What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Building the CD Layout
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
CD Jacket
- Choose a band/artist and album
- Brainstorm ideas for graphics & photos
- Draw thumbnails for the cover, back, inside & spine
- Layout the CD framework in InDesign
- 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
- Make a practice selection
- Make a selection of your photo
- Compose your type in InDesign
- Add graphics & photo to InDesign file
- Export the file as a Print PDF & upload it to Schoology
3. Cleanup
4. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None
Period 3
What are we learning today?
1. Logo, Website, Panorama & Lighting
2. Demo: Using Weebly
3. Week 4 Photos... What’s that???
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Logo
- Choose a name or image for your artist
- Brainstorm & draw 4 thumbnails using that name or image
- Choose your favorite thumbnail
- Develop that design into a large, clean, colored rough
- Scan the rough
- Place the scan into an Ai file, lock layer, create second layer
- Vector your logo with shapes & pen tool
- Add color to the logo
- Save as an Ai file and upload the image w/thumb, rough to Schoology
Website
- View sample sites
- Determine what things you like about the examples
- Sketch a plan for a pages & site map (min of 5 pages)
- Build the site with Weebly or Wix
- Prepare photos for site
- Publish the site and share link through schoology
Panoramic Photo
- Open Photoshop & use the Automate>Photomerge function
- Follow the steps on the handout to correct distortions
- Crop the completed merger
- Save & upload the completed project to Schoology
5. Cleanup
6. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None
Period 4
What are we learning today?
1. Quizlet
2. PPT: Exposure Compensation
3. Demo: Spot Corrections for Exposure
4. Demo: Global Corrections for Exposure
5. Next Week’s Photos
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Beauty Touchups
- Open one of your portraits that you wish to touchup
- Should be one where you have filled the frame with the person
- Watchout for digital noise in the photos
- Apply each of the touchups that were introduced in class to the photo
- Dark Circles
- Smart Cast
- Smart Blur
- Vignette
- Clone Stamp
- Sharpening
- Liquify
- Save the resulting image as a PSD & upload the before and after to Schoology
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 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
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
7. Cleanup
8. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None
Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot!
2. Review Washing Out a Screen
3. Demo: Patching Pinholes
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Screen Printing
- Choose a name or image for a company
- Brainstorm and draw 4 thumbnails
- Choose your favorite thumbnail
- Develop that design into a large, clean, colored rough
- Obtain, label, & degrease a screen
- Coat the screen
- Convert the vector to black & white, email to Mr. Tate
- Expose the screen
- Wash out the screen with a cone spray of water
- Patch Pinholes
- Block out the screen
- Cut paper to print on
- Cut out the comprehensive, center it on cut paper, tape in place
- Print the design
- Reblock the screen
- Reclaim the screen
- Mat the best print
- Paperclip thumb, rough, comp, 2 prints, matted & rubric
Type Search
- 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
5. Cleanup
6. Review/What’s Next