China Earthquake
In China there was a massive earthquake that killed about 9,000 people. The schools in China crumbled with 900 students in them, and there was a toxic chemical leak. Some teenagers were buried in the rubble and were trying to get out. As the earthquake hit if the buildings weren’t falling down they were swaying. Maybe if the phones were working properly at first less people would have died. Children are suppose to be safe when they enter school, but who knew that there would be an earthquake in the middle on the school day. “The earthquake also rattled buildings in Beijing, some 930 miles to the north, less than three months before the Chinese capital was expected to be full of hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors for the Summer Olympics.”"Traffic jams, no running water, power outs, everyone sitting in the streets, patients evacuated from hospitals sitting outside and waiting,”
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBr_dOzJ9Pnc_U9gSgtTgE-cR-KwD90K8VFG0
photoshop- gross
1.Why do you like using Photoshop? It is a fun way to change pictures, and get red eye out.
2. When you look at magazines, do you think differently about yourself? yes, because everyone looks perfect and your not supposed to look that way.
3. What does “perfect” mean to you? the way you are is perfect because god made your that way.
4. What are the pros and cons of using Photoshop? pros – make a picture pretty. cons- changing the way you look.
5. What do you think the societal expectations are for body type and looks based on what we see in magazines? all girls want to be skinny and not fat. The magazines just show people the :” perfect bodies”
6. How do you feel about these expectations? its wrong.
7. Do you think that all of these famous people are as perfect as they seem? no, not at all.
8. How does Photoshop alter their features? By making them look slim, and changing there hole appearance.
9. Do you think these alterations are good or bad? i think they look good, but are not real.
homework .. photoshop
- What can you create with the black and white adjustment layer? —-gray scale conversions and quick color Tints.
- What is the “black and white cookie” located at the bottom of the layers palette really called?—–new fill
- After you tweak the sliders to create a gray scale image, why is it good to know that you can hide this mask?—-it hides adjustments from bits of the photo& creating a nifty partial color effect.
- What can you press on your keyboard to get the brush tool?—–B
- In the realm of layer mask, what do they say about painting and revealing?——you can use it to hide the gray scale effect & it will return to it original color.
- If we want to hide a bit of the adjustment layer, what color do we paint with?—-black conceals and white reveals.
- What happens with the foreground and background color in the tool box when you press X?—–swaps color chips.
- What does the adjustment layer look like?—–Half white, half black.
- Where is the adjustment layer located?——bottom of the layers palette
- Where do you find the tint option (in step 4)?—at the bottom of the black and white dialog.
