Period 1
Hello everyone. Today we will start the hardest project in the class. Here's the thing though... this project really isn't tough, it just requires you to pay very close attention to to the details. Honestly, I've had students start and complete this project in just one class period. However, if you don't pay close attention to the little things, it will not work for you and will frustrate the heck out of you so please, pay close attention to the video and handout!

Hopefully you have chosen your 6 photos for the strip and one different photo for the background. If you did, the next step is to choose which six will be in the strip. These photos will all need to be the same orientation (all landscape or all portrait) and the same aspect ratio for this to look right. If the photos you have chosen are not the same... no worries! Use the crop tool from yesterday to crop them all the same way. If it were me, I would crop each of them to be 3:4 or 2:3 depending on what they are currently set at. This is all explained in the first video on the link below. Once they are all the same you can build the strip using Bridge. This is explained on the handout and on the videos linked there too. Just take your time, focus on the details and you'll be fine!

What are we learning today?
1. Cropping the Strip Photos to the same Aspect Ratio (first video)
2. Film Strip Collage Construction (Second and third video)
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Vignette
     - Open a portrait
     - Follow the steps to add a vignette around the photo
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Antiqued Photo
     - Download the frame & add the photo to it
     - Add a glass overlay on top of the portrait
     - Create a wallpaper
     - Add the portrait to the wallpaper
     - Apply a drop shadow to the frame
     - Make a vignette to emulate a spotlight on the picture
     - Save as a PNG & PSD, turn in PNG
    Film Strip Collage
     - Choose 6 photos for the film stip, one for the background photo
     - Crop each of the strip photo so they are are all the same aspect ratio
     - Crop the background photo to 8 x 10
     - Build the photo strip in Bridge
     - Add the strip to the background photo
     - Create the film
     - Make the film wave
     - Save as a PNG & PSD
     - Upload the PNG to Schoology
4. Cleanup
5. Review/What’s Next


Periods 4 & 5
Good afternoon all. Hope your having a great day. Yesterday we started the the personifying a word project. Today I have two new steps for you. In fact if you complete these two, the project is done already. I don't want you to rush though. I'd rather you take your time and do a nice job than rush and do a half butt job on it! Today I would like you to develop your thumbnails into a rough. The goal with the rough is to lock down the idea so that it's easier to make in Illustrator. With the rough done, feel free to hop onto Illustrator and create the real thing. That's really it for today. Good luck and have fun with it!

What are we learning today?
1. Personifying Rough
2. Personifying Vector
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Notepad
     - Choose a theme for your notepad
     - Grab a sheet of paper & fold in half twice
     - Draw a design in each square using the same theme
     - Choose the best design & make a rough
     - Vector the image in it’s own Ai file
     - Layout a comprehensive using the rough template from Ai
     - Make a 4-Up
     - Print a proof sheet
     - Choose 25 sheets of paper
     - Place the paper in tray 1 of printer, tell others NOT to print
     - Send the job to the 419-C1 printer
     - Collect & jog prints
     - Put prints apart
     - Cut cardboard (mat board) for backing
     - Make a mount for one print
     - Pad the notepad
     - Trim the edges
     - Tuck thumbnails, rough, comp, mount & rubric into pad
     - Turn in to bin
   Type
     - Obtain and label four sheets of paper
         - 5 Roman, 5 Square (page 1)
         - 10 Sans Serif (page 2)
         - 10 Script (page 3)
         - 1 Text, 9 Novelty (page 4)
     - Cut out examples and glue them into the correct section
     - Print cover page
     - Staple all pages together
     - Turn in Search to bin
4. Cleanup
5. Review/What’s Next

Period 1
Good morning everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. Today in Photography we are moving on into new territory again. Last Friday I showed you the last two steps in the antiqued photo project. If you didn't finish it, please work on this project first! That should be your first priority in the class. Once that's done we'll talk about File Formats and Aspect Ratio. You'll find a link to the video lesson below. Please watch it; it ties directly into our next project. What we will be making next is a film strip collage. You can see some examples on the board along the right side of the classroom as well as the example at the left. Before we dive into this project, I would like you to learn to change aspect ratio with cropping. Open one of your photos, and crop it to a 3:1 aspect ratio. Then you can simply upload the before and after versions to Schoology in the cropping assignment. Then the final thing for today is to choose photos of yours to use in the Film Strip Collage. You will need 6 photos for in the strip and one for the background. Please take some time today to choose some photos, and get them to your computer. Tomorrow we will begin construction of the collage. Hope you have a fantastic day!

What are we learning today?
1. PPT: File Formats & Aspect Ration
2. Demo: Cropping
3. Film Strip Collage
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Vignette
     - Open a portrait
     - Follow the steps to add a vignette around the photo
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Antiqued Photo
     - Download the frame & add the photo to it
     - Add a glass overlay on top of the portrait
     - Create a wallpaper
     - Add the portrait to the wallpaper
     - Apply a drop shadow to the frame
     - Make a vignette to emulate a spotlight on the picture
     - Save as a PNG & PSD, turn in PNG
    Film Strip Collage
     - Choose 6 photos for the film stip, one for the background photo
     - Crop each of the strip photo so they are are all the same aspect ratio
     - Crop the background photo to 8 x 10
     - Build the photo strip in Bridge
     - Add the strip to the background photo
     - Create the film
     - Make the film wave
     - Save as a PNG & PSD
     - Upload the PNG to Schoology
5. Cleanup
6. Review/What’s Next


Periods 4 & 5
Good afternoon everyone. Hope you've had a great weekend. Last week we continued to roll along on our quest of learning about type. I know it's not the most fun thing ever, but this will be helpful to you as we move into our next unit. Anyway, there is one last stop on before leaving the type unit. That is to pick a word and personify it. On the page linked below you will find a list of words. Please choose one and put your name next to it on the Google Doc. Then I would like you to brainstorm ways that you can show the words meaning by tweaking the type attributes or maybe using a little bit of a graphic. Take a look at my brainstorming page. To start off, I want you to rainstorm a list of ideas that you could use to personify your word. After you've

What are we learning today?
1. Personifying a Word
2. Brainstorming
Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Notepad
     - Choose a theme for your notepad
     - Grab a sheet of paper & fold in half twice
     - Draw a design in each square using the same theme
     - Choose the best design & make a rough
     - Vector the image in it’s own Ai file
     - Layout a comprehensive using the rough template from Ai
     - Make a 4-Up
     - Print a proof sheet
     - Choose 25 sheets of paper
     - Place the paper in tray 1 of printer, tell others NOT to print
     - Send the job to the 419-C1 printer
     - Collect & jog prints
     - Put prints apart
     - Cut cardboard (mat board) for backing
     - Make a mount for one print
     - Pad the notepad
     - Trim the edges
     - Tuck thumbnails, rough, comp, mount & rubric into pad
     - Turn in to bin
   Type
     - Obtain and label four sheets of paper
         - 5 Roman, 5 Square (page 1)
         - 10 Sans Serif (page 2)
         - 10 Script (page 3)
         - 1 Text, 9 Novelty (page 4)
     - Cut out examples and glue them into the correct section
     - Print cover page
     - Staple all pages together
     - Turn in Search to bin
3. Cleanup
4. Review/What’s Next

Period 1
Good morning and happy Friday camera geeks! Hope you've had a good week. Today I would like to introduce the last few steps of the Antiqued Photo project as well a the photo project for next week. I had a few questions about turning in the Antiquing project. I have held off on posting the assignment on Schoology because I didn't want you to turn it in until it was complete... which it can't be until you do today's steps! Once you make a wallpaper in Illustrator, add a glass effect to the inside of the frame, and put the wallpaper behind the framed photo, then you can turn it in! Just make sure that you have gone through all of the steps before you turn it in.
As for the photo assignment, it goes back to our Looking vs. Seeing lesson. I explained in that lesson that a good photo should have a foreground, background and subject. I often refer to it as sandwiching your subject in between the foreground and the background to create some depth in your photos. I want you to use this technique when you shoot 10 new photos for next Friday. I have posted a link to a video and some examples below. That is all for today. Hope you have a great weekend!

What are we learning today?
1. Making a Wallpaper in Ai
2. Antiqued Photo Part 3
3. Week's Photo Assignment
4.  Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Smart Blur
     - Open a portrait to soften or “air brush” the skin
     - Follow the steps to soft ONLY the skin
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Liquify
     - Open a portrait
     - Use the liquify filter to change proportions for the BETTER
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
  Red Eye
     - Open a photo in which the subject has red eye
     - Use the red eye tool to remove the color
     - Upload the before and after to Schoology
    Vignette
     - Open a portrait
     - Follow the steps to add a vignette around the photo
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Antiqued Photo
     - Download the frame & add the photo to it
     - Add a glass overlay on top of the portrait
     - Create a wallpaper
     - Add the portrait to the wallpaper
     - Apply a drop shadow to the frame
     - Make a vignette to emulate a spotlight on the picture
     - Save as a PNG & PSD, turn in PNG
4. Cleanup
5. Review/What’s Next


Periods 4 & 5
Good afternoon guys, hope your having a good end to the week. Today I would like to introduce a new assignment. We have spent a good bit of time the last few weeks talking about type. We did the Typeface Search so that you could learn about the different categories of type, but more importantly, so you could see what is most often used. Notice how rarely you find those strong styles like text. It has such a unique feel that, much like chiller or Jokerman, they aren't used often professionally. I know it may not have been a fun task, but hopefully you were able to see what is often used. Once you have completed your search, made and printed a cover page, and even turned in the search, then you can and should get started on the learning to use Illustrator to format type. There is a link below to a file and a video. You will need to download the file and open it in Illustrator. Then simply make the text and modify it as the handout and video show you to do. It shouldn't take a long time for you to complete, but it ties in perfectly with learning about tracking, kerning, etc. That's it for today! Hope you have a great weekend!

What are we learning today?
1. Typography in Illustrator
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Notepad
     - Choose a theme for your notepad
     - Grab a sheet of paper & fold in half twice
     - Draw a design in each square using the same theme
     - Choose the best design & make a rough
     - Vector the image in it’s own Ai file
     - Layout a comprehensive using the rough template from Ai
     - Make a 4-Up
     - Print a proof sheet
     - Choose 25 sheets of paper
     - Place the paper in tray 1 of printer, tell others NOT to print
     - Send the job to the 419-C1 printer
     - Collect & jog prints
     - Put prints apart
     - Cut cardboard (mat board) for backing
     - Make a mount for one print
     - Pad the notepad
     - Trim the edges
     - Tuck thumbnails, rough, comp, mount & rubric into pad
     - Turn in to bin
   Type
     - Obtain and label four sheets of paper
         - 5 Roman, 5 Square (page 1)
         - 10 Sans Serif (page 2)
         - 10 Script (page 3)
         - 1 Text, 9 Novelty (page 4)
     - Cut out examples and glue them into the correct section
     - Print cover page
     - Staple all pages together
     - Turn in Search to bin
3. Cleanup
4. Review/What’s Next

Period 1
Good morning ladies and gentleman. Hope your day is off to a great start. Today I would like to discuss some things that you should know about cameras and care for them. You'll find a like below for a lesson entitled Getting to Know Your Camera. Please watch the video of the lesson that I would be giving if I was there with you. Afterward we will start on our next project. This is a bigger one, similar in scale to the merging project that we started  the class with. I have broken in down into three Photoshop parts and making a wallpaper in Illustrator. Today I would like you to do just the first two parts. You'll find links for these below. For this project you will need to use one of your texture photos and any school appropriate photo of yours. The only thing that I would suggest is that the photo that you choose shouldn't have anything too modern in it. A smart phone, tablet, etc would kind of defeat the purpose of aging a photo as these things are too new to really effectively work in an antiqued photo. Other than that you can use any photo of yours that you would like!

What are we learning today?
1. PPT: Getting to Know Your Camera
2. Antiqued Photo Parts 1 & Part 2
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Smart Blur
     - Open a portrait to soften or “air brush” the skin
     - Follow the steps to soft ONLY the skin
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Liquify
     - Open a portrait
     - Use the liquify filter to change proportions for the BETTER
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
  Red Eye
     - Open a photo in which the subject has red eye
     - Use the red eye tool to remove the color
     - Upload the before and after to Schoology
    Vignette
     - Open a portrait
     - Follow the steps to add a vignette around the photo
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Antiqued Photo
     - Download the frame & add the photo to it
     - Add a glass overlay on top of the portrait
     - Create a wallpaper
     - Add the portrait to the wallpaper
     - Apply a drop shadow to the frame
     - Make a vignette to emulate a spotlight on the picture
     - Save as a PNG & PSD, turn in PNG
4. Cleanup
5. Review/What’s Next


Periods 4  & 5
Hello everyone. Hope everything is going great at school. Yesterday I asked you to watch the video and make a cover page for your typeface search. Today I'm giving you more time to work on perfecting a cover, printing it, or completing the search. Keep in mind that I will be grading the cover by how much effort you put into it. If you have used quite a few of the techniques, tools, or effects from the video, you'll get the full ten points for the cover page. It's honestly pretty easy to see if you have put a good effort into using the features in Illustrator or whether you have just thrown something together and called it a cover! Take your time and learn Illustrator. It will help you later on in the class. So that's it, plenty of time to work. Have a great day!

What are we learning today?
1. Work Day Today
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Notepad
     - Choose a theme for your notepad
     - Grab a sheet of paper & fold in half twice
     - Draw a design in each square using the same theme
     - Choose the best design & make a rough
     - Vector the image in it’s own Ai file
     - Layout a comprehensive using the rough template from Ai
     - Make a 4-Up
     - Print a proof sheet
     - Choose 25 sheets of paper
     - Place the paper in tray 1 of printer, tell others NOT to print
     - Send the job to the 419-C1 printer
     - Collect & jog prints
     - Put prints apart
     - Cut cardboard (mat board) for backing
     - Make a mount for one print
     - Pad the notepad
     - Trim the edges
     - Tuck thumbnails, rough, comp, mount & rubric into pad
     - Turn in to bin
   Type
     - Obtain and label four sheets of paper
         - 5 Roman, 5 Square (page 1)
         - 10 Sans Serif (page 2)
         - 10 Script (page 3)
         - 1 Text, 9 Novelty (page 4)
     - Cut out examples and glue them into the correct section
     - Print cover page
     - Staple all pages together
     - Turn in Search to bin
3. Cleanup
4. Review/What’s Next

Period 1
Unfortunately I will be out of school from today through December 13. Each day I will continue to update the blog with links and an explanation of what I would like you to do. For today, I have three new tasks for you to complete. By far, Liquify is hands down the coolest of the touch ups that we have done so far! Use it to change some of the proportions in the photo. Make a nose smaller, eyes bigger, arms more muscular, etc. Then I want you to use the red eye tool to remove red eye from a photo. If you don't have a photo with red eye, you can Google it use one from the web. Realistically, I know that you probably delete photos that have red eye so you may not currently have one. Finally I would like you to apply a vignette to one of your photos. While this may not be an actual touch up, it does casually call the eyes to the subject and make a cool effect. Once each is done, upload the before and after to Schoology. That's all for the day. Good luck!

What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Liquify
2. Demo: Red Eye
3. Demo: Vignette
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Dark Circles
     - Open a portrait in which the subject has wrinkles or dark circles under their eyes
     - Use the patch tool to blend the area
     - Upload the before and after to Schoology
    Smart Cast
     - Open a portrait to tan the subjects skin
     - Follow the steps to tan ONLY the skin
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Smart Blur
     - Open a portrait to soften or “air brush” the skin
     - Follow the steps to soft ONLY the skin
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Liquify
     - Open a portrait
     - Use the liquify filter to change proportions for the BETTER
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
   Red Eye
     - Open a photo in which the subject has red eye
     - Use the red eye tool to remove the color
     - Upload the before and after to Schoology
    Vignette
     - Open a portrait
     - Follow the steps to add a vignette around the photo
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
5. Cleanup
6. Review/What’s Next


Period 4
Unfortunately I will be out of school from today through December 13. Each day I will continue to update the blog with links and an explanation of what I would like you to do. For today, it's simple. I would like you to make a cover page for your type search. I want you to use Illustrator and the video linked below to make a cover. In the video I walk you through a lot of tools and tricks that you aren't currently aware of. Watch a little, pause the video, and do what it shows you. Remember that if you don't see some of the tools or panels, change your workspace to Essentials classic. You can also find panels by choosing Window>Layers for example. When you have completed it, print the cover out. Once the search is done, staple the cover to the other pages and turn it in!

What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Making a Cover Page
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Notepad
     - Choose a theme for your notepad
     - Grab a sheet of paper & fold in half twice
     - Draw a design in each square using the same theme
     - Choose the best design & make a rough
     - Vector the image in it’s own Ai file
     - Layout a comprehensive using the rough template from Ai
     - Make a 4-Up
     - Print a proof sheet
     - Choose 25 sheets of paper
     - Place the paper in tray 1 of printer, tell others NOT to print
     - Send the job to the 419-C1 printer
     - Collect & jog prints
     - Put prints apart
     - Cut cardboard (mat board) for backing
     - Make a mount for one print
     - Pad the notepad
     - Trim the edges
     - Tuck thumbnails, rough, comp, mount & rubric into pad
     - Turn in to bin
   Type
     - Obtain and label four sheets of paper
         - 5 Roman, 5 Square (page 1)
         - 10 Sans Serif (page 2)
         - 10 Script (page 3)
         - 1 Text, 9 Novelty (page 4)
     - Cut out examples and glue them into the correct section
     - Print cover page
     - Staple all pages together
     - Turn in Search to bin
3. Cleanup
4. Review/What’s Next

Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Review Clone Stamp, Dark Circles, Smart Cast & Blur
2. PPT: Sharpening
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Clone Stamp
     - Open a portrait in which the subject has a mole, pimple, birthmark etc.
     - Use the clone stamp to cover it
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Dark Circles
     - Open a portrait in which the subject has wrinkles or dark circles under their eyes
     - Use the patch tool to blend the area
     - Upload the before and after to Schoology
    Smart Cast
     - Open a portrait to tan the subjects skin
     - Follow the steps to tan ONLY the skin
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Smart Blur
     - Open a portrait to soften or “air brush” the skin
     - Follow the steps to soft ONLY the skin
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Liquify
     - Open a portrait
     - Use the liquify filter to change proportions for the BETTER
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
4. Cleanup
5. Review/What’s Next


Periods 4 & 5
What are we learning today?
1. Review Type & Search
2. Turning In the Notepad & Obligations 
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Notepad
     - Choose a theme for your notepad
     - Grab a sheet of paper & fold in half twice
     - Draw a design in each square using the same theme
     - Choose the best design & make a rough
     - Vector the image in it’s own Ai file
     - Layout a comprehensive using the rough template from Ai
     - Make a 4-Up
     - Print a proof sheet
     - Choose 25 sheets of paper
     - Place the paper in tray 1 of printer, tell others NOT to print
     - Send the job to the 419-C1 printer
     - Collect & jog prints
     - Put prints apart
     - Cut cardboard (mat board) for backing 
     - Make a mount for one print
     - Pad the notepad
     - Trim the edges
     - Tuck thumbnails, rough, comp, mount & rubric into pad
     - Turn in to bin
   Type
     - Obtain and label four sheets of paper
         - 5 Roman, 5 Square (page 1)
         - 10 Sans Serif (page 2)
         - 10 Script (page 3)
         - 1 Text, 9 Novelty (page 4)
     - Cut out examples and glue them into the correct section
     - Print cover page
     - Staple all pages together
     - Turn in Search to bin
4. Cleanup
5. Review/What’s Next