Establishing Proffesional Practice

Introduction To turn off the IDLE TIMER. Right click on the taskbar, process and then disable. As when abled shuts down the machine and results to lost work.

Using Print Screen to paste screen shots. (Print screen button / ctrl v to paste)

Windows Shortcuts: ALT / TAB : Switches, opens programmes

Windows / D: Minimises all open programmes

CTRL / V: Paste

CTRL / C: Copy

CTRL / T: Select

Screen Resolution: 72 dpi

Print Resolution: 200-300 dpi

Picture from Facebook and saved it to my F:/

Callouts (useful for annotation)

Notes on Photoshop

To Google search for larger images:

Callout box very handy for computer

typed annotation

This is a small image copied

from Facebook

This is a larger image copied from

Google search

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ISSUU Issuu is a useful website to view or create magazines and reports of work. Create an account (if already a user just click upload). Password: clarissaunijournal

Uploaded PDF to website

Acrobat X Pro Creating hyperlinks – link pages- select text/box > right click

Popular Commands in Photoshop

Shortcut to select is: CTRL + V

Shortcut to select all is: CTRL + A

Click larger than on the left hand side then

go down to 4MP

IMAGE SIZE shown when clicked on

Shortcut to Transform Tool is: CTRL + T

Shortcut to Ruler is: CTRL + R (move images to lock to size)

To keep accuracy in constrain proportion on an image hold down shift and change size using the arrows in the bottom and top corners.

Filter- Blur – Tilt Shift Allows you to work with an image and distort the outer edges and focus on one point making the photo look like a small plastic model (Thomas the tank engine) clips on youtube that have been created using this tool.

Filter-Blur-Tilt shift

Different blur and lightness settings to

play around with Move the lines to

the space you don’t want blurred

Contact sheet - Photoshop

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WordPress.com Username- clarissac1

Password-klkac1728

Choose folder un’tick group images

File, Automate then Contact Sheet 11

Pixels per inch 300 !!!!!

Pick number of columns and

rows and untick filenames

Adding a page

Adding images and links

Upload file and crop scroll and save!

Pages and add new

Click the add new button

Enter a suitable title

Press publish

Add Medias Pictures

Go to issue to get the journal we made previously to link it up with the picture

Click on get embed code

Upload media file Add a link

Press update

This is the link address need to copy it all !

Click on the cover uploaded on to the page and it will load the link as

the journal from ISSUU

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AutoCAD Basic CAD key shortcuts

• CTRL + A - Select • CTRL + Z – Undo • L – Line tool • C- Circle tool • Spacebar – Save • Roller – Zoom in and out • Hold roller – move across screen • Delete –CTRL + A and delete • F8 – Restricts graphical movement (ortho mode on) • F3 – Object Snap on – Line tool • DI - distance

Final product which is now linked to ISSU and plays like

the journal just by embedding the link in with the picture

Start a new drawing

Acadiso.dwt – plain template

SAVE ! straight away into F: drive

Press a key to create a command;

example ‘ L ‘ to execute it press

spacebar

Use the ‘L’ then hit spacebar to cancel the command. Click and drag to create

shapes. Create a new line press spacebar and start the process again.

Use the roller to zoom in and out and keep hold to shift across the page

Green Box: right>left to select

all object

Blue Box: left>right inclusive which

selects all within the marque area

If work disappears enter Z + SPACEBAR then click ALL or A + SPACEBAR

DI – distance – first point at the top second point at the bottom click and it should give you lots of information on

the distance

Using a plan and drawing to scale.

Drag in the direction and type in the unit amount.