Desaturation with a Fade Effect

After you have the background selected do the following-

COM + U = Hue/Saturation

Change the Saturation to -100
Change the Lightness to 40

Save as a JPEG and upload to Image Library

Thursday....

DUE: Independent Caption Worksheet

TODAY IN CLASS
ASN:  Chase the following link and read the twelve tips on shooting group photos.  ARTICLE

WORK ON:  DESATS

HOMEWORK:  Game Night Memories Worksheet
Due: Friday, Oct. 1st  (TOMORROW)

Desaturation

1- Open your document in Photoshop (right click > Open with Photoshop)

2- Select the Magnetic Lasso Tool and go around part of the image you want to keep. You can create a keypoint when ever you want by click. Be careful not to double click until you are all the way complete.

3- Once the bulk of the subject is selected (using the lasso in step 2), click on the Quick Mask button on the tool bar. This floods the unwanted area with a color (you can change it to best suit your image). Now you are ready to do the FINE DETAILS.

4- Use the following tools to select the portion you want to stay in color

H- the hand allows your to move about the image

B- Paint Brush allows to to paint more mask

E- Eraser allows you to free more of the subject.

L- Polygon Lasso is good for selecting larger areas. Once selected, once an area may be filled.

SHIFT+ F5- Fills the selection

5- Once the Quick Mask work is done, complete the following steps to make your desat complete and ready to upload to YEARBOOK AVENUE.

• CLICK on the Quick mask button again creating marching ants around the subject.
• SELECT>INVERT to select the background
• IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>DESATURATION to make the background black and white.

Save as a JPG document with a descriptive name. 

That might seem like a lot... because it is. But if you start playing with the lasso tool and quick masks in your spare time you can get very good at it quickly. AND PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

Work on these.... the next step is the wonderful world of CUT-OUTS!

Caption Writing 101

 Here are the basics of yearbook caption-writing.

1. Every caption needs to start with a lead-in phrase. This is your mini-headline for your caption; it is designed to grab a Joe Yearbook Reader's attention and let him understand what's going on in the photo in very brief detail. Set off your lead-in from the rest of your caption by putting it in bold.

2. After the lead-in, your caption needs to have one present-tense sentence describing the action in the photo. This is the sentence that captures that photo's moment in time.

BEWARE OF THE PARTICIPLE PHRASE FRAGMENT!!!

wrong-   Mr. Malone sitting at his desk.

correct-  Mr. Malone sits at his desk.


3. Every subsequent sentence (2-3) in your caption should be in past-tense. The reason for this is that the action in the photo has already become a thing of the past once your readers get their yearbook. You write about that action in the proper tense to maintain consistency.

4. Every caption should do a few key things:
- Describe the action taking place in the photo.
- Identify every person in the photo by name and grade, up to 5 people.

 examples: Tierney DeWitt (12) and Mallory DeJong (12)....  

or 

Senior girls Tierney DeWitt and Mallory DeJong...

- Go beyond the photo by providing additional details about the event or program the photo highlights.


Example:



Community Service
Following the heavy summer rains, Zach Howard (11) and ? (?) lend a hand in flood clean-up as part of the CERT program.  CERT stands for ?.  They are also helped fill sand bags and learned important skills to aid in times of crisis.

Thursday

Ad Sales Reports

Each group will share out how their sales went.

Checks will be turned into Mack to photocopy.

Then each group will plan tomorrow's attack plans.


Heads Up: Tuesday we have a big lesson. I will tell you more in class.

Prom Special

Tierney and Mack,

Let's work on a deal for the hair/nail/tan/dress places. We could post a list of places in our display case around prom and winter sports week.

Thoughts?

Mallory's ASN

Mallory,

ASN- Look through the Farm Safety Show photos. Pick the best. I am hoping for 10-12 good ones.

Send a copy of them to the Stacia.