Chronicles of the Craft

Project by: Adam Pine, Jordan Myers, and William Evans

BY: W I L L I A M E VA N S

PHOTOSHOP 4 MINECRAFT

Objective

My objective is for you to be able to make a pretty good banner.

Mine are related to my project but you can make them from any render.

Fan art is the easiest for most people to use.

Requirments

PhotoShop

Skills

• Layer styles are also an easy part of Photoshop.

• All you have to do is double click on the layer you want edit and adjust all the different settings. (Drop shadow, inner/outer shadow, satin, etc.)

Basic Skills for Photoshop

• A few basic things to know to start is Brightness and color balance.

• This is really easy all you have to do is pull up the picture you want to enhance and click on either the sun icon (Brightness levels) or the scale (Color levels).

• To adjust this just move the bar to the desired effect.

RESIZING PICTURES AND TEXT

• To resize a part of your project just click control and the button T. (ctrl + T)

• This is a way to adjust the way your picture fits in the frame provided.

Photoshop History• In 1987 Thomas Knoll Invented an editing program that he

called “display”.

• The program used grayscale images to edit pictures.• His brother John persuaded him to further it.• He tried to rename it Imagepro in 1988 but the name was

already taken.

Photoshop

He managed to get a short contract with Barneyscan.

They distributed the newly named Photoshop with the purchase of a slide scanner.

It was showed to Apple shortly after the contract ended.

In 1990 Photoshop was released for Macintosh.

Now that you got that were going to make a banner!

To start click on Photoshop. Go to file/New. Make the dimensions 800 x 200 (WxH) Click on File/Open. Open the Render you want to use. Next use either the Lasso Tool or the

Quick Selection Tool to get the picture or the parts you want circled.

Copy the selected parts (CTRL+C)

Banner

Go to Your New project and paste it.(CTRL +V) Click on the ERASER to get rid of all the extra

you don’t want. Resizing it will make it fit better in the banner. To do this click Ctrl +T Then you get the standard resizing tools. Resize it to your needs. Making a background is next. I usually have a picture that I like and I use

that.

The Back Ground

This is a easy thing to do. I usually do this after I get the render I

want on the banner. The back Ground needs to set the mood

of the picture. Copy + Paste Works well if your using a

picture for it. Adjust the brightness and color levels to

match what you want.

Easy

Now you try

Examples