Week 2 Tutorials

1.Comprehensive Introduction to the Type Tool
http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/a-comprehensive-introduction-to-the-type-tool/

This was fun to play with, there are so many ways you can play and arrange your type. I think photoshop can do a lot more to the text than illustrator. My favorite is the mask tool, an image within the text. For this tutorial i went through and tried thigns i did not know how to do yet.

2. Create Vector Spirograph Designs
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/how-to-create-vector-spirograph-designs/

I havent mastered the pen tool yet so this was a little difficult. I wasn't really sure how to place the points to create that curl and to make a certain curved line that i want. The Spirograph are cool looking though.

3. Create Fun hot Air Balloon Sky Scene
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/illustration/how-to-create-a-fun-hot-air-balloon-sky-scene/

this tutorial was fairly simple and that’s always a good things. When I looked at picture, the first thing I wanted to learn about it was the colors in the sky, how they made the rays of shine different colors. But they did not even include that in the tutorial, so that sucks! They should totally go back and add that.

4. How to use Effects to Create a Cool Design
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/quick-tip-how-to-use-effects-to-create-a-cool-design/

After reading this i thought of a faster and similar way to do this design without going through all the things they did. Make little circles and place them in a line. Changing the size a little and changing the color. To make a burst of color coming from the middle, take a brush, choose a color and make a dot with a fading brush. I think that would do it.

5. Depth of Field to Create Portraits with Blown out Backgrounds
http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/photo-effects-tutorials/how-to-use-depth-of-field-to-create-portraits-with-blown-out-backgrounds/

This was a cool tutorial because it also gave a brief intro about how to take the photo on the camera before taking it into Photoshop. I like how the main point of the image is isolated. I’ve seen this this effect before on pictures before and thought it was a cool. With a high end camera i think you can even take a photo with the camera and get this effect.