CLASS 3

We are going to stay with shapes.
We will learn about:
- Easing in and out
- Morphing shapes
- Manipulating shapes with the Bone Tool
Half of the class time will be dedicated to individual projects

If you want to get a sense of what we'll be doing in our next class watch:

SHAPE TWEEN HOW TO

Select the Rectangle Tool. Select a fill color. Select no stroke (the red slashed square). Make a rectangle. Give the layer the name "He" by double clicking on the Layer 1. Click in frame 24 and insert a keyframe under the Insert Menu, Timeline or right click in the frame and select Insert Keyframe. Right now you have an animation that lasts a second where nothing happens be cause your object(He) is in the same position in keyframe one and keyframe 24. Click in frame 24 and move the object away. Now you have two different keyframes and when you play your animation the object jumps to the new position. Select a frame between the keyframes and right click selecting Create a Shape Tween. An arrow appears between the two keyframes and the object moves smoothly between the two key frames. The change is distributed incrementally between the 24 frames of the animation.

Class 2 Curriculum and Project

CLASS 2

• Raster images and Vector images
• Flash CS4 Toolbox and interface
• Frames Keyframes and Timeline
• Shapes
• Character Animation.
• Shape Tween
• Alpha
• Making a fade in Flash
• Text Tool
A simple animation for our first project

Click To Play

Elephant in a room by Bansky

Class one photoshop tutorial

Cutting out the elephant figure from the jpg image

Duplicate the background layer by dragging the layer to the new layer symbol at the bottom of the Layer Window and letting it go or under Layer Menu duplicate layer. Take the Pen Tool from the tool box (make sure it is the Pen Tool and not one of the sub menu tools). Under the top menu, second row select path. You want to make a path not a shape. With the pen start laying anchor points around the elephant till you close the path. Use the Direct Select Tool to reposition the points and the Convert Point Tool to create Bezier curves where needed.

After your path is completed click on the Path Window tab. If the Path window is not opened you’ll find it under the Window menu. Make sure you have the path selected. At the bottom of the path window you will find a dotted circle. In order to load the path as a selection click on it. The path changes into a selection. Under the Select menu select inverse and you are ready to cut the background around the elephant.

Class 1 Curriculum

CLASS 1

• Using Flickr as the source of shared images
• Matching color, perspective, direction and size when combining images
• Duplicating a layer in Photoshop
• Using the Navigator tool
• Using the Pen tool to create a path
• Using the Direct select and the Bezier curve tools.
• Changing the path into a selection
• Using the Select Menu
• Manipulating layers
• Using the Blending Options/ Layer Effex