Wednesday, March 23, 2011

i pod skin.

4. merge the shadow and reflection layers by right clicking .
5. cntl T (transform)and flip it vertically-reflection.
6. now put a mask on your reflection using the gradient tool or use your paint brush ... fade and make it look ligfhter than the other to make the reflection believable. the grafient tool is next to the eraser. it is sqaured.
7. shadow layer now take your shadow layer and cntrl click on the i pod layer it will give u a selction of ur i pod.
now edit >fill >black. now deselect that by cntrl d now cntrl T and make it really small now the last thing is filter >blur> gaussian blur. and if ur shadow is sdtill too dark then reduce the opacity of the layer. the reflection should be under ur ipod.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

LAYOUT COMPOSITION.

the seven tools of composition
  1. hierarchy-organizing things from most important to least important.
  2. focul point/focus point-the strongest, most compelling element in a design.
  3. eye path-a strong composition can giude the viewer's eye through the design. its all abouit giuding the viewers eye along the path.
  4. proportion-size of elements relative to one another.
  5. visual weight-the lightness or darkness of a color.
  6. type as a visual element-
  7. alignment-in the context of layout, you use alignment to align things up.
design with intention, dont place things without thought.
all these tools areuse these tools to help giude your viewers eye.