In class Mon Mar 4th

Project 2 Due At the beginning of class.

Project 3 Assigned



Patterns

William Morris 1834 -1896,  English Textile Designer

William Morris wallpaper

Colourlovers.com

Photoshop basics

- Opening a File

* DPI

- Image size - used to change the amount of pixels in the image

- Canvas size - used to add extra pixels to the image

- Save:

* File Types

--- Photoshop .PSD file is your working file (keep this forever)

--- JPEG file is a 'Flattened' and Compressed file

Printing dpi resolutions

180 dpi - for images with no text only. lowest possible printing resolution.

240 dpi - good for images and fonts 11 points or bigger

300 dpi - great for images and fonts 8 points or bigger

360 dpi - great for images and fonts 6 points or bigger

400-600 dpi - super hi-resolution as good as an image can look

How to make a Pattern in Photoshop

1. Find an image

2. crop as you wish

3. Double the hight of the canvas. Center your image at the bottom of the canvas.

4. Cut and Paste your image onto a new layer

5. Edit-->Transform-->Rotate-->Flip on the horizontal your new layer

6. Move your new layer to the top of the image

7. Flatten the Image

Ding!! Your Pattern is done.

* try doubling the size of the width and repeating the process to extend your pattern.

Try to make some patterns in class.

*You need to create 12 hi-rez patterns for the assignment!