Lesson 3: Clock

This was the third lesson that we learned for the basics of Photoshop. This lesson was fun because we got to use the gradient tool and the text tool to play around with the colours and our name.

   We began the lesson by creating a new layer, this layer was named "gradient". Then we clicked on the gradient tool which is the grey rectangle that is situated in the tool column. Then to create the purple colour in the background, we clicked on gradient window>gradient editor. To choose the colour, we clicked on the colour stop and colour picker, and changed the colour blue to purple. To apply this colour that we choose, we had to make a line on the keyboard image and changed the opacity to 25%.

      Once we had the image changed into the colour that we wanted, the clock file was opened. Then to paste the clock onto the assignment, we had to press control A (select the clock)>edit>paste onto the assignment. To edit the clock, we used the magic tool to delete the white area , making the clock appear hollow. For more effects, we changed the option of "normal" to "screen", to make the clock appear as if it were glowing. We then used the text tool to add my name onto the image. We clicked on the text effects under the heading "Artwork and Effects" and we were able to manipulate the font and size of our name. We then placed our name in the top left corner using the move tool.

    Finally, our last step was to add on the gauge and the bearing by clicking on the layer, and then we moved the bearing layer above the gradient layer. Then we saved our work as a JPEG file.