Monday, April 4, 2011

Audacity

 

1. If you want to get music into audacity, go to project and import audio.
2. Project, new label track.
3. Remember to bring in earphones.
4. The dumbell tool is a time shift tool.
5. Selction tool is useful to select what to edit.
6. Envolope tool works by clicking mutiple times to add points which shrinks or enlarges the points.
7. The pencil tool zooms in the waves.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

dropshadow

- put all your layers into 1 folder and call it ipod
- make a duplicate of that folder(make 2 copies)
-name your folders( folder 1 -shadorw, folder 2-reflections)
- the shadow and reflectiong folders flatten them
- reflections =transform it ( flip verticle)
- put a mask on your reflection
- use paint brush to reduce the oppacity
- take your shadow layer and control +click on your layer icon
-fill it with black
-deselect it
- transform it and make it really small
- gaussin blur

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

brusheezy.com

layer composition

7 tools in composition:
1.higherarcy- means organizing things from most important to least important
2.focal point(focus point)- the strongest most compelling element in a design
3.eye path- a strong composition can guide the viewer's eye through the design
4.proportion- size of elements relative to one to another
5.visual weight- the lightness or darkness of a colour
6.type as a visual element
7.alignment(GRID)- the alignment of elements can give a sence of visual

design with intention- dont place things on the page without thought

use these tools you guide the viewer's eye