photoshop

=Design Software - Photoshop Elements= include component="page" page="menu-designsoftware" editable="1" include component="page" page="menu-photoshop" editable="1" One of Photoshop's key features is the use of LAYERS to build up the parts of a graphic. Carefully follow these steps to learn how to draw a "layered" Happy Face


 * **1. Setup**
 * 1) Create a new blank canvas - 400 x 300 pixels in size, 72 DPI
 * 2) Turn on the GRID
 * 3) (View - Grid from the dropdown menu)
 * 4) Set your preferences to a GRIDLINE EVERY 100 PIXELS with 2 SUBDIVISIONS
 * 5) Edit - Preferences Grid
 * 6) Notice that there are dark gridlines every 100 "pixels" and light gridlines every 50


 * 2. Make a Face**
 * 1) Create a new Layer and call it "Face"
 * 2) Look for the LAYERS palette in the bottom right corner of the screen
 * 3) Hover over the buttons there until you find the one that lets you "Create a new layer"
 * 4) Double click on the label "layer 1" and change it to "Face"
 * 5) Use the "Elliptical Marquee" tool to select a circle in the very center of the canvas
 * 6) Hover over the tools in the top LEFT side of the screen until you find the one called "Rectangular Marquee Tool" (it's located below the eyedropper tool)
 * 7) Click and hold on it until it lets you select the "Elliptical Marquee tool"
 * 8) Use teh gridlines and drag a circle so it's exactly 200 pixels wide and 200 pixels tall. If it isn't exactly in the center, you can drag and move it so it is
 * 9) Paint it Yellow
 * 10) Choose a yellow colour by clicking the "Set Foreground Colour" tool at the bottom left side of the screen, and adjusting the colour to yellow
 * 11) Be sure you're on the FACE layer and fill the circle with yellow by using either:
 * 12) the PAINT BUCKET tool in the left tool bar
 * 13) pressing the keys ALT-DELETE || [[image:stormtech:HappyFace01.png]] ||
 * **3. Making Eyes**
 * 1) Create a new layer and call it "EYES"
 * 2) Use the "Elliptical Marquee" tool to create a circular selection in the EYES layer
 * 3) Tap the D key on your keyboard to set the colours back to the DEFAULT of black & white
 * 4) Use ALT-DELETE to fill the oval with black
 * 5) With the first eye selected, use CTRL-J to create a SECOND eye layer - Use the MOVE tool (top left on the screen) to locate it properly on the face || [[image:stormtech:HappyFace02.png]] ||
 * **4. Make a Mouth**
 * 1) Create a new layer and name it "MOUTH"
 * 2) Make a an oval selection right in the MIDDLE BOTTOM of the face
 * 3) Fill it in with black, but don't deselect it just yet
 * 4) Drag just the selection circle up (but don't move the black oval)
 * 5) Hit the delete key to carve away the top part of the oval - that should leave a smile on your face!
 * 6) Use the MOVE tool and grab one of the corner "handles" to transform the mouth - shrink, rotate, squeeze to customize it

//Done early? Try creating a SECOND happy face and make it a self portrait by including a personal feature that makes you stand out - spot the self portrait in the collection below//:
 * 5. Enhance the Illustration**
 * 1) Use Layer Styles to add beveled edges, dropshadows, overlays etc
 * 2) Layer Styles are among the effects found in the top right corner of the screen
 * 3) Double click a style to impose it on the current layer
 * 4) To erase a layer style, locate it's icon in the actual layer (bottom right on the screen) you can right mouse click it and "clear layer style"
 * 5) Try to restrain yourself - the idea is to make the image look stylish, but not gaudy! || [[image:stormtech:HappyFaceTutorial03.png]] ||
 * SAVE YOUR FILE!
 * Use FILE - SAVE AS and save your file to your H: drive using an appropriate name
 * Drag a copy of your file to the appropriate HANDINS folder ||  ||