Matrix Shadow Effect Tutorial

Step#1-Press "D" on your Keyboard to set the background swatch with black. Press the letter "X" to swap swatches. Hold down the apple key and press delete.

Step#2-Type your text . Hold down the control key and click on the text layer. Choose Rasterize.

Step#3-Make a duplicate of your rasterize layer. Go under the filter layer and click blur. choose motion blur. When the dailog box appears set the angle to 0º, and increase the distance of the blur to 39 pixels. Click ok.

Step#4-Make a duplicate of your original rasterized layer. Go under the filter menu, under blur, and choose motion blur. When the dialog appears, set the angle to 90º, and the distance of blur to 80 pixels. Click ok.

African Proverb #9

"Knowledge is like a garden, if it is not cultivated, it can not be harvested."

I believe that the proverb means if you don't refine what you know, you will forget it. For instance if you learn something in preschool and the next year you don't go over it there is a chance you could forget it. Further more if that was the case you would not only forget that you would forget everything you learn each year cause it was not refined. In result i think the proverb is very true.

Semi-Transparent Type Tutorial

Step#1-Type your text

Step#2-Put a selection around your text. Hide your type layer. Click on the background layer.

Step#3-Press apple+J. Click on your layer styles and choose drop shadow. Click directly on the words inner shadow. Next click on the words inner glow. Click ok.

Step#4-Drag your type layer into the trash

Step#5-Click on your background layer. Hold down the apple key+L to brighten your background image.

Carved Wood Type Tutorial

Step 1: Click on the gradient too. In the options bar, click on the gradient thumbnail to bring u the gradient editor. When it appear, double click on the left color stop. When the color picker appears , click on the custom button, then choose PANTONE 722, and click ok. Double click on the right color stop,this time choose PANTONE 732, and click ok.
Step 2: In the options bar, click on the radial gradient icon. Using this tool, click-and- drag from the center to the top of the background layer. Go under the filter menu, under noise, and choose add noise. Enter 12% for amount, choose gaussian, check mono chromatic, and click ok.
Step 3: Then, go under the filter menu, under blur, and choose motion blur. Enter 33 for angle and 10 for distance. Click ok. Now, go under the filter menu, under sharpen, and choose unsharpened mask. Enter 500% for amount, 9.0 pixels for radius, and 1 for threshold, then click ok.
Step 4:Type your text. Go under the layer menu under rasterize , and choose type to convert your type layer into a regular image layer. Now, under brush strokes choose sprayed strokes. Type 12 for stroke length, 7 for radius, and right diagonal for direction. Click ok.
Step 5: Click the magic wind tool. Click once in your first letter of your word. Then go under the select menu and choose similar to select the rest of the letters. Under the select menu, choose inverse. Now, press delete to remove the little chunks of white space around the letters created by the brushed strokes filter.
Step 6: Go under the select menu and choose inverse. Drag your text layer into the trash to delete it. Press apple+j to put the selected background area up on it's own layer. In the layers palette, click once on the background layer. Press Apple + A, then press delete. Press Apple + D to deselect.
Step 7: Click on your layer text layer. Choose bevel and emboss from the layer styles menu at the bottom of the layers palette. When the dialog box appears, increase the depth to 400% and decrease the size to 4. Increase the highlight opacity to 90% from the left side of the layer style dialog box, click on the word drop shadow up it's options. Increase the size to 8, lower the opacity to 50% and click ok.
Step 8: Choose the lasso tool. Make a thin selection in the center of each letter. Remember to hold down the shift key. Press apple+ c to copy. Add a new layer press apple+ v to paste. Change the layer mode from normal to color burn.
Step 9: Duplicate your new layer now duplicate your duplicated layer. Changed the layer mode from color burn to screen. Click on the move tool. Press the right arrow key twice, the down arrow key once.

African Proverb #8

A person who knows proverb can reconcile differences"

I believe that it is very true cause you have to tell what is the difference in each proverb and say which is better. For instance "It is better to be loved than feared". In that one you have to pick which is better. Therefor you do have to tell the differences.

Further more if you don't know how to reconcile the differences you wont know how to answer the proverb . For example if you had a proverb like...""The fool speaks, the wise person listens". You would have to think of how listening and speaking are different. That would be how you would start off answering the proverb. In result you do have to reconcile the differences.

African Proverb #7

"It is better to be loved than feared"

I think that the proverb is so true. I believe that its not the best thing to be scared of cause people don't like being scared. I remember when I my father was telling me about this man who was scared of one his of his friends for no reason at all. The next thing you know the scared man shot and killed one of my dads friends. Just cause he thought the man was doing to kill him.

Further more who wants to be scared of. For instance how would you make friends if everyone is scared of you? Unless they were just kiss ups and in that case those king of people are not true friends. I know for a fact those kind of "friends" don't last long. In result it is way better to be loved.

Study Strategies-Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple choice questions usually include a phrase or stem followed by three to five options:


Test strategies:
Read the directions carefully.
Know if each question has one or more correct option
Know if you are penalized for guessing
Know how time is allotted(this governs your strategy)
Preview the test
Read through the test quickly and answer the easiest questions first.
Mark those you think you know in some way that is appropriate.

Extra Money

What if you had an extra $100,000 to give away.

If I had an extra $100,000 I would give it to the homeless shelters. I believe that they need it more than me. For example they don't have clothes to change into every day and I do. They also don't know when their next meal is coming.

Further more they don't even have a real home. For instance when I go out I know that I have a home to go to. I know if I was homeless I would want someone to do the same for me. In result I believe that giving them the money would be much better than me just spending it on myself.

African Proverb #6

"The fool speaks, the wise person listens."

I believe that the proverb means a fool always speaks and never listens, but the wise always listens to learn. For instance in the class the one who never learn anything is the one who is always talking. Further more the one who is as quiet as a mouse knows way much more. In result I think that the proverb is so true cause if your taking you are not listening.

Study Strategies

True or False Test
Every part of a true sentence most be "true". If any one part of the sentence is false, the whole sentence is false despite many other true statements .

Pay close attention to negatives, qualifiers, absolutes, and long strings of statements.

Negatives can be confusing
If the question contain negatives, as no, not, cant not. drop the negatives and read what remains.Decide wether that sentence is true or false.

Qualifiers are words that restrict of open up general statements.
Words like"sometime, often, frequently, ordinarily, generally'' open up the possibilities of making accurate statements. They make more modest claims, are more likely to reflect reality, and usually indicate true answer.

African Proverb #5

"A brother/sister is like a shoulder."

I believe that, that the proverb means a siblings always has a shoulder to cry on. For instance when I'm down I go to one of my sisters for what ever the case may be. Further more a brother or sister should always be there to help you with your problems. In result I think that the proverb is also very true.

Light Burst Tutorial

Step 1: Set your foreground color to black. Type your text. Rasterize your type layer. Put a selection around your text. Go under the select menu and click save selection.

Step 2:Deselect your type. Switch your foreground color to white. Under the Edit menu choose fill. Change the Mode to multiply. Go under filter menu, under blur, choose Gaussian Blur. Enter 2.5 pixels.

Step 3: Go under the filter menu, under stylize and choose Solarize. Press shift+apple+L to run the auto levels. Duplicate layer.

Step 3: Filter menu, under Distort, choose polar coordinates. Choose polar to rectangular.

Step 5: Go under the image menu, under Rotate canvas, choose 90 cw. Invert your image (Apple i). Filter menu, choose stylize, choose wind.

Step 6: In wind dialog choose wind for method and from the right for direction. Run this filter two more times by pressing apple+f twice.

Step 7: Invert your image. Run auto levels. Run the wind filter 3 more times. Rotate canvas 90 ccw. Filter menu, distort. choose polar coordinates.

Step 8: In polar coordinates choose rectangular to polar. Change the layer blend mode from normal to screen.

Step 9: Create a new layer. Choose a gradient. Drag your gradient through this layer . Change the blind mood to color. OPTIONAL:Invert your layer.

Step 10: Click on your text layer copy. Filter menu, under blur, choose radial blur. In dialog box choose zoom. Increase the amount to 66. Click you original text layer. Select menu, load selection. Choose alpha 1. Change your foreground color to black. Deselect your text.


Voila

African Proverb #4

"One camel does not laugh at another camel's hump"

I believe that, that saying means we should not teas one another cause we all are human beings. For instance now we look at one another judging each other when we are just the same. Further more I think that it would be at our best interest to be more kind to one another. In result we would be a better people.

African Proverb #3

"One who learns, teaches."

I fell that, that proverb means if you take the time out to learn, somewhere along the line you will be teaching. For instance I am in school now, and in the near future I will be the teaching people what I know. Further more I also believe that, that saying can be used in our everyday life because if it was not, who would teach us? In result I think that the saying is very true.

Warp Type Tutorial

Step 1:Type word(s)

Step 2: Go to the warp key in the upper right hand corner and choose a style

Step 3: Click ok

Perspective Type Tutorial

Step 1: Choose your font, color and size.

Step 2:Type your word(s).

Step 3: Go under the layer menu, under type and choose convert to shape.

Step 4: Hold down the apple key on the keyboard and tap the letter "T" to transform the text.

Step5: Hold down the control key and click the mouse. Choose perspective. Grab one of the corner boxes and drag to
create the perspective effect.

Step 6: Under the layer menu, under rasterise choose shape.

Step 7: Duplicate your text layer. Change your foreground color. Hold down the option key and tap the delete key.

Step 8: Choose the middle layer and move it down to create a drop shadow effect.

"Gel type tutorial"

Step 1- Choose your font, size and color.

Step 2- Type your word

Step 3- Make a new layer

Step 4- In your layers palette, Apple+Click your type layer to put the marching ants' around the text.

Step 5- Go around the select menu, under modify, and choose contract. When the contract dialog appears, enter 2 pixels, and click ok, then press option+delete to fill your contracted selection.

Step 6- Deselect by pressing apple+D. Duplicate this layer by dragging it to the new layer icon. Go under the filter menu, under Blur and choose Gussian Blur. When the dialog box appears, enter 3 pixels, and click ok.

Step 7- Choose bevel and emboss from the layers styles pop-up menu at the bottom of the layers palette.
->Style=Emboss
->Depth=300
->Size=12
->Highlight Opacity= 100%
->Shadow Mode=Color Dodge
->Shadow Mode Opacity=40%
->Black Color Switch=White (click ok)

Step 8= In the layers palette click on the eye icon beside the back round layer to hide it. Then choose merge visible from the palettes drop down menu. Choose drop shadow from thestyeles menu and click ok. Click on back round layer to cover it.

African Proverb#2

"Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile wont eat us" what does that proverb mean to you? How can you use it in your everyday life? Give an example.

I feel that it means a lot of people is better than one. For instance if we could just stick together as a people we could be very powerful. Further more I believe that people would give us a new kind of respect. In result I believe that proverb is very true and could help us in the long run.

African proverb

"Knowledge is better than riches" What does that African Proverb mean to you? How can it be used in your everyday life? Give an example.

I think that, that saying means it is better to have knowledge than to have money and be dumb. For instance if I had money and went to a store and brought something and got cheated out of money, I would not know because I don't have the knowledge.
Further more I think the saying can be used in an everyday life because it can remind people that having knowledge is way better than having riches.As a result it is better to have knowledge.

08 -09 School year

What are you goals for this year? Did you accomplish thoes goals last year? (If yes)How did you accomplish them? (If no)What did you do wrong? What are the benefits of attending New Media Tech Charter School? Which subject was your weakest/strongest last year?


Of course my goals for this year is to go all A's and B's. I believe that I accomplished that goal last year but I did not get my last report card. It seems I accomplished that goal by doing my homework every night, handing in my work and studying. As a result for doing my work I got the grades I wanted.

I feel that the beneifits of attending this school is being well educated not only on math and reading but also in African American history. For example before I came to this school I did not know that African people were the first settelers in Egypt. Clearly had I not came to this school and done my science project I would not have known that. Surprisingly my weakest subject was reading and my strongest was and scoial studies.