Jose Agustin Andreu
STUDENTS' WORK
2 Dimensional Design
Value Scales
Washes
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To do Value Scale #1
Follow this process to set the extremes of the value scale and find a middle value between any two values.
Make the Stroke none and the Fill black. Leave the Fill selected on top.
Go to Window > Color to make sure the Color Window is open. In the Color Window click and hold the little black arrow at its top right and select Greyscale. Move the slider to 0%, white. Chose the Rectangle Tool and on the left of the top rectangle draw a 1" square over the first square, #1. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider in the Color Window to 100%, black. Draw a square at the right end, #9. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider to 50%, medium grey, and draw a square over the middle square inch, #5. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider to 25%, light grey, and draw a square over the third square inch, #3. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider to 75%, dark grey, and draw a square over the seventh square inch, #7. Go to Select > Deselect.
Fill in the in between values Move the slider to 12%, light light grey, and draw a square over the second square inch, #2. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider to 37%, light medium grey, and draw a square over the fourth square inch, #4. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider to 63%, dark medium grey, and draw a square over the sixth square inch, #6. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider to 83%, dark dark grey, and draw a square over the eighth square inch, #8. Go to Select > Deselect.
Drag Select the whole Value Scale and go to Object > Group to keep the values together. Go to the Layers Window and Double click on the layer with the value scale group. Give it a name such as 'greyscale' and click OK.
Make the Stroke none and the Fill black. Leave the Fill selected on top.
Go to Window > Color to make sure the Color Window is open. In the Color Window click and hold the little black arrow at its top right and select Greyscale. Move the slider to 0%, white. Chose the Rectangle Tool and on the left of the top rectangle draw a 1" square over the first square, #1. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider in the Color Window to 100%, black. Draw a square at the right end, #9. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider to 50%, medium grey, and draw a square over the middle square inch, #5. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider to 25%, light grey, and draw a square over the third square inch, #3. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider to 75%, dark grey, and draw a square over the seventh square inch, #7. Go to Select > Deselect.
Fill in the in between values Move the slider to 12%, light light grey, and draw a square over the second square inch, #2. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider to 37%, light medium grey, and draw a square over the fourth square inch, #4. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider to 63%, dark medium grey, and draw a square over the sixth square inch, #6. Go to Select > Deselect.
Move the slider to 83%, dark dark grey, and draw a square over the eighth square inch, #8. Go to Select > Deselect.
Drag Select the whole Value Scale and go to Object > Group to keep the values together. Go to the Layers Window and Double click on the layer with the value scale group. Give it a name such as 'greyscale' and click OK.