October 18th- Layer Masks

Hello and Welcome!

Today I'd like you to respond to the following on your blog:

1. Before you knew anything about photoshop, what were you impressions of this program?

2. Now that you've had a couple days of introduction to the program, what do you think? Are you enjoying the capabilities of this program? Is it fun, boring, etc.

3. What types of issues should we be concerned with when using photoshop and why? I.e. copy right, respect, influence of the media, etc.


When you are done the above, you can finish your hamburger drawing and find a photo from google images and play with the filter options. We are going to explore layer masks today.


I will teach you how to apply layer masks appropriately and I would like you to create the following AFTER THE LESSON and post them to your blog:

1. Single Focus Image with a Gaussian Blur
         - find a photo on google images (high resolution)
         -duplicate the layer
         -add a Gaussian Blur
         -add a layer mask
         -paint in black on the mask to reveal the lower layer

2. A Lens Flare Affect

3. A "melting" image.

4. A unique layer mask of your own!

When you are done, continue playing with the filter options in Photoshop and explore the capabilities of filters.