Selection+S2

Monday, February 3rd
We will be working with a variety of selection tools. Today will be a demo/class work day so you will need to listen and follow along. The skills we will cover today include: ** Lasso, Quick Select, Magic Wand, Magnetic Lasso, Marquee, Move, Deselect, Inverse, Scaling **
 * Here is the file you will need for today, before saving create a Selection folder in your 4th Hour/Graphics folder: [[file:Book with lock.psd|Book with Lock]]


 * When we are done it will look like this (or close) **

Tuesday, February 4th
Using the SAME file from yesterday (the original), you are going to work on making it look perfect using the step by step instructions.
 * Once it is PERFECT and you are happy with your selections, you can email it to my as a JPEG file (I can help if you are unsure of how to do this).
 * Remember, practice makes perfect and it is NOT the easiest thing to do!
 * [[file:Book with Lock Steps.docx]]

Wednesday, February 5th
The file you will need for today is:

Use the selection tools we have practiced to create a file that looks like this (make sure to remove the background of the olives--mine is intentionally not correct so no one can copy it):



If you are unsure of how to do the selection, check out the Book with Lock Steps since the tools will be the same. Email it as a JPEG file when you are done.

Thursday, February 6th
The files you will need are: ,

Once you have these both saved, OPEN Pyramid so I can take you through how to use one more Selection Tool--The Quick Selection Tool and how to save properly



Monday, February 10th
File you will need for today:

For the gingerbread house, you will need to make sure to place the chimney first and then the frame of the house, otherwise it will not go together. Use the CRTL T feature to transform and flip the walls of the house as needed and to adjust things.

Make sure to crop it to get rid of the cut out areas.

Save it as gingerbreadhouse_lastname.psd and as gingerbreadhouse_lastname.jpg

Send Gingerbread House as a JPEG file for grading



Tuesday, February 11th
The files you will need are:

__ **Gull:** __ Remove the bird from the background. Once you have a perfect selection, copy and paste it to a new layer. (Ctrl-C and then Ctrl-V) You should see a new layer added to your palette. Save this as Gull_lastname as a PSD.

__ **Beach Ball:** __ Remove the ball from the background. I would suggest using the elliptical marquee tool on this one. Once you have a perfect selection, copy and paste it to a new layer. (Ctrl-C and then Ctrl-V) You should see a new layer added to your palette. Save this as Beachball_lastname as a PSD.

__ **Beach Pail:** __ Remove the yellow pail from the background. Try using the Quick Selection tool here. Remember to decrease brush size and use the Shift/Alt key to add or minus from your selection. Try getting the shadow at the front of the pail, not underneath it, included in your selection. Once you have a perfect selection, copy and paste it to a new layer. (Ctrl-C and then Ctrl-V) You should see a new layer added to your palette. Save this as BeachPail_lastname as a PSD.

__ **Large Umbrella:** __ Remove the umbrella from the background. Once you have a perfect selection, copy and paste it to a new layer. (Ctrl-C and then Ctrl-V) You should see a new layer added to your palette. Save this as Largeumbrella_lastname as a PSD.

Once you have all 4 of these files set, you are going to be ready to move them over to the beach and work on making that perfect.

Using the "tricks" demonstrated at the beginning of class, put together your beach scene to look something like this:



Save as a PSD and a JPG file and email ONLY THE JPG version for grading.