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Monday, December 22nd

12/22/2025

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​Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Discuss WB Adjustment Assignment
2. Demo: Cropping and Resizing the Contest Photo
3. Voting Tomorrow!
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
    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
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: WB Adjustment - 4Ways


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: Reclaiming a Screen


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
   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
   HDR
     - Compose 10 photos with shadow and highlight in one
     - Shoot 3 photos of each composition, one at zero meter, one at +, one at -
     - Import the pictures to the computer
     - Use HDR Pro to merge them in a surreal HDR shot
     - Upload the 10 HDR shots to Schoology
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Friday, December 19th

12/19/2025

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Periods 1
What are we learning today?
1. Lens Flare Background
2. Kahoot
3. 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
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Lens Flare Background


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Review Making a Mat, Blocking Out, Pinholes & Printing
2. 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
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. 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
   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
   HDR
     - Compose 10 photos with shadow and highlight in one
     - Shoot 3 photos of each composition, one at zero meter, one at +, one at -
     - Import the pictures to the computer
     - Use HDR Pro to merge them in a surreal HDR shot
     - Upload the 10 HDR shots to Schoology
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Thursday, December 18th

12/18/2025

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Periods 1
What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Cropping Photos to Fit the Calendar
2. Photos, Contest & Voting
3. Kahoot
4. Lens Flare Background
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
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Cropping to Fit the Calendar, Lens Flare Background


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Making a Mat
2. Demo: Blocking Out
3. Demo: Patching Pin Holes
4. Demo: Printing
5. 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
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Making a Mat


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
   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
   HDR
     - Compose 10 photos with shadow and highlight in one
     - Shoot 3 photos of each composition, one at zero meter, one at +, one at -
     - Import the pictures to the computer
     - Use HDR Pro to merge them in a surreal HDR shot
     - Upload the 10 HDR shots to Schoology
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Wednesday, December 17th

12/17/2025

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Periods 1
What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Building the Skeleton in InDesign Part 2)
2. Kahoot!
3. 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
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Review Selection Tools
2. Demo: Using Quick Mask Mode
3. Demo: Turning a Selection into a Cutout
4. Demo: Making the Decal Template
5. Kahoot
6. 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
7. 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
   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
   HDR
     - Compose 10 photos with shadow and highlight in one
     - Shoot 3 photos of each composition, one at zero meter, one at +, one at -
     - Import the pictures to the computer
     - Use HDR Pro to merge them in a surreal HDR shot
     - Upload the 10 HDR shots to Schoology
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Tuesday, December 16th

12/16/2025

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Periods 1
What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Building the Skeleton in InDesign Part 2)
2. Reminder... Contest Photos
3. 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
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Review Making a Mat, Washing Out
2. Demo: Making the Decal
3. Demo: Making a Cutout
4. 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
5. 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
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Monday, December 15th

12/15/2025

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Periods 1
What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Building the Skeleton in InDesign
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
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Review Exposing & Washing Out
2. Discuss Making a Mat
3. Demo: Patching Pin Holes
4. Demo: Blocking Out a Screen
5. 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
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Making A Mat


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. 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
   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
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Friday, December 12th

12/12/2025

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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Building the Skeleton in InDesign
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
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Principles of Design
2. Kahoot
3. Next Project
4. Demo: Making a Bar Code
5. Demo: Patching Pinholes
6. 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
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Exposing and Washing Out


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Animating a GIF from Stills
2. Night Photography
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Oil Painting
     - Take a few still life shots
     - Import and examine the shots
     - Choose your favorite to turn into and Oil Painting
     - Follow the steps to use Photoshop & convert the photo to a painting
     - Upload the shot to Schoology
   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
   HDR
     - Compose 10 photos with shadow and highlight in one
     - Shoot 3 photos of each composition, one at zero meter, one at +, one at -
     - Import the pictures to the computer
     - Use HDR Pro to merge them in a surreal HDR shot
     - Upload the 10 HDR shots to Schoology
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Thursday, December 11th

12/11/2025

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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Review Calendar Requirements
2. Demo: Making a Rough
3. Demo: Doing the Math
4. Tomorrow, Be Ready to Build!
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
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 4
What are we learning today?
1. Review Coating a Screen, Exposing a Screen 
2. Discuss Cutting Paper to Print On
3. Demo: Washing Out a Screen
4. Demo: Patching Pinholes
5. Next Project
6. 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
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Exposing and Washing Out


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Work Day
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Animating a Gif (Single Frame)
     - Find a ball on the web to make an animation with
     - Use Photoshop to make the ball bounce
     - Save the practice animation as a GIF
     - Upload to Schoology
   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
   HDR
     - Compose 10 photos with shadow and highlight in one
     - Shoot 3 photos of each composition, one at zero meter, one at +, one at -
     - Import the pictures to the computer
     - Use HDR Pro to merge them in a surreal HDR shot
     - Upload the 10 HDR shots to Schoology
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Wednesday, December 10th

12/10/2025

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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Grades & Points
2. Calendar Project
3. Planning Thumbnails
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    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
    Burn
     - Open an image in which a spot is too light
     - Use the Burn Tool to darken the area
     - Save & upload the before & after version to Schoology
    Dodge
     - Open an image in which a spot is too dark
     - Use the Dodge Tool to lighten the area
     - Save & upload the before & after version to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Review Coating a Screen, Cutting Paper to Print
2. Demo: Exposing a Screen
3. Demo: Washing Out a Screen
4. 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
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Exposing and Washing Out


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Animating from a Still Frame in Ps
2. Animating from a Series & Prepping
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Animating a Gif (Single Frame)
     - Find a ball on the web to make an animation with
     - Use Photoshop to make the ball bounce
     - Save the practice animation as a GIF
     - Upload to Schoology
   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
   HDR
     - Compose 10 photos with shadow and highlight in one
     - Shoot 3 photos of each composition, one at zero meter, one at +, one at -
     - Import the pictures to the computer
     - Use HDR Pro to merge them in a surreal HDR shot
     - Upload the 10 HDR shots to Schoology
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Tuesday, December 9th

12/9/2025

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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Shooting Modes
2. Demo: Burn & Dodge
3. Next Project
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Burn
     - Open an image in which a spot is too light
     - Use the Burn Tool to darken the area
     - Save & upload the before & after version to Schoology
    Dodge
     - Open an image in which a spot is too dark
     - Use the Dodge Tool to lighten the area
     - Save & upload the before & after version to Schoology

6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Burn & Dodge


Period 3

What are we learning today?
1. Review Degrasing &  Coating a Screen
2. Setting up the Positives
3. Discuss Cutting Paper to Print On
4. 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
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Cutting Paper to Print on


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Photo Day
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Animating a Gif (Single Frame)
     - Find a ball on the web to make an animation with
     - Use Photoshop to make the ball bounce
     - Save the practice animation as a GIF
     - Upload to Schoology
   Oil Painting
     - Take a few still life shots
     - Import and examine the shots
     - Choose your favorite to turn into and Oil Painting
     - Follow the steps to use Photoshop & convert the photo to a painting
     - Upload the shot to Schoology
   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
   HDR
     - Compose 10 photos with shadow and highlight in one
     - Shoot 3 photos of each composition, one at zero meter, one at +, one at -
     - Import the pictures to the computer
     - Use HDR Pro to merge them in a surreal HDR shot
     - Upload the 10 HDR shots to Schoology
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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