Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Ipod

- Put all your layers in one folder amd call it IPOD.
- Make a duplicate of that folder.
- Name those folders that you made shadow and reflectione.
- The shadow and the reflection and shadow folders flatten them down.
- You will transform the" refletion" and flip it vertically.
- Put a mask on your "refletion" wse the gradient tool or the paint brush to make a reflection beliable it must be faded and little bit opaque.
- Take your shadow laer and control click on the icon layer.
-The last thing you are going to do is edit colour.
-Squish your Ipod using the trainsform and the type of shadow you want.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

The tools of composition

- Hierchierchy. The relative importance of elements. ( most important to least important)
- Focal " Point- The strongest, most compeling element in a design. ( focused portion in an image)
- Eye path: A strong compestation can guide the viewers eye though the design.
- proportation: Size of elements in proportation to one another. Relative Amouts of space devoted to item eg. written and image.
- visual wieght: equals size + value. ( the lightness or darkness of a colour).
-Type as a visual element: Think of blocks of type as having shape and wieght, just like photo's and illustrations
-Allignment "Grid": It can give a sense of visual order and rythem. Set of guidelines for the user to align and repeat.

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