Wednesday & Thursday, 2/27/13-2/28/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

•  Outline a female celebrity's face (and include eyelashes)
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment:

• Continue with project work.  Note:  there is a link to a Vans shoe entry form on the videos and files page.

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

• Continue with project work.
  

Tuesday, 2/26/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

•  Outline a celebrity's face and hair.
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

• Continue with project work.
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Continue with project work.

Friday, 2/22/13

If you are taking the Photoshop Certification test:
Download the Study Guide here.  Find the Practice Materials and study each section.

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:


 Finish Eyes


Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Complete the Eyes assignment from Photoshop 1 or email me with the project you are working on.
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Finish and upload your videos.
  

Thursday, 2/21/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

• Trace one eye in each of the following images.
• Baby Eyes, Female Eyes , Male Eyes,
• Here are the videos of me completing the Baby Eyes and the Female Eyes.  Again, no sound or instructions.  You have to do the Male Eyes on your own.
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Complete the Eyes assignment from Photoshop 1 or email me with the project you are working on.
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Finish and upload your videos.
  

Wednesday, 2/20/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:
Outlining Lips
The following links are links to photographs of lips.  Outline and fill them with the pen tool.
Here are the videos of me completing the assignment.  There is no sound and no instructions, just me working with the pen tool to complete the image.

• Lips 1,  Lips 2, Lips 3, Lips 4
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Continue with your current assignment.
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Continue working on video.
  

Tuesday, 2/19/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:
Outlining Lips
The following links are links to photographs of lips.  Outline and fill them with the pen tool.
Here are the videos of me completing the assignment.  There is no sound and no instructions, just me working with the pen tool to complete the image.

• Lips 1,  Lips 2, Lips 3, Lips 4
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Continue with your current assignment.
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Continue working on video.
  

Thursday, 2/14/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

•  Finish magazine project
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Continue with your current assignment or do Photoshop 1 project above.
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•   Continue with your current assignment.

Wednesday, 2/13/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

• Turn your image from yesterday into a magazine cover.
• First, save your image as a .png.
• Next, you will need to get an action called Ezine Curly Flat from my computer.  (Command K, Browse, Linda's iMac, Teacher Public Folder).  Drag the file to your desktop and double click on it.
• In Photoshop, open your Actions panel (look under the Window menu if you don't see it).  The action should already be in you panel.
• Run Step 1 which will create the cover for you. 
• Add your image from yesterday.  Also add other components, such as the title of the magazine, the date, the title and date on the spine, and at least two "articles" in the magazine.  
• Run Step 2 of your action.
• Save your image as a jpeg and upload to your blog.

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Read handout from Mrs. Miller and follow along with the short assignment in the handout.  I know you don't have the file in question, but you can use one of your own. 
• Upload a screenshot of your "File Info" (Description Tab) to your blog.
• Answer the review questions and multiple choice questions on a separate sheet of paper.  
• Work on your own!

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•   Continue with your current assignment.

Tuesday, 2/12/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
 
Project part 1: Create an image from a t-shirt:

• Choose one of the following t-shirts to use in this assignment:
• Minnie
• Mickey
• Donald
• Goofy
• Use the pen tool to trace all the lines in the image.
• Name and save the paths as you go.
• Fill the paths with color.
• Outline the paths in black.
• Take a screenshot of your final image, including your paths, and upload to your blog.
• Save your Photoshop image - you will be using it tomorrow.

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Continue with your current assignment or do Photoshop 1 project above.
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•   Continue with your current assignment.

Monday, 2/8/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

•  Finish Parrot
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

•  Cont. Working; fyi, there are two new Photoshop Creative
  magazines

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Make sure I see your storyboard before you begin your video!
  

Friday, 2/8/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

• Parrot Perch
• This is a project! 
• You will use the pen tool to trace around the parrot body, and around his feet separately.  
• Then you'll find an image that has something for the parrot to perch on--like a limb, a finger, someone's head or shoulder, whatever)
  
• Then you'll have to trace around the perch (limb, finger, whatever) to put it in a separate layer, then arrange your layers to make it look as if the bird is perched with his tail behind the perch and his feet in front.
• Don't worry, there's a video!
• Trace the Parrot Video
• Trace the Parrot File
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

• Continue with project work
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Continue with video work

Thursday, 2/7/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

• Another Cup!  This one you will do on your own--no dot to dot.  But don't worry, I still help out with a video.  When you are finished, take a screen shot that includes the canvas and your paths palette.
• Real Cup Video
• Real Cup File
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

• Continue with project work
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Continue with video work

Wednesday, 2/6/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

• Another dot-to-dot to practice the pen tool.  When you are finished, upload a jpeg to your blog. 
• Dot to Dot Sippy Cup video
  
• Dot to Dot Sippy Cup file

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

• Continue with project work
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Continue with video work

Tuesday, 2/5/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

Keep going with the pen tool:   

Create a new file in Photoshop:  10" wide by 8" high and 72 dpi 

Download the following video and follow it (it's large, so it will work better if you download it)

Pen Work One, Pen Work Two

When you are finished with Pen Work Two, take a screen shot of your Paths Palette and canvas and upload it to your blog.

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

• Continue with project work
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Continue with video work

Monday, 2/4/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

• Welcome to the first day of the rest of your Photoshop experience!  Today you will begin learning a tool that could dramatically change the way you look at Photoshop.  But before the big stuff, you have to start with the small, so here you go:
• Intro to Pen Tool
• Next, you will download a file to use with the next four movies.  When you open the file, turn off the top layer called Dots 2.  Pen Intro Photoshop File
• Pen Intro One, Two, Three and Four
• When you are finished with Pen Intro Four, save your file as a jpeg and upload it to your blog.
  

Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
Assignment: 

• Continue with project work
  

Digital Graphics:
Assignment:

•  Continue with video work

Friday, 2/1/13

Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
Assignment:

• Don't forget to sign up for Photoshop 2!
• Finish the Valentine Tutorial.  There are two parts:  Valentine part 1, Valentine part 2 
• After finishing, go sign up for free brain games at Lumosity.com
• Play your free games for today

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.