The Matrix Shadow Effect Tutorial

Step 1: Press ''D'' on your keyboard to set the background swatch with black. Press the ''X'' to swap swatches. Hold down the apple key and press delete.

Step 2: Type your text. Hold down the control key and click on the text layer. Choose rasterize.

Step 3: Make a duplicate of your rasterized layer. Go under the filter menu, under blur, choose motion Blur. when the dialog box appears set the angle to 0 degrees, and increase the distance of the blur to 39 pixels. Click OK.

Step 4: Make a duplicate of your original rasterized layer. Go under the filter menu Menu, under Blur, and choose Motion blur. When the dialog box appears, set the angle to 90 degrees, and the distance of Blur to 80 pixles click OK.

African Proverb 8

Knowledge is like a garden, if it is not cultivated, it can not be harvested.

I believe that this African proverb means that if you get the knowledge that you have gathered in school, then you can share it with others. In addition if you don't share the information then you can't spread it to others. I think that knowledge is everything. And without knowledge i don't know what you can be in life. Just like a garden if its not cultivated, what can it do? So this is why i come to school everyday to prepare myself for the future and have a successful life.

Carved Wood Type Tutorial

Step 1: Click on the gradient tool. In the options bar, click on the gradient thumbnail to bring up the gradient editor. When it appears, double click on the left color stop. When the color picker appears, click on the custom button, then choose PANTONE 722, and click OK. Double click on the right color stop; this time choose PANTONE 732, click OK.

Step 2: In the options bar, click on the radial gradient icon. Using this tool, click- and- drag from the center to the top of the background layer. Go under the filter menu, under noise, and choose add noise. enter 12% for amount, choose Gaussian, check Monochromatic, and click OK.

Step 3: Then, go under the filter menu, under blur and choose motion blur. Enter 33 degrees for the angle and 10 for distance Click OK. Now, go under the filter menu, under sharpen, and choose UN sharp mask. Enter 500% for amount, 9.0 pixels for radius, and 1 for threshold, then click OK.

Step 4: Type your text. Go under the layers menu, under rasterize, and choose type to convert your type layer into a regular image layer. Now under brush stokes, choose sprayed strokes. Type 12 for stroke rength, 7 for radius, and right diagonal for direction. Click OK.

Step 5: Click the magic wand tool. Click once in your first letter of your word. Then go under the selct menu and choose Similar to select the rest of the letters. under the select menu, choose inverse, Now, press delete to remove the little chunks of white space around the letters created by the brushed strokes filter.

Step 6: Go under the select menu and choose inverse. Drag your text layer into the trash to delete it, Press apple+J to put the selected background area up on its own layer. In the layers palette, click once on the background layer. Press apple + A, then press delete. Press apple+D to deselect.

Step 7: Click on your layers text layer. Choose bevel and emboss from the layer styles menu at the bottom of the layers palette. When the dialog box appears, increase the depth to 400% and decrease the size to 4. Increase the highlight opacity to 90%. From the left side of the layer style dialog box, click on the word drop Shadow to bring up its options. Increase the size to 8, lower the opacity to 50% and click OK.

Step 8: Choose the lasso tool. Make a thin selection in the center of each letter. Remember to hold down the shift key. Press apple+ C to copy. Add a new layer press apple + V to paste. Change the layer mode from normal to color burn.

Step 9: Duplicate your new layer. Now duplicate your duplicated later. Change the layer mode from color burn to screen. Click on the move tool. Press the right arrow key twice then down arrow once.

African Proverb 7

A person who knows proverbs can reconcile differences.

I think this african proverb means that if you understand proverbs, then you can understand other people situations. I believe that we should be there for one other and i think that people don't get the chance to talk about ow they feel. I also think that parents should be there for their children. Some people don't get the opportunity to talk to their kids about how they feel. I think if parents and friends start being there for each other, then maybe someone would want to talk about how they feel.

In addition one day maybe someone would be there for you because you helped them out so maybe they will help you out. I think we gotta be there for each other. I can use this in my everyday life by just being there for my friends and family. I just want everyone to be happy.

African Proverb 6

''It is better to be loved than feared''

I think this means that we all should love each other as one. Not going around shooting be stealing etc. I believe people should stop the violence and we should all just get along and live in peace. That way everyone well at least someone would like you. If someone fears you then they will be running from you forever. That's not good at all.

For instance i think people are feared because maybe they are not loved enough. So thats why they do such things to other people. It's not fair at all. I think i can use this in my everyday lie by just showing other people respect. We should all love one another. In addition, if we do, a world can be a better.

Study Strategies- Multiple Choice Question

Multiple Choice questions usually include a phrase or stem followed by three to five options:
Test strategies:
Read the directions carefully.
Know if each question has one or more correct option
Know if you one penalize for guessing.
Know how much time is allotted ( this governs your strategy).
Preview the text
Read through the test quickly and answer the easiest questions first.
Mark those you think you know in some way that is appropriate.
Read through the test a second time and answer more difficult questions.
You may pick up cues for answers from the first reading, or become more comfortable in the testing situation.

Extra Money

You have an extra 100,000 to give away.
You can not spend it on yourself. What would you do with the money?

If i had $100,000 dollars i would give half to my parents. I would give half to my parents because i think they deserve it. They toke care of me all these years. And i would give the other half to people who are less fortunate. I would because i don't think is fair for people not to have money. I mean it's there fault but still its not fair. People shouldn't be living on the streets. They should be living in a house. Like the rest of us. And they also should have high paying jobs.

I think that people don't care about the people who are less fortunate. I mean some people are but not everybody. If one of us was like that i think you would want someone to help you out. To many people are dying these days. Life is to short. So you should just at least help someone out. And then at the end of the day you will probably say to yourself I'm proud of me.

African Proverb 5

''The fool speaks, the wise person listens''.

I think this means that the fools are always trying to get attention. And the wise man is always trying to learn many things. I believe that to many people think that school is a joke. We come to school so that we can learn and get an education.

We can use this in our everyday life by just not acting a fool in school. Just pay attention and follow directions, you will be successful in school.

Study Strategies- True / False questions

True or False Test
Every part of a true sentence must be (true).
IF any one part of the sentence false, The whole sentence is false depict any other sentence.

Pay close attention to negatives, qualifiers, absolution, and long strings of statements.
Negatives can be confusing
If the question contains negatives, ''as no, not, cannot'' drop the negative and leave what remains.
Decide wheater that sentence is true or false. If it is true, its opposite, or negative, its usually false.

Qualifiers are words that abstract or open up general statements
Words like ''Sometimes, often, frequently, ordinarily, generally'' open up the possibilities of making accurate statements. They make more modest claims, are more likely to reflect reality, and usually indicate true answers.


Absolute words possibilities. ''No, never, none, always, every, entirely only'' imply the statement must be true 100 % of the time and usually indicate ''False'' answers.

Long sentences often include groups of words set off by punctuation.
Pay attention to the word ''truth'' of each of these phrases. If one is false, it usually indicates a ''false'' answer

Light Burst Tutorial

Step one: Set your foreground color to black, Type your text. Rasterize your type layer. Put a selection around your text. Go under the select menu and choose save selection.

Step two: Deselect your type. Switch your foreground color to white. Under the edit menu choose fill. Change the mode to multiply. Go under filter menu, under blur, Gaussian Blur. Enter 2.5 pixles.

Step three: Go under the filter menu, under stylize and choose solarize. Press shift+apple+L to run the auto levels. Duplicate layer.

Step four. Filter menu, under Distort, choose polar to rectangular.

Step five: Go under the image menu, under rotate Canvas, choose 90 degrees cw.
Invert your image (Apple + I) Filter menu, choose stylize, choose wind.

Step six: In wind dialog box choose wind method and from the right for direction. Run this filter 2 more times by pressing Apple+ F twice.

Step seven: Invert the image. Run auto levels. Run the wind filter 3 more times. Rotate canvas to 90 degrees ccw. Filter menu, distort, choose polar Coordinates.

Step eight: In Polar coordinates choose rectangular to polar. Change the layer Blend mode from Normal To screen.

Step Nine: Create a new layer. Choose gradient. Drag your gradient through this layer. Change the blend mode to color. ( Optional invert your layer)

Step ten: Click on your text layer copy. Filter menu, under Blur, choose radial blur. In dialog box choose zoom. Increase the amount to 66. Click your original text layer. Select menu, load selection. choose alpha 1. Change your foreground color to black. Deselect your text
Viola.

African Proverb 4

'' One camel does not laugh at another camel's hump.''

This African proverb means you should`t make fun of other people. I believe if you make fun of someone, they`re going to feel bad. And I also think if you don`t want to be treated like that, then don`t make fun of them because one day, something is going to come back at you.

We the people can make life easier by not making fun of people. That's how people die, get hurt, etc. That's why is too much violence in the world today.

African Proverb 3

''One who learns, teaches.''

I believe this African proverb means if your learn first, you an teach to others what you have learned. For example if someone looks up to you, if they see if you are paying attention in school. Then that person will do the same because he/she looks up you.

I think people can use his in their everyday life by just paying attention and let other people know that you should play attention in school because we are the future. When we grow up we might be doctors , lawyers , etc. so we need to know what we are doing. That's why teachers today were paying attention when they were in school. So when they grew up , they can teach what they have learned. Thats what I think what this African Proverb means.

Warp Type Tutorial

Step 1 : Choose Font, color and size.

Step 2: Type you word then in you layers palettes click 'T' twice.

Step 3: In your option bar, click the 't' that has a little curve on it. Then choose the style that you want.

Perspective Type Tutorial

Step 1: Choose font size,and color.

Step 2: Type your word (s)

Step 3: Go under the layers menu, under type and choose convert to shape.

Step 4: Hold down the apple key on the keyboard and tap the letter 'T' to transform the text.

Step 5: Hold down the control key and click the mouse: choose perspective. Grab one of the corner boxes and bring drag to create the perspective effect.

Step 6: Under the layer menu, under rasterize choose shape.

Step 7: Duplicate your foreground color. Tap the question mark and your keyboard. Click option+ delete to change the color.

Step 8: Choose the middle layer and move it down to create a drop shadow effect.

Gel Type tutorial

Step one : Chose your font,
Size,and Color.

Step two Type your word.

Step three In your layers palette apple click your type layer to out the '' Marching ants''. Around the text create a new layer.

Step four Go under the select menu, under Modify, and choose Contract dialog appears, enter 2 pixels, and click okay, then press Option+ Delete to fill your contracted selection.

Step five Deselect by pressing apple + D. Duplicate this layer by dragging it to the new layer leon. Go under the filter menu, Under blur and choose Gaussian Blur. When the dialog box appears, enter 3 pixels and click okay.

Step Six Choose Bevel and Emboss from the layer styles pop-up menu at the bottom of the layers palette.
-> Style= Emboss
-> Depth= 300
-> Size =12
-> Highlight Opacity =100%
-> Shadow Mode= Color Dodge -> Shadow Mode Opacity= 40%
-> Black color switch= White Click okay.

Step Seven=> In the layers palette click on the eye icon beside the background layer to hide it. Then choose Merge Visible from the palettes drop down menu. Choose Drop shadow from the styles menu and click ok. Click on background layer to reveal it.

African Proverb 2

'' Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won't eat us ''
What does the Proverb mean to you? How can you use it in your everyday life. Give an example:

I believe the African Prov

African Proverb

''Knowledge i better than riches''

What does that African Proverb mean to you? How can it be used in your everyday life. Give an example.

Clearly I think the african proverb means that knowledge is everything. Without knowledge, life is nothing. For instance, this is why we come to school everyday so we can be prepared for the future. For example when you come to school you are suppose to learn. Then in the future when you have your knowledge, your riches can get you anything you want.

08-09 School Year

I think my goals for this year is to learn anything and everything I can. I feel as if I didn't accomplish those goals last year. I believe I didn't try my best at everything. However , I still managed to get good grades. Maybe if I studied everything every night, I think I could of did much better.

My benefits of attending New Media Tech Charter School is to learn a little more about computers. For example, in my other school we didn't have computer class. But they do at New Media. So I'm grateful to take the time out to learn a little more about Photoshop many other things. My weakest subject is reading and language arts. I think that class was really boring. So I wasn't really paying attention in that class. My strongest subject and always will be is math. Math is really exciting to me. As a result I'm going to do a lot better.