Dr. Paul Martin Lester, Professor
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Assignment 8: PhotoShop 2 Here are a few more exercises to help you with your transition from print to Web publishing:

What is the PhotoShop memory size of the picture "start13.psd" in the PhotoShop tutorial folder? _____________

What is the smallest memory size (the number indicated within the PhotoShop program) you can get of "start13.psd" and it still be in color and the same dimensions as the original? ___________

What is the smallest saved (file) size you can get of it and still be in color and the same dimensions? ____________

What is its saved file size as a grayscale image? ____________

What is its saved file size as a bitmap image? ____________

Find a nice shade of blue you like in PhotoShop. What are its RGB numbers? R = _____ G = ______ B = _______

Open a new file. Make the workspace 300 x 15 pixels. Use the paint bucket tool to color the strip any color of your choosing. Open a new file. Make the workspace 200 x 400 pixels. Use the paint bucket tool to color this vertical space any color.

In a one-inch square box, use the paint tools to create some type of wild pattern.

Choose one of your favorite pictures. Reduce the size until it is only a one-inch square image.

Put a bitmap version of "start13.psd", the colored strip, the vertical colored space, the wild box, and your small picture in a pleasing arrangement on a single page. NOTE: Make sure that all of your elements are shown at the same percentage of view. Create a new file slightly less than the size of a sheet of paper, select a file with an element on it, use select all, copy, and paste to put it on this new file. Create individual levels or layers for each element.

Use the text tool to type your name, assignment number, and date on the sheet. Print the file with a color printer.