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Photoshop -3 tutorials

1. My tutorial 3x

3D Effect in Photoshop CC  

Pop out effect

2. or your tutorial 3x

from your

Friday POST Sept 14

post your tutorial - then your version (enhanced)

Friday Post -September 28, 2018

1. Create the App with 5 buttons

• Your blog - as the main link

• Add what the tutorial asks for : twitter and instagram

plus 3 more buttons

My Version: FP Sept 28 Web Viewer App 

2. Write a short review of thunkable. Explain what it is, what you have done with it and give your opinion.

Thunkable -Intermediate

Thunkable -Intermediate

Intermediate       there are 10 !

4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 require thunkable classic
(although - all could be done with the classic version)
These will be omitted or marked as a BONUS 

• Post a screenshot -the blocks -a link to the app
• make sure your name is in the app

1. The Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fjLYXE0YQE

My Version: Int-1-Button changes : 

2. The Tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gsReE1q5Sc

My Version: Int -2- Photo Sharing

to make this work you will need a:

•   Cloudinary account  <-- click here

under DESIGN in thunkable choose Media_DB1 - On-the-right add the values above

you will also need FireBase info - the account is automatic - no need to logon

instructions

• a firebase database   Choose Get Started and create a database (call it "Photo Sharing")
• once you have this choose project overview
• click on 
  

 the following highlights the info you will need - don't use mine!

In Thunkable - DESIGN - choose Realtime_DB1
on-the-right choose Go to Firebase setting - add your info

SETUP your database in firebase
Click on Database - choose realtime database - click on Rules (tab) - make sure the database (look above rules tab) is set to "Realtime Database"
rewrite  read: true, and write: true
then click PUBLISH

back to thunkable
check your blocks add a second button to DOWNLOAD the image you sent to cloudinary

3. The Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p3NlE5oRRg

My Version: Int -3- Screen Navigation

Thunkable -Basic

https://thunkable.com/#/

Thunkable iOS Overview

YouTube Link

From their website:

• Getting Started - setup your I-device or android - download the App
• FAIL?
• add an Android emulator - https://www.bluestacks.com/apps.html
• or
• Andy android emulator - https://www.andyroid.net/
• go to google Play to get Thunkable Live

advice: do the tutorial - make sure it works - personalize it
add name - design - extra functions

• Tutorial 1: My Phone Can Talk!
• Tutorial 2: Click for Sound
• Tutorial 3: Random Answers
• Tutorial 4: Image Recognition
• Tutorial 5: Translator

example POST: Name of APP, link to APP, screenshot

1.  My Version: My Phone Can Talk!

2.  My Version: Click for Sound

3.  My Version: Random Answers

4.  My version: Image Recognition

 

5.  My Version: Translator (Italian)

other YouTube Tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTVZRyybOCDBL2zLXSeQVsw/videos




Intermediate

10

Advanced

pong!

Friday POST Sept 14

1. 6 shortcuts SPECIFIC to Photoshop and describe what they do.

ex:  CTRL - T ...the transform tool, for enlarging, shrinking or flipping images

2. Remove everything but the octopus in the following image. Describe how you did it. What are the shortcuts for the tools you used? 

Link to Image

3. Find a tutorial on YouTube of some interesting Special Effect (that is not too simple >10 minutes) in Photoshop. Post the tutorial. Get ready to master it at a later date.

ex: 

3D effect in Photoshop cs6 

Pop out effect | Photoshop Tutorials

Infographic

Infographic

1. What is an infographic? Give a definition - best to use your own words (no mark otherwise)

2. 4 examples (in a table)

4 Infographic Examples

3. Create your own - use photoshop
   1500 w x 1000 h
 - use of layers
 - naming layers
 - cropping tool
 - filters
 - text tool

title of 1st infographic: 

This is me...working toward my future.

title of 2nd infographic:

Do ____ this way
(a step by step instructional infographic)

title of 3rd infographic:
A research project on _______

Trump

Bitcoin

Cannabis in Canada

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Elon Musk

Colin Kaepernick