Graphic Project 1

EDET 703 - Spring 2011

Design and Development Tools II
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First name in black First name in red First Name 50% Opacity First Name Levels reduced
My first name in black text.
My first name in red text.
My first namewith 50% opacity.
My first name with the levels reduced.
Last name in black Last name in red Last Name 50% Opacity Last Name Levels reduced
My first name in black text.
My first name in red text.
My first namewith 50% opacity.
My first name with the levels reduced.
Tropical beach original Tropical Beach in black and white Tropical Beach - watercolor Tropical Beach Four Colors
Tropical Beach - original photo
Tropical Beach in black and white.
Tropical Beach - watercolor
Tropical Beach - four colors

Rollover Picture

Roll the mouse over the picture to see it change.
Rollover Picture
 Last Name Rollover

Reflections

For graphic assignment 1, I used Photoshop Elements v6.  Thankfully, I had some experience using this from Dr. Smyth’s course (EDET 603) last semester, so the concepts of layers and opacity were not new.  I was able to easily create the text for my names, duplicate the layer, and modify it.  Several times, I forgot to turn off layers or choose the correct layer, so I would head down a rabbit hole modifying the wrong thing.  In those cases I am so thankful for the ‘Undo’ command.  (I’ve actually found that true for most of the work I do with computers, my left hand often lives right over the command-Z shortcut combination!)

This was the first time I had used the simplify layer command, which changes the text layer into an image.  However, when I tried to reduce the brightness and contrast of the simplified layer, it seemed to make no change.  I ended up using the ‘change levels’ option instead.  I’m still not sure why the brightness control did not have any effect.

I used Dreamweaver to build my pages.  I borrowed much of the design from my personal pages, including a simple css file.  In retrospect, I think I would have chosen a smaller size for my name image.  My final product fits within the 300 pixel limit, but it is a little on the large size.  Dreamweaver made creating a rollover image quite simple.  After I put it in, I noticed a bunch of extra code in my html file, which I assumed was needed for the rollover.  I’ll need to look at that further - I don’t like the idea of code being there if I don’t know exactly what it does.

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February 4, 2011