Day Twenty
I’m looking at my schedule, and I feel good about my project timeline. I will put together a “press kit” tommorrow to provide a complete outline of the photo shop and illustrator efforts I have put forth so far. Two or three book reviews tomorrow.
yo, I think just listing the amount of independent work in PS and AI in the form of a list would be great.
I can help with this… refer to this:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/10.0/
In fact, I am listing below all of the contents of each chapter that refers to the version of PS that we have (CS3, but not extended, as far as I know.)Many of these functions will not apply to what you need to do, but it is a good way to get your accomplishments listed in detail.
So, choose the ones that you have accomplished and then the ones that you would like to accomplish. a bullet-point list would be great
* Workspace basics
* Palettes and menus
* Tools
* Viewing images
* Rulers, the grid, and guides
* Work with the Preset Manager
* Preferences
* Plug‑ins
* Recovery and undo
* Memory and performance
* Photoshop images
* Image size and resolution
* Acquiring images from cameras and scanners
* Creating, opening, and importing images
* Placing files
* High dynamic range images
* About color
* Color modes
* Converting between color modes
* Choosing colors
* Understanding color management
* Keeping colors consistent
* Color-managing imported images
* Color-managing documents for online viewing
* Proofing colors
* Color-managing documents when printing
* Working with color profiles
* Color settings
* Viewing histograms and pixel values
* Understanding color adjustments
* Adjusting image color and tone
* Targeting images for press
* Matching, replacing, and mixing colors
* Making quick image adjustments
* Applying special color effects to images
* Adjusting crop, rotation, and canvas
* Retouching and repairing images
* Correcting image distortion and noise
* Adjusting image sharpness and blur
* Transforming objects
* Liquify filter
* Vanishing Point
* Create panoramic images
* Making selections
* Adjusting pixel selections
* Moving and copying selected pixels
* Deleting and extracting objects
* Channels
* Saving selections and using masks
* Channel calculations
* Layer Basics
* Selecting, grouping, and linking layers
* Moving, stacking, and locking layers
* Managing layers
* Setting opacity and blending
* Layer effects and styles
* Adjustment and fill layers
* Nondestructive editing
* Layer comps
* Masking layers
* Painting tools
* Brush presets
* Creating and modifying brushes
* Blending modes
* Gradients
* Filling and stroking selections, layers, and paths
* Creating and managing patterns
* Drawing vector graphics
* Drawing shapes
* Drawing with the Pen tools
* Managing paths
* Editing paths
* Converting between paths and selection borders
* Adding color to paths
* Filter basics
* Filter effects reference
* Applying specific filters
* Add Lighting Effects
* Creating type
* Editing text
* Formatting characters
* Fonts
* Line and character spacing
* Scaling and rotating type
* Formatting paragraphs
* Creating type effects
* Asian type
* Saving images
* Saving PDF files
* Saving and exporting files in other formats
* File formats
* Metadata and annotations
* Adding and viewing Digimarc copyright protection
* Presentations and photo layouts
* Placing Photoshop images in other applications
* Printing from Photoshop
* Printing with color management
* Printing images to a commercial printing press
* Printing duotones
* Printing spot colors
* Working with web graphics
* Slicing web pages
* Modifying slices
* Slice output options
* Creating web photo galleries
* Optimizing images
* Web graphics optimization options
* Output settings for web graphics
* Video and animation in Photoshop
* Creating images for video
* Import video files and image sequences (Photoshop Extended)
* Interpreting video footage (Photoshop Extended)
* Painting frames in video layers (Photoshop Extended)
* Editing video and animation layers (Photoshop Extended)
* Creating frame animations
* Creating timeline animations (Photoshop Extended)
* Preview video and animations
* Save and export video and animations
* Automating with actions
* Creating actions
* Processing a batch of files
* Scripting
* Creating data-driven graphics
* Customizing keyboard shortcuts
* Default keyboard shortcuts
And there is similar information on AI:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Illustrator/13.0/
Check it out and do the same for your accomplishments in AI.
I am seriously blown away that you learned all of this on your own. That takes serious commitment and bravery. yay!
more soon, yo.
amy said this on July 1, 2009 at 8:43 am