Guide on how to create an animation in Photoshop

Exercise to make an animation in Adobe Photoshop Final outcome is meant to emulate the TV show ‘Catchphrase’

A little sheet I set for cover for a KS3 class. Ideally they would have been taught shapes before, but there is a link to a youtube video to help if not!

Guide to creating rain, sun and snow in Adobe Photoshop CC

Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package All sheets, except this one have a small set of activities on the second sheet PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers some of the important menu areas students should know

A practice skills sheet for Adobe Photoshop CC with column to tick/rate/assess Video tutorials available in the Digital Literacy section of the website to support the sheet Word Format

A quick overview of the skills needed for Creative iMedia R082 and how these could be achieved using Adobe Photoshop CC and Photopea We don’t claim to be experts, it is based on our experience of both! You may find useful if students are self-isolating and using a mixture of the software

Video tutorials that cover a range of ‘standard skills’ including: Blur, sharpen and smudge Burn, dodge and smudge Cloning and healing tools Curves Feathering Gradient effects Layer styles Levels Manipulating layers Masks Modifying shapes with effects Selection tools Stroke and fill Text special effects Transformation techniques Using adjustment layers There is a student ticksheet for R082 with some guidance on use/explanaton which is particularly useful if they are using Adobe Photoshop to complete this Creative iMedia unit.

A little exercise providing students with some images that need editing using the Spot Healing Brush Tool / Healing Brush Tool Images and editable table provided for students to add their final image and tick/cross which tool(s) they used

Video tutorials that cover a range of ‘essential skills’ including: Changing the document colour Colour picker Guides History Opening a file Panels Place embedded Saving Setting up the document Show transform tools Smart objects Transforming images - flip There is a student ticksheet for R082 with some guidance on use/explanaton which is particularly useful if they are using Adobe Photoshop to complete this Creative iMedia unit.

4 sides of 31 skills to help students use Adobe Photoshop CC Could be used for revision, independent practice or a support sheet

Video tutorials that cover a range of ‘standard skills’ including: Adding basic shapes Adding text Applying filters Auto colour Auto levels Basic painting with a brush Brightness and contrast Eraser Move tool There is a student ticksheet for R082 with some guidance on use/explanaton which is particularly useful if they are using Adobe Photoshop to complete this Creative iMedia unit.

Just a little bit of Halloween fun… Includes a free cake (picture!) Video on YouTube to support activity too

Two pages of questions which could be used for revision, homework or an assessment. Resource also comes with printed answers and a teacher’s presentation which has each answer animated so you can go through them.

Questions to accompany the video on my YouTube channel Word format

Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package The sheet has a small set of activities on the second sheet PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers opening an image, embedding one, resizing/transforming images; filters and adjustment layers

Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package The sheet has a small set of activities on the second sheet PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers how to set up a document and use guides

Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package The sheet has a small set of activities on the second sheet PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers changing the brush size, spot healing brush tool; blur/sharpen/smudge and destructive/non-destructive workflow