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Lesson Accelerator: Project Launcher

What's So Special About SFX?
Application: Photoshop Elements 6
Platform: Mac

Description

The process for creating the example images using Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6 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 72354 1:12
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. 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 72339 1:22
2. locked Preparing to create the vector object 72340 1:06
3. locked Creating the vector object 72341 1:28
4. locked Making the object three-dimensional 72342 2:15
5. locked Finishing the object 72343 1:43
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Preparing a document for the button 72344 0:54
2. locked Drawing the button 72345 2:02
3. locked Setting the light & the secondary highlight 72346 1:17
4. locked Creating the secondary highlight 72347 2:42
5. locked Finishing the secondary highlight 72367 1:14
6. locked Creating the primary highlight 72348 3:13
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating the crystal document 72349 2:11
2. locked Setting the crystal color & 3D characteristic 72350 2:01
3. locked Making more crystals in the primary cluster 72351 2:00
4. locked Lighting the crystals 72352 1:35
5. locked Making more & changing the crystal colors 72353 1:26
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating the matrix document 72355 1:23
2. locked Creating & refining the grid 72356 2:00
3. locked Coloring the grid 72357 0:59
4. locked Adding dimension 72358 1:46
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating the sun document 72359 1:41
2. locked Adding dimension to the sun 72360 0:44
3. locked Coloring the sun 72361 1:24
4. locked Creating a halo 72362 1:50
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating the planet document & texture 72363 1:20
2. locked Creating the planet 72364 1:31
3. locked Blowing up the planet 72365 1:45
4. locked Coloring the planet 72366 0:52
Tutorial series by Jeremy Anderson
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