Thursday, 1/31/13 and Friday, 2/1/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

• Don't forget to sign up for Photoshop 2!
• Complete the Valentine Tutorial.  There are two parts:  Valentine part 1, Valentine part 2

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

• Don't forget to sign up for Photoshop 3!
• Continue working on project.
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

• Continue working on Lego video.

Wednesday, 1/30/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

•  Outdoor Retouch
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Continue working on new project.  When finished, choose another project from set 7 or come up with your own idea

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Work on lego stop motion animation

Monday, 1/28/13-Tuesday, 1/29/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

•  Outdoor Retouch
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Continue working on new project.  When finished, choose another project from set 7 or come up with your own idea

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Create a storyboard for a 60-second lego stop motion animation

Thursday-Friday, 1/23/13-1/24/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

•  Polaroid layers:  Group your layers and copy them to create multiple layers of polaroids.
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Cont. working on new project
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Make sure everything is on your blog so I can grade it.  If you were partners with someone who has the video on his/her blog you still need to get it on yours.
  

Wednesday, 1923/13

The drawing below is a visual illusion.  When you look at it one way, the image seems to be protruding, sort of like a pyramid.  But when you look at it another way, it seems to be going inside itself.  You can enhance the illusion by careful use of color.

First, use the magic wand to remove all the white (remember, there are settings you can use to remove all the white at once, instead of clicking in each section).

Use different colors to fill in the areas.  Try using the same color in specific areas, for instance the same square that seems to be protruding.

Have fun with it!

See attached file(s)

Monday, 1/21/13 - Tuesday, 1/22/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

•  Another use of repeat transform:  Backgrounds and Custom Shapes using Repeat Transform
• And here's the video version
• When you are finished, turn in a screenshot of your canvas showing a few of the custom shapes.
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Continue with 2013 or with current assignment or choose another tutorial from set 7 (lots of new ones) on my computer.
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Finish your "live" stop motion animation.  
• Upload it to your blogs.  (Note, one person can upload it to Photobucket and email the code to the rest of the group.)
• New assignment:  find a stop motion app for the iPad and make a 30-second stop motion video on your own.
• Upload your finished video to your blog.
  

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

•  Finish kaleidoscope
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Continue with 2013 or with current assignment or choose another tutorial from set 7 (lots of new ones) on my computer.
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Continue with stop-motion animation projects.  Note:  a few of you have asked to work on your own.  I may allow that after the "live" animation is finished.  Please see me asap if this is your wish.
  

Thursday, 1/17/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

• Fun Kaleidoscope Project (there is no audio in this video)
• You will need 9 images of the same subject with white backgrounds. 
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Continue with 2013 or with current assignment or choose another tutorial from set 7 (lots of new ones) on my computer.
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Continue with stop-motion animation projects.  Note:  a few of you have asked to work on your own.  I may allow that after the "live" animation is finished.  Please see me asap if this is your wish.
  

Wednesday, 1/16/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Cont. with 2013 assignment or present project
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Cont. with stop-motion animation
  

Tuesday, 1/15/13

To turn in original files, 

1. First, rename your file with your last name and the name of the file then
2. press Command K, Browse, Linda's iMac, Teacher Public folder, Dropbox

I need original files from the following people:

• Paige:  Music Waves
• Austin:  Casino Text Effect
• Victor:  Wave, holiday card
• Nick:  Regular Show, Van Gogh project
• Aaron:  flying land
• Joshua:  plasma ball, noice kitty
• Thomas:  broken Thanksgiving, friendship is fading
• Zach:  smoke manipulation
• Jacob:  planets, (I already have the bullying)
• Maddie:  water color Katara, island in the sky
• Jesus:  all your blur pics, all your lens flare pics,  "3 people," G Shock, Infinity C35 

Note:  Evan and Jonathon:  your blog links are not working





Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

•  Continue with Calendar assignment

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Continue with 2013 assignment

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

• People Stop Motion

Monday, 1/14/13

Note:  Justin (4th period) please see me.

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Review Project:

• Calendar Project:

1. Go to the videos and files page and find the link for the Calendar project.  
2. There are 5 videos for this project.  
3. This is a "Review Project," meaning you will use skills that, for the most part, you have already learned.

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Project: 

• Create a 2013 calendar cover using only text and effects (no photos or clip art).
• One image will be chosen by the board of the Arc of the Hill Country to be used in various applications, including a calendar.  Although the Arc serves the special needs population of our community, the board specifically wants an image that will be generic enough to use in any application - in other words, you don't have to worry about the graphic reflecting the purpose of the Arc, just worry about creating a cool, fun graphic.  All images posted to your blog on or before Monday, January 21st will be submitted to the board for consideration. 
• You must keep your original Photoshop image!  If your image is chosen, the board will need the original in order to print the image at different sizes.
• Make your cover 12" wide x 8" high and 300 dpi.  You have to stick with these dimensions.
• Here are some examples.
• FYI, I found all the examples when I searched for "Photoshop Text Effect."  There are tons more!

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

• Begin taking pictures for your stop motion animation.

Friday, 1/11/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

•  Finish Review list
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Choose a new project either on your own or from the sets on my computer (Command K, Browse, Linda's iMac, Teacher Public Folder, adv ps tutorials)
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

• Begin a practice (25 second) Stop Motion Animation.  This doesn't have to be award winning--it's called "Practice" for a reason!  Anything goes--a pencil rolling across a desk, whatever.
• Note:  You will need to figure out a way to keep your camera steady.  I have one tripod and I'm looking to borrow at least one more, but some of you may be working without one (unless someone has one he/she can bring?)

Thursday, 1/10/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

•  Cont. with review

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Cont. with review, but...
• I am going to be printing out images as posters to use in a recruiting video.  If you wouldn't mind being in the video please let me know, and let me know which image you would like printed.
• Here is sorta what you'll be saying:  "Hi, my name is _____, and I made Mr. Burks into Superman, but only in Photoshop."  Or something like that. 

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

• With a partner, research how to create a stop motion video using iMovie
• Outline the steps in Microsoft Word and email them to me.

Review

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:  (Wednesday 1/8/13 - Friday 1/10/13)

•  Do each of the following.  Post before and after images for 1-6.  Post final images for 7-10.
1. Crop a photo so it has a white border all around it
2. Swap your head with someone else
3. Change the color of someone's shirt
4. Put muscles on someone
5. Use puppet warp
6. Find a photo of one animal in a field and use the clone stamp to put more animals in the field
7. Make a path and put text on it
8. Make clipped text
9. Find 5 actions, download and run them.
10. Wrap a picture around a coffee cup

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Do the above list in one class period.

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

• Go back and publish any of your other videos that you've made.

today

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:Assignment: Watch video and make sure you did the assignment right yesterday.  If you didn't, do it over.

• Seamless background video
•  http://10.64.28.10/images/PSMovies/seamless pattern.mov

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment:

•  See note above for PS1
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:
Export your video as an mp4 and upload it to your Photobucket account.

• • Find the "html code"next to your video and copy it.
  • Create a new post on your blog, click on "HTML" and paste your code.
  • Publish your blog post and the video should work!
   

Monday, 1/7/2013

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

•  Use the link below to learn how to create patterns.  Create at least 4 patterns.
• Create a new file in Photoshop and select 1/4 of the page using your marquee tool.  Fill the section with one of your new patterns.
• Repeat with the other 3 sections of the page using your other 3 patterns.
• Your finished assignment will look something like this (but with your own patterns of course):
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Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

• Do the same assignment as Photoshop 1.  If you are working on a project, go ahead and finish, but you will need to do the assignment before the 6 weeks is up.

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

• Some of you finished your videos but did not get them loaded onto your blog.  To do so, you are going to try something different.  Go to Photobucket.com and create a new account.  Upload your video to Photobucket.  Imbed your video into your blog.
  

Creating Seamless Patterns with Photoshop

Lots of tutorials covering this.  Here's one with some sweet graphics:

http://www.creaturecomfortsblog.com/home/2012/4/17/creating-seamless-patterns-with-photoshop.html