F1022 COMPUTER GRAPHICS

LAB 10 : LIGHTING

Objectives

By the end of this lab, students should be able to:

 Use Photoshop Image ready

Theory/Topics

 elliptical marquee tool

 Edit>fill
 Click Filter=> Render=> Lens Flare
 Filter => Distort=> Polar Coordinates , Rectangular to Polar
 Edit>Transform>Scale
 Gradient tool

ACTIVITY

1. Open a new canvas that is 150 by 150 pixels wide, 72 ppi, RGB white background.

2. Select the elliptical marquee tool and set it to a fixed size of 30 pixels wide by 150

pixels high. Use this marquee on your canvas and click Edit>fill set to
50% gray, normal mode, 100% opacity.

3. Click Edit cut. Then click Edit Paste to center your image. Turn off
the background layer.

 4. Click Filter=> Render=> Lens Flare.

Set the lens flare to 129% brightness and lens of 35mm Prime. Set the
cross hair as close to the middle as you can get..

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 5. Click Filter => Distort=> Polar Coordinates. Set the option from Rectangular to Polar.

6. Select your move tool. Click Edit>Transform>Scale. Move your image closer to the
center. Set the width of your image to 50%.

7. Insert a new layer. Draw a rectangular marquee of fixed size 15 pixels wide by 25
pixels high. Position it just over the pointed end of the shape so that the base of the
rectangle fits exactly to the shape on layer 1.

8. Select the Gradient tool and set the gradient to reflective gradient. Set your
foreground color to hex #666666 and background color to hex #CCCCCC. Hold your
shift key down and Draw your gradient from the center to the right.

9. Click  back on layer1. Control Click layer 1. Insert a new layer. Set your
forground color= #000099 , background color= #6666FF . Select your gradient tool
set to radial gradient. Set layer mode to Color Burn. Drag the gradient from the
lightest place to the bottom of the bulb. Insert a new layer. Hold cntrl, alt, shift keys
down and hit your letter E. Turn off the eye on that layer.

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10. Click  back on layer1. Control Click layer 1. Insert a new layer. Set your colors to the
following
 forground color= #990000
 background color= #FF00CC
Repet step 9

11. Click  back on layer1. Control Click layer 1. Insert a new layer. Set your colors to the
following
 forground color= #009900
 background color= #00FF00
Repet step 9

12. Add a new layer Set your colors to the following

 forground color= #E8F008
 background color= #EBF990
Repet step 9 and save the file as light 1.

13. Click File>New and create an image that is 300 pixels wide by 100 pixels high,
RGB, 72 ppi, white. Fill the background with black.

14. Switch to the lights image (light 1). Highlight the Red layer and use the move tool to
drag it onto the new image. Continue with other colour.

15. Use the move tool to distribute these bulbs on their layers of the new image.

17. Open up blending options on the red layer by right clicking on the layer and
selecting blending options. Check Inner glow. Set the inner glow settings.

18. Right click on the red bulb layer and select Copy Layer Style. Right click on the
green layer and select past layer style. Open up blending options and change the inner
glow color to green.

19. Right click on the pink layer and select past layer style. Open up blending options
and change the inner glow color to pink.

20. Right click on the blue layer and select past layer style. Open up blending options
and change the inner glow color to blue.
Turn off all your blending options/layer styles. Click on the background layer and click
the link on the layers palette below to insert a layer.

22. Click the button on the bottom of the tool bar to jump to image ready. Open your
animation panel. Set the time at the bottom of the frame1 to 0.2 seconds.

24. Add 3 frames so there are 4 frames in all.

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25. Click on frame 1. Turn on the layer styles/blending options for the red bulb.

26. Click on Frame 2, Turn on the layer styles/blending options for the green bulb. Turn
the other layer styles off.

27. Click on Frame 3, Turn on the layer styles/blending options for the pink bulb. Turn
the other layer styles off.

28. Click on Frame 4, Turn on the layer styles/blending options for the blue bulb. Turn
the other layer styles off.

29. Click back on frame 1 and set the optimize palette to GIF, 256 colors.

30. Click Save optimized as and save your file.

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