Apologies guys! I have a daughter at home that we believe has strep throat so I'm home with her today. This just provides you with time to work on your calendar (all the way through proofing), your Lens Flare Background and the Collage. If you have back work to do, this would be a great day to do that as well, including making proof sheets for photos that you have turned in but haven't proofed yet. If everything is done, you can even use the resources on Schoology to study for the final. Remember that tomorrow and Monday we will have class in room 419, the same place that you go for AP if you come to visit me. Hope you have a great day today!
What are we learning today?
1. Work Day Today
2. 419 Tomorrow!!!
3. 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
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
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
5. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None
Period 3
Good morning everyone. I'm home with my daughter today. We believe that she has strep throat. While I'm out you can simply work on continuing to develop the Vinyl Jacket and the logo for it. I don't have any anything new for you today as far as a lesson is concerned so today you can use the entire class to work on your project. Hope you have a great day today!
What are we learning today?
1. Work Day today
2. 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
Vinyl Logo
- Sketch 4 thumbnails for your logo
- Draw a rough of the best logo
- Make a vector of your logo
- Apply the logo to the cover
4. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None
Period 4
Apologies guys! I have a daughter at home that we believe has strep throat so I'm home with her today. This just provides you with time to work on your calendar (all the way through proofing), your Lens Flare Background and the Collage. If you have back work to do, this would be a great day to do that as well, including making proof sheets for photos that you have turned in but haven't proofed yet. If everything is done, you can even use the resources on Schoology to study for the final. Remember that tomorrow and Monday we will have class in room 419, the same place that you go for AP if you come to visit me. Hope you have a great day today!
What are we learning today?
1. Work Day Today
2. 419 Tomorrow!!!
3. 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
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
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
5. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None