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Thursday, 2/20/14

JRN 302: Introduction to Graphics and Visual Communication -ID and PS demos: swatches, gradients -Exam 1 Review. Thursday, 2/20/14. Class Objectives. Lecture ID and PS Demos: swatches, gradients Exam 1 Review Homework assignment Study for Exam. Photoshop and Swatches.

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Thursday, 2/20/14

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  1. JRN 302: Introduction to Graphics and Visual Communication-ID and PS demos: swatches, gradients-Exam 1 Review Thursday, 2/20/14

  2. Class Objectives • Lecture • ID and PS Demos: swatches, gradients • Exam 1 Review • Homework assignment • Study for Exam

  3. Photoshop and Swatches • Default swatches are tedious to delete one at a time • To clear them out, click on swatches panel flyout • Replace them with the file called “empty_swatches.aco” (found on our class web site Tutorials page or our JRN 302 server folder) • To save them and move them to another Photoshop and computer, click on swatches panel flyout • Save swatches (as ACO files) or…

  4. Moving PS Swatches to ID • In PS, instead of “Save Swatches”, you’ll want to choose Save Swatches for Exchange” and save an ASE file • In InDesign • Look at Swatches tab • Click on the flyout and “Load Swatches”

  5. Use the Kuler Extension • Open up Kuler • <Window <Extensions <Kuler • Go to Browse, Find a color scheme (last 7 days, 30 days, all time…) • (Left) click on name of scheme • (left) click on arrow- add to swatches panel • On Swatches panel, appears at the end

  6. PS: Gradients • Can use default gradients Photoshop gives you • How to do (own your own) http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-77e1a.html • Select gradient button (behind paint bucket) • Choose type (most common to do linear) • Click on color box showing gradient • Can change the color swatches • Can add color to gradient • Can change opacity

  7. PS: Gradients • Can apply gradients to entire design • Can apply gradients to whatever you have selected • In the case of text… choose a “beefy” font • “Rasterize” the Text layer (to change it to pixels by right clicking on layer name and “Rasterize Type”) • Select the type pixels • Apply Gradient to it • Same thing with shapes • Rasterize the layer • Select pixels • Apply Gradient to it

  8. PS: Free Gradients (.grd files) • On your own… • Also can upload free .grd files www.deviantart.com is good • Do search for “grd gradients” • Downloads are .rar files • I used 7-zip (http://www.7-zip.org/) to open these to extract and get grd

  9. ID: Gradients • Most commonly used gradient is one color to white in a simple shape (us PS for complex shapes) • Draw your simple shape/object • In toolbar, make fill be gradient • To edit gradient, <Window <Color <Gradient • Type is normally linear • Can angle • To change to color… click on one of the color blocks • <Window <Color • On flyout, change to RGB • Select your new color

  10. ID: Gradients • To add a color stop to your gradient • Have object selected • <Window <Color <Gradient • Click on the gradient to get a new color • In <Window <Color, change that color • If you want a gradient to go from one color and blend to a transparency… do this in PS

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