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9/30/13

All classes:  

Happy 1st Day of the 2nd six weeks!  Only 5 more 6 weeks to go!

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            
Assignment:  Analyze Character Design

 Group Project Survey

Take a screenshot of one of the characters from each game.  Take that screenshot into Notability.  Draw shapes around the character to show how that character could be recreated in Illustrator.  Save the screenshot.  Upload all 5 screenshots onto your blog as "Character Analysis."

Example Blog Post

Photoshop 1:
Assignment: Mr. Potato Head

 Check the page with the videos and files and find the two videos for Mr. Potato Head.  There should be a Photoshop file to help you get started.


Photoshop 2:
Assignment: 
  • Assignment:  Anti-bullying poster.  The best posters will be printed and posted around the school!  Start with a 13 x 19 inch, 300 dpi file.  Do a search for posters and anti-bullying posters and slogans.  Come up with an original idea and run it by me before you start.
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9/26/13

All classes:  

Check your grades!  Today is the last day to turn in missing work!

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            
Assignment: 
  • Finish working on Basic Skills pages if you still have some to work on.  Upload finished images as "Basic Skills."
  • Complete the Blue Sucker Monster if you have not done so.  The tutorial under the "Monster Series" link Upload finished image as "Blue Sucker Monster."

  • Homework:  Between now and Monday, find and download at least 5 FREE iPad games with characters you know could be recreated in Illustrator.   
  • Characters must use more than 10 shapes (which includes eyes, mouth, arms, etc.)
  • Examples (Yes I know these cost money, and no, even if there is a free version you may not use them:  
  • Space Wolves
  • Rocket 
  • Rock VS Paper 
  • Monster Memo 
Photoshop 1:
Assignment: 
    • Learn how to change the color of a shirt by watching these two videos (one, two) and using this image.  Upload a before and after as: Before and After T-Shirt
    • Find your own image to use to change the color of the clothing.
    • Upload a before and after as:  Before and After Clothing
    • Use Photo Booth to take a picture of your eyes. Follow along with this changing eye color video to change the color of your eyes. 
    • Upload a before and after as:  Before and After Eye Color 1
    • Then, find a photo online and do the same thing with the eyes and hair. 
    • Upload a before and after as:  Before and After Eye Color 2

    Photoshop 2:
    Assignment: 
    • Assignment:  Anti-bullying poster.  The best posters will be printed and posted around the school!  Start with a 13 x 19 inch, 300 dpi file.  Do a search for posters and anti-bullying posters and slogans.  Come up with an original idea and run it by me before you start.
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    9/25/13

    All classes:  

    Everyone:  check your grades.

    This is the last week of the first 6-week grading period and Friday is a holiday.  Make sure you have everything turned in by the end of the day tomorrow.


    Gaming Graphics:                                                                            
    Assignment: Finish Green Slobber Monster
    • Upload a png file of your monster and a screenshot of layers (with all triangles open)
    • Name your post:  Green Slobber Monster
      Photoshop 1:
      Assignment: 
      • Marquee Tool:  Use your own image and follow along.  When you have reached the end of the video,  you will have an image with some painted areas on it.  Upload that image to your blog and call it "Marquee Tool."
      • Marquee/Quickmask part 1  Use your own image to follow along.  When you are finished with part 1, go on with the next 2:
      • Marquee/Quickmask part 2
      • Marquee 2
      • Upload your finished image as"Marquee/Quickmask"
      Photoshop 2:
      Assignment: 
      • Let me know if you update your blog  with any additional assignments and/or projects.
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      9/24/13

      All classes:  

      Finish projects.

      Gaming Graphics:                                                                            
      Assignment: 
      • Upload a png file of your monster and a screenshot of layers (with all triangles open)
      • Name your post:  Green Slobber Monster
      Photoshop 1:
      Assignment: 
      • Upload final jpg file and a screenshot of your layers 
      • Name your post:  Filmstrip Card project
      Photoshop 2:
      Assignment: 
      • Let me know if you update your blog  with any additional assignments and/or projects.
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      9/23/13

      All classes:  

      This is the last week of the first 6-week grading period.  Make sure you have everything turned in.

      Note about projects:  In all classes I allowed you to ask me for help during your first project.  However, since a project is the equivalent of a test, you may not ask me for help from now on.  You MAY ask for help from other students, you may Google your questions and you may look back in other tutorials.

      Gaming Graphics:                                                                            
      Assignment: Green Slobber Monster Project (2 days)
      • Complete Green Slobber Monster Project
      • Mrs. Miller will go over having the iPad speak the text if you would like to use that option.
      • Mrs. Miller will go over key skills used in the project.
      • There is a video that is NOT an instruction video, but it may help you remember what Mrs. Miller goes over.
      • When you are finished, upload:  png file of monster and a screenshot of layers (with all triangles open)
      Photoshop 1:
      Assignment: Filmstrip Project (2 days)
      • Complete Filmstrip Project
      • Mrs. Miller will go over key skills used in the project.
      • Upload final jpg file and a screenshot of your layers 
      • Videos: (Use your own pictures when called for)
      • Film Strip 1
      • Film Strip 2
      Photoshop 2:
      Assignment: 
      •  Each iTunes U icon is a project grade.  Make sure you have turned them all on your blog.  If you did not receive the grade you wanted (check TX Connect for grade and comments) then you may upload a new version to your blog, but YOU HAVE TO TELL ME you uploaded it.
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      9/20/13

      All classes:  

      Grading:  Today I am grading that you can see your grades and that you are set up to receive an alert if one of your teachers gives you a "Missing." (Don't worry about the last part, we will do that in class.)

      Gaming Graphics:                                                                            
      Assignment: 
      • Finish the pages from yesterday.
      • Follow the tutorial for creating your own blue monster.  The tutorial was created for a different version of Illustrator, so you will have some problem-solving to do. 
      Photoshop 1:
      Assignment: 
      • Finish yesterday's assignment if necessary.  
      • Now that you have awesome eraser skills, finish the shark assignment and upload it as "Shark."
      Photoshop 2:
      Assignment: 
      •  Cont. with videos; if you still have not turned in 4 iTunes U images, you need to do so today.  Next Monday is the last day to turn them in.
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      9/19/13

      All classes:  

      Hey! Do you know how to resize the photos on your blog?  Simply click on the image after it's been uploaded to your page.  You'll see a little popup with different size options.  Make your image as large as it can be without spilling over the sides.

      Don't forget:  Remind 101 is late, and you need to be able to show me that you can see your grades by Friday.

      Gaming Graphics:                                                                            
      Assignment: 
      • Finish Ghost Bat Thing.
      • Start Basic Skills pages 1-10 (Download them all and open in Preview:  after you've downloaded all the files, select them all, right click and open with Preview)
      Photoshop 1:
      Assignment: 
      • Finish Fake Photo.  Look at yesterday's blog to make sure you name it right.
      • Complete the following tutorials using your own photos
      • Blending Layers
      • Opacity
      Photoshop 2:
      Assignment: 
      •  Continue with videos.
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      Wed. 9/18/13

      All classes:  
      3rd Period:  Progress Reports!

      Please show me your Remind 101 message so you can get credit.

       On Friday you will need to show me that you have access to your grades.  This will count as a daily grade.

      Gaming Graphics:                                                                            
      Assignment:  Monsters!
      Photoshop 1:
      Assignment:  Fake Photos!
      • Watch Fake Photos movie Mrs. Miller will show on the overhead.
      • Watch and follow along with Transform using this Photoshop file:  Shark and Heli 
      • Position the shark so it looks as realistic as possible and save it.  You will edit this again later.
      • Watch and follow along with:  Cut and Paste Heads
        You will need these images.  Right click and choose "open link in new tab":
        Wonder Woman                 Superman
      • Upload it and name it:  Cut and Paste Heads Practice
      • Now, find two images you would like to use and do the same (they should be similar in size).  Upload the original two images as well as the finished image.  
      • Upload it and name it:  Cut and Paste Head Assignment
      Photoshop 2:
      Assignment: 
      •  Keep working on current assignment(s) and uploading your finished images.  Make sure you have 20 images because these will count as 4 daily grades.
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      Tues. 9/17/13


      All classes:  
      I sent a Remind 101 message to you.  Please show it to me during class so you can get credit.

       On Friday you will need to show me that you have access to your grades.  This will count as a daily grade.

      Gaming Graphics:                                                                            
      Assignment:  Monster Character Series Part 1
      • You will need the following file to complete this tutorial:  batwing.jpg
      •  Monster Character Series Part 1Ph
      • is now a video.  If you already started the tutorial using the web page, please scroll through the video to make sure you cover everything.
      Photoshop 1:
      Assignment:
      • Finish and upload your photo card from yesterday.  Make sure you name it "Photo Card" in the post title.
      • If you finish, please make sure you have uploaded your Content Aware (the group of people walking on the beach) and the layers assignment (the flowers).
      Photoshop 2:
      Assignment: 
      •  Keep working on current assignment(s) and uploading your finished images.  Make sure you have 20 images because these will count as 4 daily grades.
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      Monday, 9/16/13


      Gaming Graphics:
      Assignment:
      Finish 3 pigs and upload all 3, along with a screenshot of your layers palette and your color palette.

       After you have finished uploading your images, begin working on the monster tutorial 1.


      Graphic Design/Photoshop 1:
      Assignment:
      In 1, 2 and 3 you just follow along with your own image so you can learn the skills. 
      Starting with 4, make sure you are saving as you go because you will upload your finished image.

      1. MarqueeTool (Use your own image to follow along.)
      2. Lasso Tool(Use your own image to follow along.)
      3. Wand/ Quick Select(Use your own image to follow along.)
      4. Make sure you have 5 large images (1 horizontal, 4 vertical) on a subject of your choice in your pictures folder.
      5. Open Bridge and navigate to the folder.
      6. Watch and follow along with Mr. Hawes to create a photo card.
      7. This will count as your first project grade.  Upload it to your blog as "Photo Card."

      Advanced Graphic Design/Photoshop 2: 
      Assignment: 
      • When you are finished with the review videos, make sure you upload each of the finished images to your blog.  I will count them as daily grades.  Begin looking through the Photoshop Creative magazines (on the bookshelf) to decide on an assignment.  Let me know which assignment you choose.


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      Friday, Sept. 13, 2013

      Gaming Graphics: 
      Vocabulary:  Color palette, layers palette, screenshot
      By the end of class, you will need to upload
      1. your 3 pigs, 
      2. a screenshot of your layers palette and 
      3. a screenshot of your color palette.
      4. Name your post "Three Little Pigs"
      Everyone:
      Ketchup Day
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      Thursday, September 12, 2013

      All classes:
      • Parent letters turned in after today will be late.
      • All students must sign up for Remind 101.  Refer to your Parent Letter for more information.  You must have this completed before the beginning of class tomorrow.
      Photoshop 1: 


      Gaming Graphics:
      Vocabulary:  Color palette, layers palette, screenshot 

      •  
      • Tomorrow you will turn in your 3 pigs, a screenshot of your layers palette and a screenshot of your color palette.
      •  

      PS2  cont. with tutorials
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      Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013

      Vocabulary:  vector



      Photoshop 2:
      Continue watching and following along with videos.  Upload each finished image to your blog as you finish.

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      Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013

      Gaming Graphics:  Follow the video in your video section to make a vector copy of the Helmet Pig and upload him to your blog..  After you're finished, use the same technique to create the Mustache Pig and King Pig. 


      Helmet Pig
      Mustache Pig
      King Pig

      Photoshop 1:
      Vocabulary:  jpg, dropdown, crop, content aware, warp
      Finish the videos from yesterday and upload them to your blog.  To get your images ready, you need to save your file as a jpg (go to File, Save As and choose jpg from the dropdown).

      Beneath each image, type the name of the assignment video.


      After updating your blog, follow the next set of videos:
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      Monday, September 9, 2013

      Everyone, don't forget that your signed parent letter is due to eBackpack by Wednesday.

      Gaming Graphics:  Use the link above to find the tutorial on the skull and bones.  Follow along to create your own skull and bones.  When you are finished, export it as a png and upload it to your blog.

      After you've uploaded the skull and bones, create another image for any holiday or event you wish.


      Photoshop 1:  Grading Bridge Assignment - Have all your folders ready to show me
        Assignments for Photoshop 1:
      Vocabulary: crop

      Photoshop 2:   When you are finished with your iTunes U icons, please load them to your blog and share them with me.
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      Friday, Sept. 6

      All Classes:
      In iTunes U you will find letter for your parents.  Please read the letter yourself and have your parents sign it.  After they've signed it, turn it in to eBackpack.

      Today's Assignments for all classes:
      (Note:  while you are creating your blog, you will be asked to create a "Display Name."  Use your first name.)

      Creating a Blog

      Creating a Blog (with pauses)

      When you're finished, change the template of your blog by going to "Design" in the upper right corner, find "Template" on the left and choose a new and cool template BUT DO NOT choose a "Dynamic" template!  Using dynamic templates will slow down the grading process because of the hidden menus it puts on your blog.

      After you've chosen another template, go to "Layout" and find the button to "add a gadget."

      Play around with the gadgets and add them to your blog if you want.  There are some cool gadgets and some that don't work well at all, so you have to experiment.

      Advanced with blog making?  Find a free template on the web and figure out how to import it into your blog--just as long as it's not Dynamic!






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      Thursday, September 5

      Feature Artist:  Every once in a while, I try to feature artists who use Photoshop to create their work.   Andrew Heath is one of those artists.  Heath uses clean lines and bright colors to create retro posters and other works of art.  Take a look at his webpage here:  Andrew Heath Design and Illustration.


      Today's Assignments:

      Gaming Graphics:  Finish creating your three additional images using the shapes tools and the pathfinder palette.  We will vote on the "class favorite."

      Photoshop 1:
      If you haven't done so already, create a folder on your desktop and save 20 large images to it.  Watch the Bridge videos 1-5 using these photos.

      Photoshop 2:  Continue with iTunes U icons.


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      Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013

      Gaming Graphics:

      Click on the "Gaming Graphics" link above. 
      Click on the "Getting Started" link.
      Watch and follow along with the "Skeleton Key" video.
      After you are finished making the skeleton key, create 3 additional graphics using only the shape tools and the pathfinder.

      Save your work to your desktop.

      Photoshop 1: 
      1. Create 2 custom workspaces (see info below)
      2. Watch Mrs. Miller show you how to custom search for photos and images
      3. Begin watching Bridge videos

      Watch and follow along with the video called Custom Workspace.  When you are finished, you should have a workspace that has been named with your first name.

      Create another workspace with the following panels so that it looks like this and call it "my basic workspace."  Be prepared to show me both your workspace tabs.(Your workspace will save to your computer, but if you move computers they will not appear on the new computer.)



      Photoshop 2:  Continue with videos and when you are finished here is your first assignment: 

      iTunes U Images:
      You will be creating four 700 x 700 pixel image that another teacher could use for their iTunes U class.  In order to get an idea of what is out there, go to your iTunes you app on your iPad and click on the Catalog.  A lot of the courses have spirals, which would be a neat feature if you can find an Action for it (remember those?).  But a spiral is not mandatory.

      Use your imagination, but DON'T copy someone's work from the web--teachers need original images.  Make a collage, trace something with the pen tool, whatever.  If you want to use photos, you can use your own photos, or you can use photos that have been designated as free for your use that you can find from this page:

      http://www.techradar.com/us/news/internet/web/12-best-places-to-get-free-images-for-your-site-624818

      You will create 4 images in all:  2 must be from "core" subjects (math, English, etc.) and 2 can be from electives.  I will make these images available for teachers to use.  (And yes, you can choose to make one for me.)







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      Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013

      Photoshop 1:  Watch and follow along with the video called Photoshop Interface.  Because you are working in CS6 instead of CS5, there will be some changes.  One is that you need to have a file open to see some of the options.  So, once you have Photoshop open, go to File, New and click Okay.

      If you can't find something, click on the Window menu and see if you can find it there.

      When you are finished, you should have a painted letter on your canvas.  Go to File, Save As and save it to your desktop.


      Watch Low vs High Quality Images when you are finished with the above assignment.

      Photoshop 2:  Continue with the list of tutorials from Day 5.

      Gaming Graphics:  Today you are making this in Illustrator:



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