Matrix Effect

Step 1 Press "D" on your keyboard to set the background swatch with black. Press the letter "x" to swap swatches Hold down the apple key and press delete.

Step 2 Type your text Hold down the control key and click on the text layer choose rasterize


Step 3 Make a duplicate of your rasterized layer Go under the filter menu under blur choose motion blur. When the dialog box appears setthe angle to 0º and increase the distance of the blur to 39. the click ok

Step 4 Make a duplicate of your original rasterized layer Go under the filter menu under blur choose motion blur when the dialog box apprears , Set the angle to 90º and distance of blur to 80 pixels.

African Proverb #8

Knowledge is like a garden, if it is not cultivated, it can not be harvested

I think this means that if we do not teach the knowledge we know it ould not go out to other people. If I knew something that everyone did'nt I would share it with some one because what a I know might be able to change the world or cure a disease or something like that. If I share what I know people might use that to build something or change their liefestyle or something.

This proverb is used in our everyday life. We might not know it but it is. We even use it sometimes, we use it in school, we use it a work, or we might use it at home. Everyone knows things and put it out even if it's something little. Like how to build a car. That is another way people use it. Someone has the knowledge of building a car and they tell other people how to do it. The people who learn it also teaches other people so it keeps going out to other people. Something like a tradition or family name r something.

SemiTransparent Text

Step 1 Type your text

Step 2 Put a selection around you text hide your type layer click on the background layer.

Step 3 Press apple+j click on your layer styles and choose drop shadow . CLck directly on the words inner shadow ext click on the words innder glow. Click ok

Step 4 drag your type layer to the trash

Step 5 Click on your background layer hold down the apple key +l to brighten your background image

Carved Wood Type Tutorial

Step 1 Click on the gradent tool in the options bar, click on the gradient thumbnail to bring up the gradient editor. When it appears, double click on the left color stop. When the color picker appears, click on yje custom button, then choose PANTONE 722, and click ok double click on the right color stop, this time choose PANTONE 732, Click ok.

Step 2 In the options bar, click on the radial gradient icon. using this tool Click and drag from the center to the top of the background layer. Go under the filter menu, under noise and choose add noise Enter 12% for amount choose gaussian, click monochromatic, and click ok.

Step 3 Then, go under the filter menu, under blur and choose motion blur. Enter 33'' for angle and 10 for distance click ok. Now go under the filter menu under sharpen and choose unsharp mask Enter 500% for amount, 9.0 pixels for radius and 1 for threshold then click ok

Step 4 Type your text go under the layer menu under rasterize and choose type to oconvert your type layer into a regular image layer NOw under brush strokes choose sprayed strokes Type 12 for stroke length, 7 for radius and right diagonal for direction then click ok.

Step 5 Click the magic wand tool click once in your first letter of your word Then go under select menuand choose similar to select the rest of the letters under the select menu choose inverse now press delete to remove the little chunks of white space around the leters created by the brush strokes filter

Step 6 Go under the select menu and choose inverse drag your text layer into the trash to delete it press apple+j to put the selected background area up on its own layer In the layer palette Click once on the background layer Press apple+a then press delete. Press Apple+D to deselect.

Step 7 Click on your layer text layer choose bevel and emboss from the layer styls menu at the bottom of the layers pallete when the dalog box appears, Increase the depth to 400% and decrease the size to 4 increase the higlight opacity to 90% from te left side of the layer style dialog box, click on the word drop shadow to bring up its options increase the size to 8, lower the opacity to 50% and click ok

Step 8 Choose the lasso tool make a thin selection in the center of each letter. Remember to hold down the shift key press Apple+c to copy. Add a new layer press apple+v to paste change the layer mode from normal to color burn

Step 9Duplicate your new layer then duplicate your duplicated layer change the layer mode from color burn to screen. Click on the move tool press the right arrrow key twice then the down arrow key once.

African Proverb #7

A person who knows proverbs can reconcile differences.

I think this proverbs means that a person who has knowledge of all the provebs or just the ones they can use in their everyday life they can determine what positive things they can do and what would be the wrong things for them. For example if a person understands the meaning of "what goes around comes around" they would know if they do the right thing it will come back good to them.

A person can use this in their everyday life by doing using these proverbs to separate the posotives from the negative. If a person knows that if he commits an action that would come back negativly upon them they would'nt do it at all because they understand that these proverbs can really mean something in a person's life.

African Proverb #6

It is better to be loved than feared.

I think this proverb means that if you are feared people would feel uncomfortable around and that would cause less be to want to be near you but if you are loved everyone would be friendly to you and everyone would enjoy being around you. THis can be used in a persons everyday life because some people confuse fear with love.

If a person is feared they are not loved, they are the opposte. The people who fear you try to stay away from you and when you are not around you they talk negativly about you. The people you are love by love being close to you. They like talking with you or just hanging out. When you not around they tell thier friends how much of a great person you are and that would be a way for you to get even more good friends.

Study Strategies-Multiple Choce Questions

Multiple choice quetions usually include a phrase or sem followed by three to five options.

Test Strategies:
Read the directions carefully
Know if each question has one or more correct option.
Know if you are penalized for guessing
Know how much time is alotted(this governs your strategy)
Preview the test
Read through the test quickly and answer the easiest questions just.
Mark three you think you know in some way that is appropriate.
Read through the test a second time and answer more dificult questions.
You may pick up cues for answers from the list reading or become more comfortable in the testing situation.

Extra Money

If I had $100,000 give away I would invest it into a program or something that helps cure diseases for people who are sick. There are alot of hospitals who are poor and don't have the money to get the right equipment they need to look at and examine the viruses and atoms you need to see how to get them out of someones body.

Another thing I would do is invest my money into a law school. When I get older I would like to go to a law school so before I get there I would want to know everything there is to know about law. Maybe if I invest my money by the time I do be able to go to law school I would at least be close to a degree in law. By the time I am lawyer or something I might be gettting more money just for investing it when I was younger.

African Proverb #5

"The fool speaks, the wise person listens"

I think this African Proverb means that a wise person would rather be thought of as a fool than prove that he is one. A wise person listens and work things out but a fool just talks and sometimes don't know what they are talking about. We can use this in our everyday life because we can listen more to be more smart. If we listen we would know what to say,when to say it.

Study Strategies-True Or False Questions

True or False Test
Everypart of a true sentence must be "true".
If any one part of the sentence is false,the whole sentence is false despite any other true statements. Absolute words restrict possibilities. "No,Never,None,always,entirely,only." Imply the statement must be true 100% part time and usually indicate "false" answers. Long sentences after include groups of words out of by punctuation pay attention to the "truth" of each of those phrases. If one is false, it usually indicates a "false" answer.

Pay close attention to negatives,qualifiers absolutes, and long strings of statements.
Negatives can be confusing
If the question contains negatives,as open "no,not,can not" drop the negative and read what remains. Decides wether that sentence is true or false. If it is true,opposite, or negative, it's usually false.

qualifiers are words thats restrict or open up general statements
Words like "sometimes,often,frequently,ordinarily,generally" open up the possibilities of making accurate statements. They make more modest claims,are to reflect reality,and usually indicate true answers.

Light Burst Tutorial

Step 1- Set your foreground color to black. Type your text. Rasterize your type layer. Put a selection areound your text. Go under the select menu and choose save selection.

Step 2-Deselect your type. Switch your foreground color to white. Under the edit menu choose fiill. Change the mode to multiply. Go under filter menu, under blur, choose gaussian blur enter 2.5 pixels.

Step 3- Go under the filter menu, under stylize and choose solarize press shift+apple+l to run the auto levels. Duplicate layer.

Step 4-Filter menu, under distort choose polar coordinates choose polar to rectangular.

Step 5-Go under the image menu under rotate canvas, choose 90 CW invert your image (apple+I) Filter menu, Choose stylize, Choose wind.

Step 6-In wind dialog box choose wind for method and from the right for direction. Run this filter 2 more times by pressing apple+f twice.

Step 7 Invert your image. Run auto levels. Run the wind filter 3 more times. Rotate canvas 90 CCW. Filter menu, Distort, Choose polar coordinates.

Step 8- In polar coodinates choose. Rectangular to polar Change the layer blend mode from normal to sceen.

Step 9- Create a new layer Choose a gradient Drag your gradient through this layer. Change the blen mode to color.

Step 10- Click on your text layer copy filter menu, under blur choose radial blur. In dialog box choose zoom increase the amount to 66 click you original text layer Select menu, Load selection choose alpha 1. Change your foreground color to black. Deselect your text.

African Proverb #4

"One camel does not laugh at another camel's hump"

I think this african proverb means that we should'nt laugh at one another because in one way or another we are all the same. For example if you laugh at someone who is'nt smart there will always be another person who is smarter than you. There is always someone the same and there is always someone bigger and better than you. If someone was laughing at you about how you look or about how smart you are you would'nt like it but at the same time someone might be smarter or look better than them.

African Proverb #3

"One who learns, teaches"

This african proverb means that if you learn something you might teach it to someone else. I can use this in my everyday life by teaching the things that I was tought. If I learn something about foods I would be able to teach it to someone who did'nt. Another example is a teacher. If a teacher did'nt learn anything they would'nt be able to teach it to their students.

Warp type turtorial

Step 1- Type a word.

Step 2- Double click T in your layers palatte

Step 3- Click the warp type tool in your options bar.(The Little T with a line under it)

Perspective Tutorial

Step 1-Choose your font,size and color.

Step 2- Type your word.

Step 3-Go to layer and go to type and choose convert to shape.

Step 4- Go back to layer and go to rasterize and choose shape.

Step 5-Then go to edit and go to transform and choose perspective and you should be able to move your squares any way you want.

Step 6-Copy that layer then apple+click on the copy and go to select and contract by 2 pixels.

Step 7-Choose two different colors and press apple+delete to fill in your color.

Step 8-To turn your marching ants off press apple+d

Gel Type Tutorial

Step 1- Choose your font ,size and color.


Step 2- Type your word.


Step 3- In your layers pallete,apple+click your type layer to put the marching ants aroud the text. Create a new layer


Step 4- Go under the select menu , under Modify, and choose contract. When the contract dialog appears, enter 2 pixels, and click ok, then press option+delete to fill your contracted selection.


Step 5- Deselect by pressing apple+D. Duplicate this layer by dragging it to the new layer icon. Go under the Filter menu,under blur and choose gaussian blur when the dialog box appears, enter 3 pixels,and click Ok.


Step 6-Choose Bevel and Emboss from the layer styles pop up menu at the bottom of the layer palatte
->Style=Emboss
->Depth=300
->Size=12
->Highlight Capacity=100%
->Shadow Mode=Color dodge
->Shadow Mode Opacity=40%
->Black Color=watch white click ok


Step 7- In the layers palette click on the eye icon near the background layer to hide it then choose merge visible from the palette drob down from menu. Choose drop shadow from the styles menu and click on. Click on background layer to reveal it.

african Proverb #2

"Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won't eat us"
What does the Proverb mean to you? How can you use it in your
everyday life? Give an example.

I think this proverb means that if we try to do something all together we would have a good chance at getting it done. FLor example if we all want a president to win an election we most likely would pick him. Another example is if we want to achieve something and we all do it together we would have a less chance in failing.

african Proverb

African Proverbs

"Knowledge is better than riches"
What does that African Proverb mean to you?
How can it be used in your everyday life. Give an example


It seems that the african proverb "knowlege is better than riches" means that being smart and knowing a lot is more powerful than money. For someone to have riches they have to know how to do something in order to get that money. Anything you do you have to have knowledge in order to know what you are doing or to get it right. I think this can be used in everyday life because if you have job you have to know what you're doing to get paid. If you have enough knowledge you would'nt have to worry about riches because it should come to you easy.