1/31/13

All classes:  

Try to watch the commercials during the Super Bowl--watch for special effects and use of graphics!

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 
• Right click on this file and download/save it to your computer
• If that file doesn't work, use this zip file.
• 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 elements, 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.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

•  Continue studying and/or take the test. (Or practice test.)

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: Add a title to your comic.  Below are three types of titles for you to choose from. 

• Example:  Title large at top
• Example:  Title small at top
• Example:  Title small at top
• Example:  Title part of first panel
• Example:  Title part of first panel

Also check out these additional comic elements that will add interest to your comic.  They are not required.
Speech bubble purposely crosses into next panel
Closeup of one of the items in strip
Connected speech bubbles
Motion lines
Back view
Different point of view
Dialogue fonts and sound effect fonts (cool!)

1/30/14

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: 

• 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.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

•  Cont. studying for exam

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• aaa:

1/28/14

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: 

• Finish pen tool parrot.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• Exam review

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Having brush setting issues?  Here's one option that might fix it.

• Continue working on project.

1/27/14

All classes:  

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 (There is no sound, but there is text)
• Trace the Parrot File
  

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

•  Know what the following means:
• Rasterize
  Vectorize
  Resolution
  Render
  Digital zoom
  Optical zoom
  Interlace
  Dither

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Create a comic strip.  You decide how many panels.  
• For your characters, take photos of either yourself or classmates to act out the script.
• "Place" your photos in an Illustrator file and trace your characters  
• Add speech bubbles, thought bubbles, sound graphics--whatever you need to complete the strip.

1/23/14

All classes:  

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
  

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• Study OR
• Take the ACA practice test
• Make notes about the questions you are not sure about.  The same questions will not be on the test, but there will probably be one similar to it, so you need to make sure you look the subject up in the file you downloaded from their site last week.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Cont. with project

1/22/14

All classes:  

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

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• Study OR
• Take the ACA practice test
• Make notes about the questions you are not sure about.  The same questions will not be on the test, but there will probably be one similar to it, so you need to make sure you look the subject up in the file you downloaded from their site last week.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Cont. with Body Trace

1/21/14

All classes:  

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.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

•  Study OR
• Take the ACA practice test
  Link:  https://www.certiport.com/portal/Pages/TakeAnExamLogin.aspx
• Make notes about the questions you are not sure about.  The same questions will not be on the test, but there will probably be one similar to it, so you need to make sure you look the subject up in the file you downloaded from their site last week.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Note:  your game board group secretary needs to copy and paste the following into a Word document, complete the document, print and turn it in.
Name of Game: 
Name of group members:
Type Yes or No at the end of the line below:
Top printed out:
Instructions printed out on cardstock:
Game pieces printed out:
Cards printed out on cardstock:
Gameboard printed out:

Assignment: Body Trace (2 days)

• Take a photo of yourself from the waist up.
• Make sure you have your arms in the photo.  It's easier if your arms are somehow apart from your body, but that's up to you (like hands on hips, flashing peace sign, doing the YMCA, whatever...)
• Trace your body (using either the paintbrush method or the pen tool method) and fill in.  
• For colors, use the eyedropper to sample the colors from your real photo.
  

1/20/14

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: 

• 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.
  

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• Take the ACA practice test
• Make notes about the questions you are not sure about.  The same questions will not be on the test, but there will probably be one similar to it, so you need to make sure you look the subject up in the file you downloaded from their site last week.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Download the compressed file called Tracing and inking a demon.  When it says you need to choose between .mov and .zip, choose .zip
• Finish tracing and filling the demon face and upload it to your blog as Tracing and Inking.  Make sure you write a sentence about what you learned.
   
• Take a photo of someone (or find one on the web).  It needs to be from the waist up.
  Open a new file in Illustrator.
  Go to File, Place and "place" your photo.
  
  Use the same technique you used with Audrey's Sketch to trace your photos.  Make sure you have all the facial details, shoulders and hair.

1/17/13

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

• Content Objective:
  Apply previously learned skills in a new way
  
  

  Assignment:

  Turn a photo into a polaroid collage

  
  

  
  

  Activity/Lessons:

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

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

•  Continue going through your study packet.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 
Find the file called "Aubrey's Sketch" in your Gaming Graphics link under "Comics."
Use the technique you learned yesterday (see below for the steps) to trace and fill in the sketch.
Upload a before and after to your blog.  Name it Aubrey's Sketch.

Next, watch and follow along with the video called Tracing and Inking a Demon.


The steps to fix your paint lines:
Object, Expand Appearance
Object, Live Paint, Make
Object, Live Paint, Expand
Now clean up your excess lines.
Then,
Object, Live Paint, Live Paint
Now, fill in your colors with the paint bucket