

I know today was nuts-o and everyone pretty much got lost in this project (except of course 7th period).  I wanted to reassure you that it isn't crazy hard, it just has lots of steps. But luckily, it is the same steps over and over again. There are two videos to watch, the first one is how to make the torn edge frame from scratch and the second is how to apply it to the picture and copy sections of the original picture to the frame. Keep on trying, you can do it! Don't forget to bring pics from home if you want to try this effect on your own picture!

Torn Edge Video Part 1 of 2

Torn Edge Video Part 2 of 2

Visit Miss Allbright's Facebook page to check out some of your own examples!!

Happy PhotoShopping!

(Materials in this lesson come from Scott Kelby's awesome book "Photoshop CS: Down and Dirty Tricks" and the photos used are from Brand X stock images.)

Chapter 1 Lesson #1.2--Poppin' Out of the Picture

The second part of your Chapter One project was to do a "Pop Out Picture" where you applied effects that made it appear that the subject was actually leaving the picture. Below is a video of the example we did together in class:

Visit Miss Allbright's Facebook page to check out some of your own examples!!
Happy PhotoShopping!

(Materials in this lesson come from Scott Kelby's awesome book "Photoshop CS: Down and Dirty Tricks" and the photos used are from Brand X stock images.)

Chapter One Lesson #1.1--The Shadow Story...

...a picture that tells the REAL story.

The first part of your Chapter One project was to do a "Shadow Story" which is taking two pictures and combining them, using one as a shadow to tell a story about the focus picture. Check out the video for the example we did together in class and use it to help you with your project.

Cut me some slack....I'm new at this screencasting and am talking in a weird voice ;-) !!


Visit Miss Allbright's Facebook page to check out some of your own examples!!
Happy PhotoShopping!

(Materials in this lesson come from Scott Kelby's awesome book "Photoshop CS: Down and Dirty Tricks" and the photos used are from Brand X stock images.)

Welcome!

Okay guys, we are trying something new! I've decided to provide a place for you to come back and review the lessons we do in class. This can be to make up work when you are absent or even to practice a particular lesson and try it out on your own pictures!

Let me know what you think and what other ways I can use this to help you succeed in class!