Project 02- Material Studies

DUE: 

LINK TO DROPBOX CLASS DEMOS

On 3 separate pages, paint the following 12 textures as spheres sharing the same light source and ground plane.

- Chrome
- Glossy Plastic
- Rock
- Stone

- Rusted Metal
- Stitched Brown Leather
- Clear Glass
- Polished White Marble

- Tree Bark
- Wood
- Short Hair Fur
- Scaled Reptile

Photoshop 101- Tutorials for the Basics

The following links are videos to watch to become more familiar with how to work within Adobe Photoshop (PS):


Finding References Online:
NEW - Searching Specifically Using Google Images
NEW - Saving Image for Web

Organizing Photos Using Adobe Bridge:
- Batch Renaming Tool

PS Preferences:
- "General" to "Scratch Disks"
- "Cursors" to "Experimental Features"

Basic Tools in PS:
- Creating a New File / Screen Modes
- Customizing Background Color of Screen Modes
- Photoshop User Interface (UI)

- PS Brushes (Part 1): Brush Basics
- PS Brushes (Part 2): Tool Presets

- Marquee Selection Tool
- Lasso Selection Tool
- Quick Selection / Magic Wand Tool
- Crop / Crop Perspective Tool
- Healing Brush Tools
- Clone Stamp Tool
- Dodge and Burn Tool

- Keyboard & Menu Shortcuts

- Levels

Using Quick Masking/Channels:
- Painting Selections
- Using Channels- Practical Exercise

Free Transform Tool:
- The Basics
- The Warp Tool

Basic Painting in PS:
- Pasting and Free Transform
- Selecting Colors with Layer Modes
- Coloring Line Art

Pen Tool / Painting with Paths:
NEW - Creating Paths w/ the Pen Tool
NEW - Fill, Stroke, Selection, Temporary Paths w/ the Pen Tool

Color Settings in PS:
- Color Settings

Printing in PS:
- Layout & Resolution
- Naming & Exporting

Creating/Editing Actions in PS:
- Planning & Recording an Action
- Editing & Adding Steps to Action