Wednesday, October 15, 2008

7th grade Photoshop Tools

Marquee Tool: Rectangular, elliptical, single column and single row are all marquees. They are used to put a selection or marching ants around an image.

Move Tool: used to move a layer. You can use the mouse or the arrow keys to move layers.

Gradient Tool: used to create gradients. A gradient is a smooth transition from one color to another.

Paint Bucket Tool: This tool enables you to paint large areas to once.

Horizontal Type Tool: This tool is used to put text into an image.

Vertical Type Tool: This tool is used to put text into an image. It will write vertical.

Custom Shape Tool: With this tool you can create a custom shapes in your image. You can choose from standard or imported shapes.

Hand Tool: This tool allows you to move your canvas/stage around.

Zoom Tool: This tool is used to zoom in and out of your image.

Eyedropper Tool: with this tool you can set your foreground color. In your image, click on the color you want to have.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

How To: Upload Images to Blogger

Step 1: In Photoshop, go under the File Menu and choose Save As.

Step 2: When the Save As dialog box appears, Under the Format drop down box select JPEG.

Step 3: Name your document. Never edit the ".jpg" section Click OK

Step 4: When the JPEG dialog box will appears change the quality to 12. Click OK.

Step 5: Log into your Blogger account. Once you have your post open click on the add image icon (it looks like a small scenic photo)

Step 6: Click on the Choose File button. Locate your document that ends with .jpg. Select Center. Click on the I agree check box. Upload document.


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