AVATAR TUTORIALS.

to transform: Ctrl + T
to keep it proportioned: shift
*press enter to finalize transformation*

make sure you are painting on the mask
link icon links the mask and the picture together

to mask something very precise, use a hard brush with 100% opacity and a small brush

to fade something use a soft bursh with a low opacity

PHOTOSHOP

how to inverse a seletcion: Ctrl + Shift + I
to get selection back: Ctrl + click thumbnail
ALWAYS  DUPLICATE BACKGROUNS LAYER!!
ALWAYS NAME LAYERS!
Levels: Ctrl + L - black controls shadows, white controls light

STEPS TO CREATE A DROP SHADOW

1. Using the Text tool, write your name (or whatever else)
2. Right click and rasterize that text (you can no longer edit it after this)
3. Drag that layer to the new layer icon to duplicate it
4. Lock the tranparency of one of the layers
5. Once you've locked it, you can go to Edit, Fill, Black
6. Unlock the transparency
7. Filter, Blur, Gaussian blur
8. Make sure that layer (shadow) is underneath the top layer

green apple!

BEFORE

AFTER

Photoshop Notes

To add to a selection: Shift
To subtract from a selection: Alt
Hand tool: Spacebar
Zoom in or out: Spacebar + Ctrl or Spacebar + Alt
To save selection: Select, Save Selection
To hide selection edges: View, Show, Selection Edges (uncheck)
To duplicate a layer: Drag down to "Create New Layer" icon
To Blur: Gaussian blur
Always name layers
To gain back selections: right click

Other Notes

• zoom in on the work for more accuracy

SHAPE.

This image of circles represents shape because it shows continuity and motion. When looking at a circle you get a feeling of infinity because circles do not have an ending or starting point.

COLOUR.

The colours in this image go well together and the colours red, pink and white are usually associated with love and romance. 

LINE.

There are many loose lines in this image. Although the lines are minimal, they create movement by their expert placement.

PROPORTION.

This picture shows proportion between the toast and the eggs. When put together they seem unproportional to each other. However, when seperated, you would not be able to say whether it is big or small.

EMPHASIS.

In this picture the main focus is on the girl's ring which says BAD.  Her face is blurred and so is the background in order to emphasize this and to make it the focal point.

HARMONY.

All the colours in this picture go well together. It is showing nature and how everything goes together, there is nothing that stand out and everything is unified.

TEXTURE.

This picture shows the ridges of a surface and you can feel it just by looking at it.

SYMMETRICAL BALANCE.

The colours of the fruit in the picture are balanced out equally on both sides of the page and it gives an impression of stability.

ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE.

The King chess peice balances out the four pawns. Although there is only one king peice, the value is similar to the value of four pawns.

RHYTHM.

This shows rhythm because the black and the white repeat itself. Also, it appears as though the rows are moving.