BLOGGER TEMPLATES AND TWITTER BACKGROUNDS

Friday, November 13, 2009

Keynote slide#1

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Navigation Tab tutorial




Step 1: Change your foreground color to black.

Step 2: Add a new layer.
Step 3: Select the rounded rectangle tool. 
Step 4: In the options bar, click on the fill pixels icon (it's the third icon).
Step 5: In the options bar increase the radius to 20.
Step 6: Draw your rounded corner box.
Step 7: Select the  rectangular marquee tool.
Step 8: Draw a rectangular selection around the bottom 1/4 of your rounded rectangle.
Step 9: Press the delete key.
Step 10: Deselect.
Step 11: Switch to the gradient tool.
Step 12: Click on the arrow to bring up the gradient thumbnail.
Step 13: Double-click on the left color stop under the editor bar.
Step 14: Choose 40% black. Click ok.
Step 15: Double+Click on the right color stop but this time choose white. Click ok.
Step 16: In the layers palette, turn on "Lock transparent pixels" ( it's the first icon from the left.)
Step 17: Using the gradient you created, draw a gradient from the op of your shape to the bottom.
Step 18: From your layers styles choose bevel and emboss.
Step 19: For style choose inner bevel, set the angle to 126, depth to 2 and size to 4. Raise the highlight opacity to 100% and lower the shadow opacity to 50%. Don't click ok yet.
Step 20: In the list of the styles on the left hand side, click on the name outer glow. 
Step 21: Set the blend mode to normal, then click the color swatch, choose 30% black as your glow color. Increase the spread to 25%. Click ok.
Step 22:  Hold the apple key and in the layers palette click the layer that contains the tab.
Step 23: Select modify, contract. Enter 5 pixels. Press ok.
Step 24: Select the marquee tool. Hold the option key then draw a rectangle starting from the bottom of your current selection to just a little below the top.
Step 25: Add a new layer.
Step 26: Press x. Then option delete.
Step 27: Deselect.
Step 28: Filter menu, blur, gaussian blur. Enter 1.5 pixels. Click ok.
Step 29: Lower the opacity to 70%.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Gel Button Tutorial







Step 1: Add a new layer

Step 2: Set your foreground color to light blue.
Step 3: Select the rounded rectangular tool. In your options bar set the radius to 40 pixels.
Step 4: In the options bar, click on the third icon from the left (fill pixels).
Step 5: Draw your shape on your stage.
Step 6: Apple+click on your shape layer.
Step 7: Add a new layer.
Step 8: GRo under the select menu, under modify, and choose contract. Enter 20 pixels. Click ok.
Step 9: Press the letter "d" then the letter "x" to set your foreground color to white.
Step 10: Press option+ delete.
Step 11: Press apple+d.
Step 12: Go under the filter menu, under blur, choose gaussian blur. When dialog box appears, enter 10. Click ok.
Step 13:  Select the move tool.
Step 14: Using the arrows on the keyboard, move your blurry white layer down to the bottom of the pill shape.
Step 15: Hold down the apple key and click on the pill layer in your layers pallet. 
Step 16: Press shift+apple+I to inverse your selection.
Step 17: Press the delete key.
Step 18: Press shift+apple+I.
Step 19: Create a new layer.
Step 20: Set your foreground color to a darker blue than your original blue.
Step 21: Fill your selection by pressing option+delete.
Step 22: Deselect by pressing apple+d.
Step 23: Hold the the apple key and click once on the layers pallet. ( Be sure not to change layers. You should still be on the dark blue pill layer.) 
Step 24: Press delete to knock a soft hole out of the blue pill shape.
Step 25: Select the rectangular marquee tool.
Step 26: Place your mouse inside the selected area and drag the selection upward a little bit. Tap the delete key.
Step 27: Repeat step 26 one or two times until you're almost to the top of the pill. ( Make sure to stop just short of the top.)
Step 28: Deselect by pressing apple+d.
Step 29: Apple click on your pill layer to put a selection around it.
Step 30: Create a new layer.
Step 31: Go under the select menu, under modify, choose contract. Enter 20 pixels. Click ok.
Step 32: Press the letter "d" then "x" to set your foreground to white.
Step 33: Select the gradient tool. In the options bar, click on the down facing arrow next to the gradient thumbnail. Choose the second gradient( foreground to transparent). 
Step 34: Drag this gradient from the top of your selection to the bottom.
Step 35: Deselect.
Step 36: Select the move tool. Using the arrows on the keyboard,  move your white gradient layer upward to where it is almost at the top, but leave a gap of dark blue between your white gradient and the top of the pill. ( This creates the highlight area of the pill.)
Step 37: Press apple+t. Go under the edit menu, under transform, choose perspective. 
Step 39: Grab the left bottom corner, and click and drag outward just a bit to add a perspective effect.
Step 40: Press enter to let photoshop know that you're done.
Step 41: Hide your background layer. Merge visible.
Step 42: Choose drop shadow. In the dialog box, click the color swatch.
Step 43: Click on a blue selection of your pill to colorize the shadow. 
Step 44: Lower the opacity to 50%, set the angle to 90º, distance to 45, size to 32, turn off use global light. Click ok to complete the effect.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Metal Button Tutorial


Step 1: Create a new layer. Draw a circular selection using the elliptical marquee tool.


Step 2: Press "d" then "x". Select the gradient tool. 

Step 3: In the options bar, click on the down facing arrow next to the gradient thumbnail. Choose the foreground to background gradient. 

Step 4: Close the picker, and in the options bar, click on the radial gradient icon. ( It's the second icon from the left). 

Step 5: Drag the white to black gradient from the left center of your selection  to about 1/4 past the edge.

Step 6: Press "d". Create a new layer.

Step 7:  In the gradient picker, choose the foreground to transparent gradient ( It's the second one from the left, top row). 

Step 8: In the options bar, choose the linear gradient ( it's the first one). Drag the gradient from the top of your selection to the middle to fill the top with black.

Step 9: In the layers palette, lower the opacity to 75%.

Step 10: Create a new layer.

Step 11: Go under the select menu, under modify, and choose contract. Enter 6 pixels. Click ok. 

Step 12: Press "x". Drag from the top of your selection through about 1/3 of your selected area. Press apple+d.

Step 13: Go under the filter menu, under blur, choose gausian blur. Enter 3 pixels. Click ok.

Step 14: Duplicate your top layer by dragging it to your new layer icon.

Step 15: Press apple+t. Ctrl+ click inside the bounding box, then choose rotate 180º from the pop up menu. Press enter to let photoshop know that you're done.

Step 16: Select the move tool. Drag this layer straight down almost to the edge.

Step 17: Lower the opacity of this layer to 60%.

Step 18: Go back to layer 3 ( the layer below your current layer). Press apple+t).

Step 19: Hold the shift key, grab the bottom right handle, shrink the white gradient by around 15%. Press enter. 

Step 20. Hide the background layer and choose merge visible from the layer palette's pop up menu.

Step 21: Choose drop shadow from the layer style pop up menu at the bottom of the layers palette. Click ok. 

Step 22: Press apple+U ( hue and saturation). Click the colorize button and move the hue slider to choose a color for your button.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Transform Tutorial

Step 1: Select the layer you would like to transform (scale, rotate skew, rotate cw, flip horizontal or flip vertical).

Step 2: Go to the edit menu, choose transform. Select the option you need to transform your image.

Resize Tutorial

Step 1: Hold down the apple key and tap the letter 'T'. This will create a box that surrounds your image.


Step 2: Hold down the shift key and drag one of the corner edges in to make your image smaller. Drag it out to make your image bigger. 

Step 3: Click the enter key on the far right hand side of the keyboard to let photoshop know you are finished resizing you image.


Photoshop Shortcuts


Apple+ C- Copy
Apple+ V-Paste
Apple+ J- Duplicate
Apple+ Option+Z- Undo multiple times
Apple+ S- Save
Apple+ N- New document
Apple+ O- Open document
Apple+ Z- Undo
Apple +F- Run filter
Apple +E- Merge layers
Apple +X- Cut
Apple + U- Hue+ Saturation
Apple + D- Deselect
Apple + Click layer- Rasterize
X - Color swap
B - Brush tool
U - Custom shape tool
M - Marquee tool
T - Type tool

Photoshop Review.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Sound FX

1st paragraph- babies crying:http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/Ambience/People/more2.php

Chelsi
paragraph a- raining thunder storming: http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/Nature/Rain/
paragraph b- birds chirping:http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/Ambience/Nature/

Autumn
paragraph a- a giant gust of winds:http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/Nature/Wind/
paragraph b- sound of people talking:http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/Ambience/People/more3.php
paragraph b- scary music: http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/People/Children/

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Thought Transitions

To be used between thoughts, sentences, and paragraphs. A skilled writer will utilize these contents many times. When you are stuck for a word or phrase-- look over the the list and choose an appropriate transition.


1. To show a time or sequence.
•  Continuously
• Presently
• Following
• Ultimately
• Previously
• Recently
• Eventually
• Sequentially 

2. To compare( same)
•  In comparison
• Equally
• This resembles
• Coincidentally
• Akin to
• In unison
• Similarly

3. To contrast or to concede a point or a countering point.
• In opposition 
• Unlike
• Nonetheless
• In my view, however
• In Negation
• To counteract
• At odds

4. To show or cause and effect.
• As a result
• Because of
• Subsequently
• Due to
• In all likelihood
• This entails
• For this reason

5. To emphasize a point.
• Indeed
• It's vital
• Surprisingly
• Indubitably
• Certainly
• In reality

6. To simplify.
• In other words
• Hence
• In a nutshell
• To be concise
• In brief
• To sum up

7. Use feelings and emotions.
•  Tragically
• Regrettably
• Angrily
• With discuss
• Ominously
• Unsuccessfully
• Cruelly

8. Ending Statement
• Finally
• In conclusion
• To sum up
• Sooner or later
• Eventually
• In the long run
• The result is





Monday, September 14, 2009

Choose your own adventure story

Topic: Totally Different Twins.


Main Characters: Samuel and Sophia Twintch.

Title: Twintch Twins.

Authors: Autumn Roberts & Chelsi Harris.

One day two twins were born named Samuel and Sophia Twintch. They looked nothing alike. Sophia looked like her mother, and Samuel looked like his father. After three days, the parents were able to take them home, and live a great life together. 2 years later, it was totally different... The parents got into a big argument and the twins got separated. Sophia lived with her dad, and Samuel lived with his mother.

Being separated so long, they didn't have anything in common. Samuel was getting bad grades, disrespecting his mother, and stealing. Sophia one the other hand was the good twin. She was getting straight A's, obeying her father, and does community service. The twins did not see each since they were 2, but that all was about to change. Sophia was on her way to ballet practice when she noticed that she forgot her ballet shoes. She raced back to get them. As she walked outside, a strong breeze blew and the ribbon blew off the shoe and flew across the street. As she went to go collect it, her hand touched another hand that was getting the ribbon for her. They looked at each other.
A: They talk briefly before she goes to practice.


Choice A

It was her brother, she just didn't know it. "Hi" said Sophia. " Hi, I'm Samuel. Do you need help or do you have it?" " No thank you, I have it." She noticed that Samuel kind of looked like his mother. He started to walk away. " Hey, Come back here! I need to ask you something. Stop running, " but it was too late. He had Frolicked around the corner to 14th street. She noticed something... Her ballet building was on 14th street so maybe she would see him walking around. She continued on her way to practice. As she was walking she stepped on a piece of paper. It was a picture of her mother! She said to herself..." Why is a picture of my mother in the street? Certainly I did not drop it...Oh well." She picked up the picture and ran on to practice. When practice was over she was supposed to meet her dad at the pizza parlor. Then she caught a glance of the boy she had seen earlier. She ran over to him to ask him questions but before she could say anything he spoke..." Hey... Have you seen a picture of a lady with black hair and a white dress on? I really need that picture, it is important." She handed him the picture. " Why do you have a picture of my mother?" She asked. "That is your mother". " Yes. Look I have a picture of my father that they took together. Here..." Samuel snatched the picture from her. "Oh my god!. That is my father!" "That means... me and you... are... brother and sister!? Wow I thought I had a brother... I just didn't know it was you! AW... Give me a hug." She hugged her brother and they both walked off to the pizza parlor. When they walked in the store, It was packed with lots of hungry pizza lovers. Then she spotted her father who had just gobbled up the last piece of his pizza slice. Samuel was slipping mints into his pocket. There were about 20 of them. I turned away and walked over to her dad. " Hey dad. Look who I ran into..." She turned to look for her brother. He was at a table stealing bread. " Hey Sam, come. Lets go get dad" "Ok" " Hey! Sammy. Come here boy!!!" " Hey dad. How have you been." " Fine." Hey lets go to the mall and spend some more time together... all three of us."

B: Go to the mall with dad and catch up on what's new.

Choice B

When they walked into the Mall , the fresh scent of new clothes and baked cinnamon rolls filled the air. They walked into the food court and sat by the table the closest to the food stores. Samuel had walked over to the Chinese place and started putting sugars and ketchup in his pocket. Sophia pulled out $10, and walked over to the salad bar. Their father went to the McDonald' s. After everyone got their food they went over to the table to eat. " So Samuel, how's your mother?" " She's alright, I guess. But she is always telling me how she misses you and how she regrets leaving you and blah blah blah and so forth. And she is saying how I remind her of you. It's all a bunch of poo." " Yeah but don't you ever wonder if she really is rethinking the whole situation, dad? I mean think about it... every time she thinks about you she probably crys because she misses you. Come on, give her another chance. Don't you love her?" The dad pulled out his cell phone and called the mother. After the conversation, he hung up. The kids waiting desperately. "So... What did she say?" "She said...Yes!!!!!!!!" After they celebrated they walked up to the mothers house to find out that she wasn't there. On the couch lay a note. " Don't come looking for me. I'm somewhere taking care of some unfinished work. Or am I?" "Come on. Let's go and look for her." They left the house and drove off to find their mother.

The end?






Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Homework #1

1. Weather: What is the weather in 18374?

2. What is the time in Hong Kong?

3. What was the most recent earthquake in San Juan Puerto Rico?

4. What is the correct spelling for the word Altitrude?

5. What movies are playing in 18333?

6. What is the patent 6421918?

7. What is the area code for Jacksonville,Florida?



1.  The weather in 18374 Zingst, Germany is 63•F, cloudy, 72 % humidity.

2.  The time in Hong Kong is 10:56 pm.

3.  The most recent earth quake in San Juan Puerto Rico was 5  hours ago in the Virgin Islands.

4.  The correct spelling for " Altitrude" is Altitude.

5.  A movie that is playing in 18333 is All about steve.

6.  The patent number 6421918 is the patent number for a High frequency wet/dry shaving system.

7.  The area code for Jacksonville, Florida is 904. 

Homework: Google Search Question

Create one question for every thing that we went over.

1. • Weather

2. • Time

3. • Earthquakes

4. • Spell check

5. • Local Information

6. • Patent

7. • Area Code

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Quick Finds

Quick Finds

Essential Question: How can I improve my search experience by locating information more efficiently?


Students will be able to use search features and operators to locate information in the following categories:
• Data
• Reference Information
• Essential Information
• Trip Planning
• Keywords
• Local Information
• Search for numbers
• Web search results
• Define Web terms
• Identify search engine parts

Weather:
What it does: Tells you the weather for any zipcode or place you type in.
What to type: Weather in 11233.
What you'll get: The weather forecast such as the humidity, degrees f, wind and the forecast for the next four days.

Time:
What it does: It gives you the time and the day of the week.
What to type: Time place
What you'll get: The current time and day of the week.

Earthquakes:
What it does: It gives you the most recent information about earthquakes in the place that you chose.
What to type: Earthquake place
What you'll get: You'll get the magnitude,place and most recent earthquake.

Spell Check:
What it does: Tells you if you spell something wrong.
What to type: The word
What you'll get: The correct spelling.

Local Information:
What it does: Searches for local Information.
What to type: The place and the zip code.
What you'll get: The name of the place, website and phone number.

Patent:
What it does: Tells you the product of that patent.
What to type: The patent then the patent number.
What you'll get: The name of that product and the person who invented that product.

Area Code:
What it does: Searches for the city and state of that area code.
What to type:
What you'll get:

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Lesson Reflection: Google serach

• How will you use the tools you've learned about?

• Google search for your other classes?

• Which tool (similar words, number ranges, conversions etc) do you believe you will use the most? Why?

• Which tool do you believe you will use the least? Why?



1. I will use the tools I learned about when I have homework,classwork,projects,or maybe even at home when I am looking something up for school or outside of school, especially the minus sign (-) to eliminate things I do not want in my search.


2.I will use Google Search for any other classes for research,homework, or something used for study.


3.I believe I will use the minus sign,page link, and math answers because that way if I'm at the computer with my homework or project, I can use any of those three, and maybe the other ones.


4.I will use the Multiple words the least because I really don't look up the vacation spots, my mother does, and so, I really don't find it necessary for me to use that tool. That is basically for looking up vacationing spots and I don't pay for the trips.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Google Search

Better searches. Better results.
Here are some nifty modifiers to type in your google search box to refine your searches and get the best results.


Exact Phrase: " "
What it does: Searches for an exact phrase.

What to type: " one small step for man"

What you'll get: Results that include the exact phrase" one small step for man!"

Excluded Words;
What is does: excludes search results with a particular word or phrase.

What to type: Bass -fishing

What you'll get: results about bass that are not related to fish.

Similar words

What is does: searches for a word and all it's synonyms.

What to type: ~mobile phone

What you'll get: results with the word "phone", as well as "cell", " wireless", etc.

Numerical Ranges

What it does: Searches for a range of numbers

What to type: Fashion Design 1920...1935

What you'll get: results about fashion design during this time period.

Find Meanings Define:

What it does: Defines a word or phrase.

What to type: Define:Table

What you'll get: links to definitions of the word "table"

Site Specific site:

What it does: searches only particular websites

What to type: global warming site:edu

What you'll get: references to global warming found on .edu websites

Math answers: 1+1

What it does: basic calculator functions

What to type: 4+7, #0% of 55, sqrt (4), 20^ 2, ect

What you'll get: The answers

Conversions : cm in foot

What it does: converts units of measure

What to type: 28c in F, $ in pounds, mph in speed of light,

What you'll get: the converted answer

Linked Pages:link:

What it does: searches for web pages that link to a particular website

What to type: link:www.nick.com

What you'll get: websites that link to nickelodeon's website.