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Lesson Accelerator: Project Launcher

What's So Special About SFX?
Application: Photoshop Elements 3
Platform: Mac

Description

The process for creating the example images using Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 3 is described below. The Completed Project Movie shows you what the example project might look like. The tutorial movies that follow demonstrate, step-by-step, how to create the special effects (SFX) that are found in our example images. This project can be easily modified in order to create and edit images relevant to any subject under study. For a complete project description, including goals, objectives, and materials needed, see the Project Overview.
The Example Project
The Completed Project movie will show you what the completed example project looks like.
expand  Completed Project Movie
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. preview What the example project looks like 18837 1:02
Subscribers have access to download the resource materials for this project, which includes all example files, an assessment rubric, and information about adapting and extending the example project.
Creating Your Own Project
We'll begin by creating new documents in Photoshop Elements 3. Each section demonstrates a new effect, and each effect has its own workflow. We'll use a series of layers, adjustments, filters and blend modes to achieve the demonstrated effects.
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating the document 18822 1:47
2. locked Preparing to create the vector object 18823 1:24
3. locked Creating the vector object 18824 2:22
4. locked Making the object three-dimensional 18825 2:55
5. locked Finishing the object 18826 2:09
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating the document 18827 0:52
2. locked Drawing the button 18828 2:42
3. locked Setting the "light" and preparing the secondary highlight 18829 2:27
4. locked Creating the secondary highlight 18830 5:55
5. locked Creating the primary highlight 18831 5:00
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating the document and drawing the crystal shapes 18832 3:25
2. locked Setting the color of the crystals and making them 3D 18833 2:56
3. locked Making more crystals in the primary cluster 18834 2:55
4. locked Lighting the crystals 18835 2:52
5. locked Making more crystal clusters and changing colors 18836 1:30
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating the document 18838 1:36
2. locked Creating and refining the grid 18839 2:14
3. locked Coloring the grid 18840 1:30
4. locked Adding dimension 18841 2:26
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating the document and filling the sun 18842 2:15
2. locked Adding dimension to the sun 18843 0:52
3. locked Coloring the sun 18844 2:18
4. locked Creating a halo 18845 2:16
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating the document and prepping the planet texture 18846 1:42
2. locked Creating the planet 18847 1:51
3. locked Blowing up the planet 18848 1:55
4. locked Coloring the planet 18849 1:01
Tutorial series by Christopher Boldon
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