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
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
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