Thursday, June 4, 2009

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Monday, March 30, 2009

CD/DVD GuideLines.

Safety Margins: Text and important images must fall within the red boxes. Extending important elements beyond these lines Can Cause Problems During Cutting, Folding, And Assembly. Parts Of Images On Text Can End Up Being trimmed off or fall directly on a fold.

Cut Lines: This is approximately where your artwork will be trimmed. Keeping all text and important images inside the 1/8th inch safety margins will prevent their unintended loss during cutting.

Bleeds: This area is going to be completely trimmed away during the cutting process. Only solid colors background images or foreground images that intentionally run off the page should extend through this area. Having bleeds ensures that your artwork will not have a thin white border around it.

Folds: Be very careful when running any text or important image over folds. Text, especially text under 9 pt. can be hard to mad if it is falling on a fold.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Free Write: 1 Million Dollars.

If I had 1 million dollars, first i would by my parents a new house. Then i would go to the mall, and get everything that i can. I would pay for my college education. I would put some of that money in the bank. Then I would buy myself a car. If i had a million dollars, i would build my own school just for me. The rest of the money, i wouldn't know what i will do with it.

Furthermore, I probably would give some money to the people that are in need. I would start my own business. That what i will do if i had a million dollars.

Focus: 4

Content: 3

Organization:2

Style:2

Conventions:3-2

Friday, February 20, 2009

Free Write: My Perfect Vacation

My perfect vacation was when i went on the Carnival Cruise trip in 2004. We went to Belize, Costa Maya, Costa Rica , plenty other places. The cruise was a 7 day trip. My whole family went. The whole time a had a wonderful time. The cruise ship had plenty of activities including a basketball tournament. They had a teen night club every night. They had a arcade room. they had a place where you could work out. they had a track. there was a lot of things going on this cruise. I believe that it was the best time of my life.!

When we went on some of the islands, we went to there stores. We brought accessories. We went to the beach. We saw some of their animals that were there. We ate some of there food. We just had a very good time. The cruise overall went very fast. but that was the best time that i had in my life so far.

Focus: 4

Content: 3

Organization: 3

Style: 3

Conventions: 3

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Free Write: What If.?.?.?.

What if you can get money anytime you want. If people could get money anytime they want, we wouldn't be in a recession right now. If i could get money anytime i want, i would get anything that i want to get. If people could get money anytime they wanted to, schools will have more books and could remodel the school. If people could money anytime they wanted to, everyone would be rich and it would be no more poor people in the United States Of America. I wish people could get money anytime they wanted to.

If people get money when they want to, i don't think people would be robbing other people. i don't think it will be any violence in the world. We will have all the money in the world if people could get money when they wanted to. People will have enough food that will last for a lifetime. If people could get money will they wanted to, people won't have to stress about paying bills. Everything world be perfect in the world if people could get money when ever they wanted to. There wouldn't be any wars going on. People would have plenty of oil. If people had all the money in the world, I think that it will bring peace in the world. People will be happy. Life would just be like heaven!

Focus: 4

Content:3

Organization:3

Style:4

Conventions:3

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Free Write: My Favorite Class.

My favorite class was when I was in the 3rd grade. My teacher name was Mrs. Henderson. What made her class fun was everything. We did a lot of activities everyday. She never got mad at us. We always did hands on activities. She was the best teacher I ever had. One thing I could remember about my 3rd grade teacher was she never was angry at us. My 3rd grade teacher taught us things that the whole class was interested in.

What was also fun about that class was when we did good, we would get rewarded for it. I thought that's what made my class even focus more about learning. My teacher always new when something was wrong with her students. She would ask the class what do we like about my school and how could we make it better. This is why she was my best teacher i ever had.

Focus:4
Content:3
Organization:3
Style:2
Conventions:3

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Free Write: That Special Someone.

A person that is special to me is my brother. My brother can be in the way sometimes, but he is always there for me in almost everything i do. My brother encourages me to do anything i want to do. he was the one that encourage me to play football. My brother goes to all my basketball games. We are always doing something together. Me and him do fight a lot but if i need something, he will get it for me.

My brother knows when something is wrong with me. My brother always has my back. Me and my brother always do stuff together on our spare time. Me and my brother are always fighting. But other than that, he is real cool person once you get to know him. My brother gives me pointers from what to do and what not to do. My brother is always looking out for me. My brother is truly my hero.

Focus: 4
Content:3
Organization:2
Style:3
Conventions:3

Free Write: That Special Someone.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Halftone "Pop Dots" Tutorial

Step 1: Open your image. Put a selection around the image that you would like to put on pop dots affect behind. (Inverse if you need to).

Step 2: Press Apple+J twice. Put a selection around layer 2.

Step 3: Go under the select menu, under modify, and choose expand. Enter 10pixles and click OK,

Step 4: press "d" to switch your swatches to the default color option+delete.

step5- press the letter Q to enter Quick mask mode.go under the filter menu, under pixlelate, and choose color halftone
. click ok.

step6-keep ruuning your filter until you are satisfied with the result. tap the letter Q to leave quick mask mode.

step7- option+delete deselect your image.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Free Write: Family

I think family is important to everybody. Without your family, I believe that you wouldn't be the person that you are today. Without my family, i wouldn't know what i would do. My family supports me in everything i do. They never let me make wrong decisions.

Without my family i wouldn't be nothing. My family cares about me. They are always keeping you out of trouble. They always make sure that I'm doing good in school. My family encourage me. They want me to do something in life. They want me to be the best person that i can be. My family gets me what ever i want most of the time. They always know when something is wrong with me and if I'm mad about something.

In conclusion, i think that everyone should be glad that they have a family that cares about them. Without my family my life would be nothing. So i think everyone should be thankful that that they have a family. Because some people in this world don't even have family.

Focus: 4

Content: 2

Organization: 3

Style: 3

Conventions:3

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Free Write:Snow Day

Yesterday was a okay day. I really didn't do nothing. I thought that we had a day of because it was a half of day for most of the schools. But yesterday I went outside and made me some money by shoveling. I basically was on Myspace for the whole day. I played Rock band. Shaliq think he nice but he corny. So i was arguing with him for about 15 minutes.

But i wanted to do some more things than that but i really didn't have the time to do it. I was so glad that school was closed because I really didn't even feel like going. But yesterday was a okay day for me. I didn't have to deal with no drama that was going on in school. I just stayed in the house and i did what ever i wanted to do for the whole entire day.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Free Write: Drama for today

Today i think was very crazy for the girls. Something happened in math class that i thought was very disrespectful and it made a person feel bad. And now that person that was mad now felt bad about herself at the moment. So she went to go and tell a teacher. And what really made me mad was that one of the people that was disrespecting the female student went to go tell the teacher first just because she doesn't wanna get in trouble. Then everybody found out and now everybody wants to fight that person.

Also today one of the teachers that no one likes in this school tried to give us a silent lunch when it wasn't even everybody that was talking in the classroom. But then my advisory teacher saved us and we didn't even have detention. And we didn't even learn anything today.

Free Write: Respecting the Opposite sex

I think respecting the opposite sex is very important. Me or any other boy shouldn't be going around and hitting any females or doing any negative things with them while you are in school. And I also think that is very disrespectful to a female. You shouldn't come to school and have sexual intercourse while you are in school. I think it is rude and dirty. And i think that sometimes it is the parents fault that we are doing things that we are not suppose to be doing. Parents should teach their kids what to do and what not to do.

Us gentlemen, should be really nice to our females. We should stand up from what's right and wrong. And we should start showing them some respect. We should start holding the door for them. Ask them do they need help with anything if they do. I think that if we start showing respect to the females, then the females would start showing respect for us.

In conclusion, I think disrespecting a female is wrong. Us gentlemen shouldn't do it. And if we start showing respect for them, then they will start showing respect for us.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Free Write: Self Reflect

I believe that i like who I am. If someone asks me what would i change about myself i would say nothing because i like who i am. I also think sometimes i make the wrong decisions. Like what happened on Friday. I shouldn't of laughed at Trez for what Shaliq said. But i also think that Trez over reacted because we were just having fun and playing around with everybody.

I think some people reflect different from what other people say. Take Friday as an example. Shaliq was rapping about everybody on Friday. Everyone was laughing when Shaliq was rapping about them. But when he was talking about Trez, I think that he toke it to far! So i think that situation is a lesson for each and every one of us. If you don't like people talking about you, don't talk about other people that you don't even talk to on the regular.

And i also think that people should just be themselves. You shouldn't come to school and act like a different person in front of your "Friends" just because you think that is cool. And then go home and act like a whole other different person. I really think that is stupid.

In conclusion, i wouldn't change my personality for a person. I like myself just the way I am now. And people shouldn't pick on other people. Because you never now what the person would come back to do to you or somebody else. And last i think you should be yourself all the time.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Free Write: Loyalty

When i hear the word loyalty, support comes to mind. And i believe that if someone is loyal to you i think that person is always honest and trustworthy. I think Barack Obama is going to be loyal to the United States Of America. I think that he is going to be honest to us and he is going to do his best in office. A loyal friend never lets you down and someone who is always there for you. A person who never goes behind your back and say other things about you that are not true. A friend that knows from right and wrong.

In conclusion, i think everybody should have a loyal person in there life. Its only right. And i also think that everyone should be loyal to yourself first because you can't be loyal to somebody else if you are not loyal to yourself first. Never let yourself down and never let somebody say you can not do something. We have a black president of the united states of America. Barack Obama proved to us that anything is possible. You can be whatever you want to do in life. My president is Black.