CD Clock face

On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:22:08 +0100, mrcpea
wrote:

Hi,

Very new to photoshop & would be greatful if someone would point me to a tutorial of how to design a clock face that I can print on a cd. Nothing fancy needed.

Many thanks for your patience with a complete novice.

Richard

File/New/okay
Elleptical Marquee Tool (left on the toolbar nearly at the top) Draw a circle while holding shift down (Mouse click & then Shift) New Layer
Edit/ Fill/Color/pick a color (pick right Top R 202 G 223 B 132) or whatever you like
Ctrl/D (to deselect)
Rectangular Marquee Tool
New Layer
Draw your first hand (pointer) correct word?
Pick a darker color
Click on Paint Bucktet Tool (G)
Fill it
Ctrl/D (deselect)
Rectangular Marquee Tool
New Layer
Draw the 2nd (shorter) hand
and Fill it with the same color
Eleptical Marquee Tool
Draw small circle in the middle where the hands portrude from Fill it with a color
Each hand should be on its own layer.
See, you made the long hand to long!
Click on the (long hand) layer (mark it as such)
Use the eraser and shorten the to long hand.
New Layer
Click on T or press T on your Key board
write the figures, each on its own layer
Good there you are (!) now you can ad figures and pics
but… each on its own layer.
When finnish Shift/Ctrl/Alt/E
and save the last layer you created as a Tif or JPG,
and save everything as a PSD.

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:50:26 +0200, Dave scribbled:

File/New/okay
Elleptical Marquee Tool (left on the toolbar nearly at the top) Draw a circle while holding shift down (Mouse click & then Shift) New Layer
Edit/ Fill/Color/pick a color (pick right Top R 202 G 223 B 132) or whatever you like
Ctrl/D (to deselect)
Rectangular Marquee Tool
New Layer
Draw your first hand (pointer) correct word?
Pick a darker color
Click on Paint Bucktet Tool (G)
Fill it
Ctrl/D (deselect)
Rectangular Marquee Tool
New Layer
Draw the 2nd (shorter) hand
and Fill it with the same color
Eleptical Marquee Tool
Draw small circle in the middle where the hands portrude from Fill it with a color
Each hand should be on its own layer.
See, you made the long hand to long!
Click on the (long hand) layer (mark it as such)
Use the eraser and shorten the to long hand.
New Layer
Click on T or press T on your Key board
write the figures, each on its own layer
Good there you are (!) now you can ad figures and pics
but… each on its own layer.
When finnish Shift/Ctrl/Alt/E
and save the last layer you created as a Tif or JPG,
and save everything as a PSD.

That’s great and all but, why? Just Google for a pic of a clock…

this is why its a help channel

anyone could have just posted a link like this

http://tutorials-photoshop.com/drawing/sophisticated-clock/i ndex.php

but dave went one step further 🙂

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:37:45 -0400, Voivod wrote:

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:50:26 +0200, Dave scribbled:

File/New/okay
Elleptical Marquee Tool (left on the toolbar nearly at the top) Draw a circle while holding shift down (Mouse click & then Shift) New Layer
Edit/ Fill/Color/pick a color (pick right Top R 202 G 223 B 132) or whatever you like
Ctrl/D (to deselect)
Rectangular Marquee Tool
New Layer
Draw your first hand (pointer) correct word?
Pick a darker color
Click on Paint Bucktet Tool (G)
Fill it
Ctrl/D (deselect)
Rectangular Marquee Tool
New Layer
Draw the 2nd (shorter) hand
and Fill it with the same color
Eleptical Marquee Tool
Draw small circle in the middle where the hands portrude from Fill it with a color
Each hand should be on its own layer.
See, you made the long hand to long!
Click on the (long hand) layer (mark it as such)
Use the eraser and shorten the to long hand.
New Layer
Click on T or press T on your Key board
write the figures, each on its own layer
Good there you are (!) now you can ad figures and pics
but… each on its own layer.
When finnish Shift/Ctrl/Alt/E
and save the last layer you created as a Tif or JPG,
and save everything as a PSD.

That’s great and all but, why? Just Google for a pic of a clock…

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:54:44 +0100, david johnson
scribbled:

this is why its a help channel

It’s not a channel you top posting git. It’s a newsgroup.

anyone could have just posted a link like this

http://tutorials-photoshop.com/drawing/sophisticated-clock/i ndex.php
but dave went one step further 🙂

And you took three steps back. Congrats!

david johnson wrote:

this is why its a help channel

anyone could have just posted a link like this

but dave went one step further 🙂

Thanks David:-)
The reason I did it was not to show him how to make a clock face, but rather because of this words:

Very new to photoshop

this was thus a way to show him the very basics of PS.

Dave

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:21:35 +0200, Dave wrote:

david johnson wrote:

this is why its a help channel

anyone could have just posted a link like this

but dave went one step further 🙂

Thanks David:-)
The reason I did it was not to show him how to make a clock face, but rather because of this words:

Very new to photoshop

this was thus a way to show him the very basics of PS.

Dave

Many thanks Dave, I really am VERY new to PS.
Much appriciated,

R

Dave wrote:

this was thus a way to show him the very basics of PS.

Dave

Many thanks Dave, I really am VERY new to PS.
Much appriciated,

R

This was a pleasure, Richard. Playing a bit with what I said is a way to start learning using Photoshop.

You are welcome in this newsgroup. Ask questions and study tutorials. What’s wonderful about PS is the fact that it caters for different tastes. Whether you are a photographer, digital artist, photo editor, (we can ad to the list,) you will love having it in your toolbox.

Which version of Photoshop do you have?

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:50:56 +0200, Dave wrote:

Dave wrote:

this was thus a way to show him the very basics of PS.

Dave

Many thanks Dave, I really am VERY new to PS.
Much appriciated,

R

This was a pleasure, Richard. Playing a bit with what I said is a way to start learning using Photoshop.

You are welcome in this newsgroup. Ask questions and study tutorials. What’s wonderful about PS is the fact that it caters for different tastes. Whether you are a photographer, digital artist, photo editor, (we can ad to the list,) you will love having it in your toolbox.
Which version of Photoshop do you have?

Dave,
Many thanks for the reply.
I have an quite an ancient version I’m afraid, being version 7. Would you advice on updating? I’m just trying to get to grips with PS. Maybe a newer version would be easier, or should I stick with what I have for now….
Any advice would be most excellent.

Richard

mrcpea found these unused words:

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:50:56 +0200, Dave wrote:

Dave wrote:

this was thus a way to show him the very basics of PS.

Dave

Many thanks Dave, I really am VERY new to PS.
Much appriciated,

R

This was a pleasure, Richard. Playing a bit with what I said is a way to start learning using Photoshop.

You are welcome in this newsgroup. Ask questions and study tutorials. What’s wonderful about PS is the fact that it caters for different tastes. Whether you are a photographer, digital artist, photo editor, (we can ad to the list,) you will love having it in your toolbox.
Which version of Photoshop do you have?

Dave,
Many thanks for the reply.
I have an quite an ancient version I’m afraid, being version 7. Would you advice on updating? I’m just trying to get to grips with PS. Maybe a newer version would be easier, or should I stick with what I have for now….
Any advice would be most excellent.

Richard

I guess it would depend upon your usage … IF you need the added tools in the later versions, then spend the money.

For me, as I’m mainly concerned with new digital imagery or restoration of old B/W images, I’m quite happy with Version 7. I’ve not ‘plumbed the depths’ of that versions yet, either!

Which version of Photoshop do you have?

Dave,
Many thanks for the reply.
I have an quite an ancient version I’m afraid, being version 7. Would you advice on updating? I’m just trying to get to grips with PS. Maybe a newer version would be easier, or should I stick with what I have for now….
Any advice would be most excellent.

Richard

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:02:43 -0700, Sir F. A. Rien

I guess it would depend upon your usage … IF you need the added tools in the later versions, then spend the money.

For me, as I’m mainly concerned with new digital imagery or restoration of old B/W images, I’m quite happy with Version 7. I’ve not ‘plumbed the depths’ of that versions yet, either!

Exactly. Upgrading can be costly, which says you’ll have to make sure whether you get bitten by the Photoshopbug. If it does bite you, it is incurable. Only then would you know what to do regarding upgrading. http://www.plasticbrain.net/photoshop/photoshop-cs4-demo-vid eo/