What are we learning today?
1. Review Completing the Decal, Exporting, Emailing
2. Work Day Today
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Vinyl Jacket
- Choose a band/artist and album
- Brainstorm ideas for graphics & photos
- Draw thumbnails for the cover & back
- Layout the framework in Illustrator
- Print the layout & draw rough into it
- Vector image(s)
- Take your photo of the product
- Simple background & strong lighting
- Try different angles & take extra shots
- Compose your type in Illustrator
- Add graphic(s) & photo to Illustrator file
- Print & Trim the file
- Score and glue the jacket together
- Export the file as a Print PDF & upload it to Schoology
Decal
- Layout the decal template
- Label one side A Side
- Add logo or name of the artist
- Include the name of the album
- Make an attractive design to fill the space
- Label one side B Side
- Add your cutout
- Include the name of the album and artist
- Make an attractive design to fill the space
- Remove stroke on inner circle
- Export the file as a PNG
- Email me the files
- Punch the centers out with hammer, pinch, & woodblocks
- Feed dowel pin through vinyl hole
- Remove the sticker from backing
- Use the punched hole and dowel pin to center the decal, then press against vinyl
- Repeat for the other side
4. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None
Video Game Design
What are we learning today?
1. Work Day Today
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Pacman
- Choose a theme for Pacman
- Decide on sprites for wall, hero, enemy & food
- Program part 1 of Pacman
- Make a Splash Screen for the logo
- Make a Game Splash Screen
- Program part 2 of Breakout
- Test play the game for any bugs
- Upload the game to Schoology
3. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None
Digital Photography
What are we learning today?
1. Proofing the Calendar
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Lens Flare Background
- Follow the steps on the handout to make a flare brush
- Make a new document 11” x 17” & 300 ppi
- Use the brush to make the design
- Upload the document as a PSD to Schoology
Calendar
- Change the month & dates to fit each month
- Crop, resize & place photos for the month pages
- Add any other touches to month pages
- Place in the cover design (possibly using the lens flare) on page 1
- Place the collage on page 14
- Export the calendar
- Make a proof sheet & print it
- Adjust colors, errors as seen on proof
- Export the calendar as a Print PDF
- Upload PDF to Schoology
- Turn in physical copy of thumbnails, rough, & proof to bin
Collage
- Open the calendar in InDesign
- On page 14, draw a box the size of the collage you would like to make
- Make a new document in Photoshop the same size as the box in InDesign
- In the properties panel in InDesign there is a W & H
- The W & H would be the W & H you will use for the new Photoshop Doc
- Set the resolution to 300
- Make the background contents transparent
- Open each photo separately in Ps
- Use the rectangular marquee tool to select the photo & then copy it
- Paste it into the new Photoshop Document & rescale it (Ctrl T)
- Repeat for the next photo, making sure they overlap
- Set the erase to a soft edge, somewhat opaque percentage & erase the edges
- Save the collage as a PSD
6. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None
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