Graphics 1
What are we learning today?
1. Review No Strokes, Hidden Lines
2. Example Of Hidden Lines
3. Demo: Laying Out the Vinyl Document
4. Demo: Vinyl Cutting Layout
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Vector your graphics
     - Create your type
     - Convert your type to outlines
     - Add all of your graphics to drawer doc, rescale
     - Copy and paste them to the vinyl file we created
     - Save file and Logo into vinyl PC
     - Open cut studio, make new doc
         - landscape orientation
         - Change size to 15” x at least 5”
     - Import the Ai file & drop it
     - Load vinyl & run an area test
     - Reposition vinyl if necessary
     - Cut vinyl and remove from cutter once done
     - Weed unwanted vinyl from sheet
     - Apply transfer tape
     - Turn in vinyl with transfer tape, upload file
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Digital Photography
What are we learning today?
1. Review Pixels Resolution, Portraits, Camera Use, Google
2. Demo: Making a Selection
3. Demo: Making a Selection a Cutout
4. Slides: Portraits
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
  Practice Selection
     - Find an image on Google and download it to your laptop
     - Open the image in Adobe Photoshop
     - Use each of the tools to practice making a selection
     - Covert the background to monochrome
     - Save & Upload the project to Schoology under Practice Selection Assignment
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Making a Selection, Making a Cutout, Portraits


Video Game Design
What are we learning today?
1. Review Game Basics & Ill Dog
2. Checking the Ill Dog & Turning it in
3. Pixels
4. Resolution
5. Demo: Google Images
6. Demo: Setting Up an Ai File
7. Demo: Vectoring the Inner Ear (Second Video)
8. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
9. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None

Graphics 1
What are we learning today?
1. First Project
2. Setting up In Illustrator
3. About Vinyl & Strokes
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Vinyl Decal
     - Choosing  a Design
          - NO STROKES
          - Thick image area
          - Two Color
     - Review Using the Pen Tool, Layering
     - Set up a doc for the Drawer
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Digital Photography
What are we learning today?
1. Review  First Project
2. Pixels
3. Resolution
4. Finding an Image on Google
5. Slides: Before You Shoot
6. Using the Camera & Cards
7. Importing Pictures
8. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
9. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Importing Photos


Video Game Design & Programming
What are we learning today?
1. Adobe
2. Slides: Game Basics
3. Demo: Starting the Illustrator Dog
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Game Basics

Period 3
What are we learning today?
1. Welcome Back
2. Course Syllabus
3. Projects
4. Adobe
5. First Project
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Vinyl Decal
     - Choosing  a Design
          - NO STROKES
          - Thick image area
          - Two Color
     - Review Using the Pen Tool, Layering
     - Set up a doc for the Drawer
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Course Syllabus, Laptop Insurance


Periods 4
What are we learning today?
1. Laptops, Care & Insurance
2. Website, Blog, Schoology
3. Pre Test
5. First Project
6. Pixels
7. Resolution
8. Finding an Image on Google
​9. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Setup
     - Log in to Adobe
     - Setup Schoology
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
10. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Laptop Insurance, Course Syllabus


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Laptops, Care & Insurance
2. Website, Blog, Schoology
3.  Course Syllabus
4. Adobe
5. Slides: Game Basics
6. Demo: Starting the Illustrator Dog
7. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Setup
     - Log in to Adobe
     - Setup Schoology
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
8. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Laptop Insurance, Course Syllabus, Game Basics

Period 1
1. Turning in the Calendar, 
2. Review Procedure
3. Discuss Final Prompt
4. 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
    Straightening a Crooked Photo
     - Open a photo that is crooked, use ruler tool to start straightening it
     - Turn in before & after on Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 4
What are we learning today?
1. Laptop Returns, Vinyl Jacket, Final Grades
2. Cleanup Expectations
3. Lab Cleanup List
4. 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
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Monday, Projects, & Grades
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Website
     - Look at the sites/read article on making Photo Sites
     - Develop a list of likes/dislikes
     - Choose info & categories that should go on your site
     - Make a site map
     - Develop the site with Google Sites, Weebly, Wix
     - Make a Header including your logo
   Double Exposure
    - Choose a subject for a side profile shot and perhaps a scenery photo
    - Shoot & import the shots
     - Use Photoshop and layer masks to selectively show just part of the images
     - Save the PSD
     - Upload to Schoology
   Triptych
     - Take at least four shot of things that resemble letter that make your word
     - Import the shots
     - Follow the directions to make them form a triptych spelling out your word
     - Upload the completed Triptych to Schoology
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None

Period 1
1. About the Final & Procedure
2. When Finished...
3. Turning in the Calendar
4. 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
    Straightening a Crooked Photo
     - Open a photo that is crooked, use ruler tool to start straightening it
     - Turn in before & after on Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 3
What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Printing & Cutting
2. Demo: Scoring & Folding
3. Demo: Gluing
4. Demo: Saving & Sending the Decal
5. 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
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Work Day Today
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Website
     - Look at the sites/read article on making Photo Sites
     - Develop a list of likes/dislikes
     - Choose info & categories that should go on your site
     - Make a site map
     - Develop the site with Google Sites, Weebly, Wix
     - Make a Header including your logo
   Double Exposure
    - Choose a subject for a side profile shot and perhaps a scenery photo
    - Shoot & import the shots
     - Use Photoshop and layer masks to selectively show just part of the images
     - Save the PSD
     - Upload to Schoology
   Triptych
     - Take at least four shot of things that resemble letter that make your word
     - Import the shots
     - Follow the directions to make them form a triptych spelling out your word
     - Upload the completed Triptych to Schoology
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None

Period 1
1. Demo: Straightening a Crooked Photo
2. Review, Review, Review!
3. About the Finals
4. 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
    Straightening a Crooked Photo
     - Open a photo that is crooked, use ruler tool to start straightening it
     - Turn in before & after on Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Straightening a Crooked Photo


Period 4
What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Printing & Cutting
2. Demo: Scoring & Folding
3. Demo: Gluing
4. Demo: Saving & Sending the Decal
5. 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
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Making the Triptych
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Website
     - Look at the sites/read article on making Photo Sites
     - Develop a list of likes/dislikes
     - Choose info & categories that should go on your site
     - Make a site map
     - Develop the site with Google Sites, Weebly, Wix
     - Make a Header including your logo
   Double Exposure
    - Choose a subject for a side profile shot and perhaps a scenery photo
    - Shoot & import the shots
     - Use Photoshop and layer masks to selectively show just part of the images
     - Save the PSD
     - Upload to Schoology
   Triptych
     - Take at least four shot of things that resemble letter that make your word
     - Import the shots
     - Follow the directions to make them form a triptych spelling out your word
     - Upload the completed Triptych to Schoology
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None

Period 1
1. Contest Results
2. Demo: Global Hue & Global Levels
3. Demo: Lens Blur fro Depth
4. Kahoot!
5. 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
    Global Levels
     - Open an image in which the entire image is a bit dark or light
     - Use a levels adjustment to fix the light or darkness
     - Save & upload the before & after version to Schoology
    Global Hue & Saturation
     - Open an image in which the entire image is a bit dull
     - Use a Hue & Saturation layer to boost the color
     - Save & upload the before & after version to Schoology
​    Lens Blur for Depth of Field
     - Open an image with a large depth of field
     - Use the handout to make a selection & slowly fade in the depth of field
     - Save & upload the before & after version to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 4
What are we learning today?
1. Review Reclaiming a Screen 
2. Demo: Decal Layout, Exporting, & Emailing
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
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Photo Day Today
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Website
     - Look at the sites/read article on making Photo Sites
     - Develop a list of likes/dislikes
     - Choose info & categories that should go on your site
     - Make a site map
     - Develop the site with Google Sites, Weebly, Wix
     - Make a Header including your logo
   Double Exposure
    - Choose a subject for a side profile shot and perhaps a scenery photo
    - Shoot & import the shots
     - Use Photoshop and layer masks to selectively show just part of the images
     - Save the PSD
     - Upload to Schoology
   Triptych
     - Take at least four shot of things that resemble letter that make your word
     - Import the shots
     - Follow the directions to make them form a triptych spelling out your word
     - Upload the completed Triptych to Schoology
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None

Periods 1
1. Contest & Voting
2. About the Finals & Week
3. Demo: Starting the Collage
4. 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
    White Balance
     - Open one of your white balance photos from a few weeks ago
     - Use one of the 4 methods to correct the color to what it should naturally be
     - Save and upload the before and after to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Proofing the Calendar


Period 4
What are we learning today?
1. Review Screen Printing
2. Demo: Reclaiming a Screen
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Screen Print
     - Choose an idea for the screen print
     - Vector the image
     - Scale the graphic to size (max 8”x 8”)
     - Add registration marks (1” from your images top & bottom)
     - Change one color to black, other to white
     - Email me the file so I can create a positive
     - Degrease screen
     - Coat screen
     - Expose screen
     - Washout screen
     - Patch pinholes
     - Cut paper to print on*
     - Blockout screen
     - Print the first color
     - Reclaim the screen
     - Mat best print*
     - Paperclip thumb, rough, comp & 5 good prints, place in bin
   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
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Website
2. Double Exposure
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Website
     - Look at the sites/read article on making Photo Sites
     - Develop a list of likes/dislikes
     - Choose info & categories that should go on your site
     - Make a site map
     - Develop the site with Google Sites, Weebly, Wix
     - Make a Header including your logo
   Animating a Gif (Sequence of Shots)
     - Shoot & import the shots
     - Use Photoshop to animate them into a single frame
     - Save the animation as a GIF
     - Test it by dragging it to a browser tab
     - Upload to Schoology
   Triptych
     - Take at least four shot of things that resemble letter that make your word
     - Import the shots
     - Follow the directions to make them form a triptych spelling out your word
     - Upload the completed Triptych to Schoology
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None