Day 4 of animated GIF

Day 4 Animated Gif

• open your finalname.psd document and make sure all of your layers are there:  you should at least have a1, a2, a3, b1, b2, b3, c1, c2, c3, and a blank background.  
• In the layer stack highlight all of the layers.
• Go to window and select animation
• Toward the bottom of the page there is an arrow: select make frames from layers
• Highlight the blank background in the layer stack.
• Click the arrow again and select match layer across frames and hit OK
• Go down to the animation reel and click on the blank background, and drag it to the trash.  
• Change the time under each frame-- I usually choose the .2.
• Go to file and save for web and devices. Make sure GIF is selected when you get the chance.  
• Make sure this is saved as finalname.gif and drag it to the dropbox.  
  
  
  DONE!!!

Day 3 animated GIF

Day 3 Animated Gif

• Open your BOTH your work document and your final document.  
• In the work document, close the eye in the layer stack on all your layers EXCEPT for A and 1.
• Go to the Layers tab at the top of the Photoshop Menu and select it. Scroll down until “Flatten Image” appears and select it. It will ask you “Discard Hidden Layers?” and click OK. The layer stack will only have 1 layer, which is the combination layer of A & 1.
• You need to duplicate this layer to your Final.Last Name document using the same process from earlier. Make sure this layer is selected in the layer stack, right click anywhere in the blue area and select Duplicate Layer…rename it “A1” destination final.name...
• Go to window (in your work file) and click on history.   Pull it down, so you can see all that you’ve done today.  
• In Your Work.Last Name Document, Locate you History Window and click above “Flatten Image” – this will bring back all of your layers.
• Now, close all eyes except for A and 2.
• Go to the Layers tab at the top of the Photoshop Menu and select it. Scroll down until “Flatten Image” appears and select it. It will ask you “Discard Hidden Layers?” and click OK. The layer stack will only have 1 layer, which is the combination layer of A & 2.
• You need to duplicate this layer to your Final.Last Name document using the same process from earlier. Make sure this layer is selected in the layer stack, right click anywhere in the blue area and select Duplicate Layer…rename it “A2” destination final.name...
• Go to window (in your work file) and click on history.   Pull it down, so you can see all that you’ve done today.
• In Your Work.Last Name Document, Locate you History Window and click above “Flatten Image” – this will bring back all of your layers.

***If you want to see your progress, select your Final.Last Name document and make sure that you have a 3 layers in the Layer Stack (window): Background, A1, & A2.

• Now, close all eyes except for A and 3.
• Go to the Layers tab at the top of the Photoshop Menu and select it. Scroll down until “Flatten Image” appears and select it. It will ask you “Discard Hidden Layers?” and click OK. The layer stack will only have 1 layer, which is the combination layer of A & 3.
• You need to duplicate this layer to your Final.Last Name document using the same process from earlier. Make sure this layer is selected in the layer stack, right click anywhere in the blue area and select Duplicate Layer…rename it “A3” destination final.name...
• Go to window (in your work file) and click on history.   Pull it down, so you can see all that you’ve done today.
• In Your Work.Last Name Document, Locate you History Window and click above “Flatten Image” – this will bring back all of your layers.
• Now, close all eyes except for B and 1.
• Go to the Layers tab at the top of the Photoshop Menu and select it. Scroll down until “Flatten Image” appears and select it. It will ask you “Discard Hidden Layers?” and click OK. The layer stack will only have 1 layer, which is the combination layer of B and 1.
• You need to duplicate this layer to your Final.Last Name document using the same process from earlier. Make sure this layer is selected in the layer stack, right click anywhere in the blue area and select Duplicate Layer…rename it “B1” destination final.name...
• Go to window (in your work file) and click on history.   Pull it down, so you can see all that you’ve done today.
• In Your Work.Last Name Document, Locate you History Window and click above “Flatten Image” – this will bring back all of your layers.
• Now, close all eyes except for B and 2.
• Go to the Layers tab at the top of the Photoshop Menu and select it. Scroll down until “Flatten Image” appears and select it. It will ask you “Discard Hidden Layers?” and click OK. The layer stack will only have 1 layer, which is the combination layer of B and 2.
• You need to duplicate this layer to your Final.Last Name document using the same process from earlier. Make sure this layer is selected in the layer stack, right click anywhere in the blue area and select Duplicate Layer…rename it “B2” destination final.name...
• Go to window (in your work file) and click on history.   Pull it down, so you can see all that you’ve done today.
• In Your Work.Last Name Document, Locate you History Window and click above “Flatten Image” – this will bring back all of your layers.

***If you want to see your progress, select your Final.Last Name document and make sure that you have a 3 layers in the Layer Stack (window): Background, A1, A2, A3, B1, and B2

• Now, close all eyes except for B and 3.
• Go to the Layers tab at the top of the Photoshop Menu and select it. Scroll down until “Flatten Image” appears and select it. It will ask you “Discard Hidden Layers?” and click OK. The layer stack will only have 1 layer, which is the combination layer of B and 3.
• You need to duplicate this layer to your Final.Last Name document using the same process from earlier. Make sure this layer is selected in the layer stack, right click anywhere in the blue area and select Duplicate Layer…rename it “B3” destination final.name...
• Go to window (in your work file) and click on history.   Pull it down, so you can see all that you’ve done today.
• In Your Work.Last Name Document, Locate you History Window and click above “Flatten Image” – this will bring back all of your layers.
• You will have to combine ALL the Backgrounds and ALL the Images to end up with 9 total layer combinations in the Final.Last Name document.  – this is the document where the ANIMATION will occur.
• Now it’s time to do C1, C2, and C3.  Don’t forget---In Your Work.Last Name Document, Locate you History Window and click above “Flatten Image” – this will bring back all of your layers.

Saving:

• Make sure you’re in the work.yourname file and go to file, save as.  Click on My Computer, so you can see your student file with your number.  See me if you don’t see that number.  Double click your number.  Make sure you’re in format Photoshop (PSD) and hit save.
• Make sure you’re in the final.yourname file and go to file, save as.  Click on My Computer, so you can see your student file with your number.  See me if you don’t see that number.  Double click your number.  Make sure you’re in format Photoshop (PSD) and hit save.

You’re done for the day!

jewelry making!

This week we'll be stamping metal pendants, cutting out the metal with a jeweler saw, filing the edges, and polishing them on the buffer.