Periods 1 & 4
What are we learning today?
1. Final Review
2. Calendar Back Cover and Page Backgrounds
3. Demo: White Balance Adjustment
4. Mat & Contest Pics tomorrow!
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Collage
- Open all photos from calendar in Ps
- Open the collage doc that we started as a class
- Add all photos to the collage doc
- Erase with an opacity to blur edges & transitions
- Upload the document as a PSD to Schoology
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. Cleanup
7. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: White Balance Adjustment
Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Work Day Today!
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Notepad
- Choose a theme for your screen print
- Draw a set of 4 thumbnails around the idea
- Develop the best thumbnail into a rough (full size & colored)
- Vector the image
- Color (must be b/w) and scale the image (8.5 x 8.5 max)
- Email the file to me
- 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
What are we learning today?
1. Final Review
2. Calendar Back Cover and Page Backgrounds
3. Demo: White Balance Adjustment
4. Mat & Contest Pics tomorrow!
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Collage
- Open all photos from calendar in Ps
- Open the collage doc that we started as a class
- Add all photos to the collage doc
- Erase with an opacity to blur edges & transitions
- Upload the document as a PSD to Schoology
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. Cleanup
7. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: White Balance Adjustment
Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Work Day Today!
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Notepad
- Choose a theme for your screen print
- Draw a set of 4 thumbnails around the idea
- Develop the best thumbnail into a rough (full size & colored)
- Vector the image
- Color (must be b/w) and scale the image (8.5 x 8.5 max)
- Email the file to me
- 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
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