--Photoshop 

November 19 - December 11

Major Project due December 11
Major Photoshop Test December 12/13

click on the date to access the lessons for that day

        

Mutant Assignment -- due 12/11
special thanks to Barbara Christopher, Eisenhower High School
Rubric

 

November 19

Introduction to Photoshop

  • Quick reference card
  • Red Sea Tutorial -- grade--due November 15.
    (If absent, these assignments MUST be made up before November 27.)
  • Liquify Tutorial--grade

November 20

Network not available....
Introduce Mutant Project --
Written assignment:
Write a creative story about the life of your mutant. The story should be imaginative and give creative background information on your unusual creature. Make the story fun and interesting. This should be written in class today on the yellow sheet provided. Check spelling and proof read. Put your name and period at the top of the document. Turn in at the end of class.

absent -- make-up work. This assignment is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday.

November 26

Selection Lesson --handout in class -- grade

02Start.psd -- right click on this link and save to your photoshop folder.  See final image

  • selection tools
  • repositioning a selection
  • moving a selection
  • keyboard shortcuts
  • moving with arrow keys
  • copying selections or layers
  • using the magic wand
  • using the lasso tool
  • adding and subtracting selections
  • using the magnetic lasso
  • transforming a selection
  • combining selection tools
  • cropping

November 27

Layer Basics -- grade

  • Creating and Viewing Layers
  • Selecting and removing artwork on a layer
  • Rearranging layers
  • Changing the opacity and mode of a layer
  • Setting Blending Options
  • Linking Layers
  • Adding a gradient to a layer
  • Adding Text
  • Applying a Layer Style
  • Flattening and saving files

Complete Layer Lesson -- handout in class

03Start.psd & Clock.psd -- right click on this link and save target to your folder. See final image

when you are finished....

Creating a Circuit Board Face -- access this URL and find the tutorial
http://www.planetphotoshop.com/tutorials.html
     Sponsored by NAPP
     Using the Displace filter

Final image can be seen on the last page of the tutorial packet.

November 28/29

Introduce Mutant Assignment --
                  
special thanks to Barbara Christopher, Eisenhower High School
                   Rubric

funphoto.html assignment

Homework -- Bring a picture to scan in class on next Monday.

November 30

Warm-up -- Create a mutant folder in your classwork folder on the student server.  All files that are associated with this project should be saved to this folder.

  • Mutant Assignment -read carefully. Right click on link and save to your classwork/mutant folder for future reference if you wish.
  • Major Project.  Due December 11

    • This site allows teachers and students to use images which do not infringe copyright. Note: images on Google or Altavista can be illegally obtained. Many projects oblige students to comply with copyright and incorporate images .... this site makes this objective possible.
  • Mutant rubric

Homework/Followup: Plan mutant. Create storyboard using the required images. Sketch each and list filename.

December 3

warm-up -- copy/paste lastnamefirstinitiafunphoto.jpg to the @dropbox during the first five minutes of class.

daily grade -- folder structure

  • Mutant Assignment -read carefully. Major Project. 
    Due December 11


    • This site allows teachers and students to use images which do not infringe copyright. Note: images on Google or Altavista can be illegally obtained. Many projects oblige students to comply with copyright and incorporate images .... this site makes this objective possible.
  • Mutant rubric

Homework/Followup: Review rough draft of your mutant story that was done in class on November 20. The article should be tell a detailed story about the life of your mutant. The story should be imaginative and give creative background information on your unusual creature. Make the story fun and interesting. This should be written in Word and saved int he classwork/mutant folder. Spell check and proof read. Put your name and period at the top of the document. Save the file as lastnamefirstinitialmutant.doc.- for a grade

December 4 - 11

mutant.psd -- should be close to completion. Save file for the web. Filename MUST be mutant.jpg saved to your classwork/mutant folder.

classwork/mutant/index.html -- create the index.html for your mutant project.

  1. open a browser window, right click to view source to open notepad.
  2. open the mutant.html file found in the @pickup folder.
  3. read the contents. You will replace the text in this document with the text from your mutant.doc file. You can change the title and the header if you wish.
  4. look at the image link. You mutant.jpg should be visible. If the dimensions are not correct, then you probably did not follow the size requirements in the handout. Please check.
  5. save file as index.html to your classwork/mutant folder.

December 12/13

Photoshop Test -- Quizstar
Review for midterm

Final Exam Review --

Exam Overview
handout given in class December 12/14

FTP portion of final exam

Objective-- Publish Mutant Web Site

Activities: Students will restructure the whstech website.

In the folder on the whstech server, rename web to first.
FTP address: ftp://whstech.com
Username: (studentfolder)@whstech.com
Password: same as the one you use on the student server
remote site: whstech.com local site: Wsidehs-rs05\(your folder)
URL: http://whstech.com/(folder on the student server)/mutant/

FTP USING INTERNET EXPLORER

This tutorial is a review from your first web site. You may need to review it. You will need to use the class FTP address and your login and password. (See above information).

Directions for final

  1. Open your folder on the student server. Resize to half screen and move to the RIGHT side of the screen. This is your local site.
  2. Open IE6. Resize to half screen and move tot he LEFT side of screen. This is your remote site.
  3. Type ftp://whstech.com in the address bar.
  4. Type (your folder)@whstech.com in the User name blank. (see below)
    Use your student server password.
  5. Right click on web folder on the remote server (left side) and rename to first.
  6. Move the mutant folder from the local server to remote by dragging with the mouse while holding the left mouse button down.
  7. Check URL: http://whstech.com/(yourfolder)/mutant/

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