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Friday 8/31/12

Photoshop 1:  Watch and follow along with the video called Photoshop Interface.  When you are finished, you should have a painted letter on your canvas.  Make sure I see it before you leave.  (Remember, to get to the videos, click on "Resources" above and find the link for the videos.)

Photoshop 2:  In the comment section below, tell me what you are working on today.  Also tell me when you expect to finish. 

Digital Media:  Today you are going to learn how to set up the scanner using the laptop and the big scanner. 

Thursday, 8/30/12

All Sections:
  1. Click the following link to open the document:  Student Info Sheet
  2. Download and save the document to your documents folder
  3. Rename the document with your last name
  4. Complete the information (use Photobooth to take your picture).
  5. Upload the document to your Google Docs (DO NOT ALLOW IT TO BE CONVERTED TO A GOOGLE DOC--WHEN THE WINDOW APPEARS, CLICK OFF THE BOX FOR CONVERTING TO GOOGLE DOCS) 
  6. "Share" it with me (lmiller@nbisd.org)

Video:
Open Photoshop, then:
Watch and follow along with the video called:  Custom Workspace
(Forget how to get to the video page?  Click on the Resources tab above, then click on the link to the Graphics Design and Photoshop/Web Files)








Wednesday, 8/29/12

Today you will learn to move around the Mac a little more efficiently, and to set up your space to suit your taste.  Click on the
"Resources"
link above, then click
"Graphic Design and Photoshop/Web Files"
to find the site that hosts almost all the videos and files you will need for this class.

Watch the following videos, then complete the tasks below.  (Watch all the videos first.)
Mac 1, 2, and 3
Tasks:
  1. Although you cannot get to the Dock Preferences, you can go to the Apple, then Dock to move the Dock or change how it looks.  You do not have to change how it looks, but you do need to have the following on your dock: 
    • Photoshop (make sure to "dock" the application, not the folder)
    • Firefox
    • iTunes
    • Microsoft Word
    • System Preferences
    • iPhoto
    • iMovie
  2. Set up your "Places" (the video shows this as "Favorites") sidebar in the following order, top to bottom:
    • Desktop
    • Documents
    • Applications
    • Pictures
    • Movies
    • Downloads
    • Anything else you want to keep in the Favorites can go after Downloads
  3. Set up your desktop background to show anything other than the basic one (Note:  you will have to find an image on the web and right click it to make it your background, because the Preferences is unavailable.)
  4. Create a shortcut to the "Graphic Design/Photoshop and Web Files" website

Dropbox



Have you heard of this great service?  It's called Dropbox, and it allows you to store things on your computer and the internet (in your own "dropbox") at the same time.  I love it!  If you like to take files home to work on them, or you have music or pictures at home you'd like to use in one of your projects, this is a perfect solution.  You don't have to worry about losing your flash drive and you can back up your work any time!  The first 2 Gigs are free--so you don't even have to pay for it!

Just click this link:  http://db.tt/JEysdiE (or copy and paste it) and sign up.  It's very easy, and by going through this link you'll earn extra space for yourself and our classroom folder.