Tech Class

Friday Nov 20

kekamisa — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:04:19 +0000

Design inside Christmas card message:
Merry Christmas or Mele Kalikimaka or
a Season Greetings, Happy New Year
- design text by changing paths
- make it unique
- design on 7×5 at 240 ppi
- use color, filter, styles…
- save as psd, firstname-xmas-inside
- due today

Christmas Gather
- go to public-techclass-photolibrary
collect pictures of Christmas things that you will use for card designs

Begin to design a Christmas bulb
- use 7×5, 240 ppi
- have either text or picture or both
- use warp to give add contour
- use gradients, masking, filters, styles

Mon Nov 16

kekamisa — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:39:45 +0000

Web Portfolio gallery
- simple vertical thumbnails
- include before/after 1 or 2 or both
- folder name: firstname-portfolio1st
- develop home page for tech
- include the following
header
navigation bar area
description of tech

Christmas Gather
- go to public-techclass-photolibrary
collect pictures of Christmas things that you will use for card designs

Merry Christmas or Mele Kalikimaka
text design
design on 7×5 at 240 ppi

Monday Nov 9

kekamisa — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:26:23 +0000

Web Portfolio
Projects to be included
- Hawaii
- 1 of the two hearts
- Classmate portrait
- cookbook insert
- Name Plate
- before/after

Each has to be a jpeg
Image size not to exceed width 500 or height 400 pixels
All jpegs in a folder
Web folder named: firstname
Automated web galllery using simple vertical thumbnails

Before-After Project 2

Start Picture #2
- letter size 300 ppi

Make corrections/adjustments to pict 1 that was turned in

One of the two will be for a grade
You need to write down which will be for grade
The other will just be commented on

Wed Nov 4

kekamisa — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:56:15 +0000

Final Project – only 1 of the 2 pictures needs to be done
evaluated on the following:
- cropping to best show the picture and its focus
- dodge burn technique, using light and dark
- any layer adjustments to enhance quality
- on another page, show before/after with your writing on it.
- turn in 2 files, first file finish pic with all layers psd
- secondr file before/after letter size with writing psd
- name files – first name-pic and first name-beforeafter
- turn in to drop box end of class

Thurs Oct 29

kekamisa — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:41:50 +0000

Final Projects

1 Prepare 2 photos for display
- select photos from either Grade 7 – Keei-09 or Grade 6 – Punaluu-09 on the public server
- evaluated on the following
- crop, your selection of crop
- adjustments to the picture
- dodge/burn technique
- framing
- No one else can do the same picture, so you must take a screen shot of the picture and print it, write your name on it and turn it in to me, I will post it and no one else can do it but you cannot change to another.

Friday, Oct 23

kekamisa — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:02:35 +0000

Heart Project

- 7×5 @ 200 ppi
- sign up for your heart text
- make a heart using shape tool
goal is to make it have a 3d look
- use blending options, clipping mask to add style to it
- insert other objects if you want
- use layer masks to mask out things
- type text on a path that you create, add style
- use dodge/burn tech to add lighting effect
- no background, keep it white

Mon/Wed – Oct 19 & 21

kekamisa — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:39:45 +0000

Complete text and dodge/burn practice
Turn in to drop box as psd, 7×5 @200 ppi

Name Plate Project

7X5 @ 200 ppi
- Design your first name by redesigning the font using the technique of changing the type to a shape an manipulating.
- Using a picture or pictures add background and style to it. No pictures of identifiable people.
Must have the following:
- Use the dodge/burn technique to enhance the project. show the darken and lighten layers
- Text must be stylized using blending options, positioning, and path changes.
- At the end, use shift-option-command-e to add a merged layer to the top of the layers
- Add a frame or border to this layer

Thurs- Oct 16

kekamisa — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:10:37 +0000

Dodge and Burn Example
- find a portrait and use the techniques discussed in class
- final should be a 5×7 @ 240
- saved as a psd with all layers named
- top layer is a combined layer to show before and after

Text Example
- using the word Hawaii, redo it
- text should have use of gradient and other blending options
- find a picture using bridge, open in camera raw, adjust, save as
- add picture as a smart object or convert to smart object
- save as psd with all layers

Tech Projects – BTSD poster

kekamisa — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:00:18 +0000

BTSD Poster 12 x 24 @ 300 ppi
Use pictures on the public/techclass/ 2009
Get a good mix of different grades and people
Create a creative text to go with it.
Put creative captions
Must haves:
- clipping masks
- adjustment layers
- text
- blending options
- be creative

Tech Projects- Cookbook Inserts

kekamisa — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:56:24 +0000

Cookbook Inserts – 8×10 @300ppi
You can only do the ones you signed up for..
2 different inserts

- Advisory Picture, proper lightning, balance
- Use of adjustment Layers
- No internet pictures, only use pics on the public
- Creative text
- Use of layer masking
- At least 1 cutout
- Use of blending options