Tech Class

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

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

Classmate Portrait 8×10 @300ppi
Portrait selection
- lighting work, exposure, fill
- clearness, clarity
- composure
Use of adjustment layers
Use of layer masks
Text
- creative
- distinctive
- balanced color
At least 1 cut-out
- quality of cutout
- adjustments
- blending options
At least 1 clipping mask
Framing Design
Other things
- opacity changes
- filters, shapes…
turn in to drop box
*Complete Evaluation

8th grade Hawaiian Web Project
Oli page
Photoshop
new 950 pixel wide 700 pixels height 72 resolution
open jpeg header
move to top of new page
type oli text
file – save
file- Save for Web and Devices
save, html and images, direct to your web folder

GarageBand recording
Open New Podcast Episode
make sure mic is on and working, (change preferences)
save recording
Share – Export to disk
Change acc encorder to mp3 encorder
save to web folder

Web Folder
should have oli.html and oli.mp3 and images folder
take oli.html file and rop on the DW – Dreamweaver icon
Top click on layout tab, select icon just below it, (draw ap)
make a box on your file
go Insert – media – plugin
find you oli.mp3 file – choose
click on parameter
type autoplay (tab) false
controller (tab) true
Save

Web Folder
double click on html file
check for sound file

Hawaii Project
- letter, @300 ppi
- min of 3 images (masked)
- additional 2 cutouts
Must have
- Layer mask using brush
- Use of gradient layer mask
- Adjustment layers
- text clipping
- shape clipping
- use of layer blending options
- use of opacity change
- feathered edge
- save as a psd firstname-hawaii
*Additional
- cropped to an 8×10, @240 ppi, flattened
- saved as a tiff, naming – firstname-hawaii-8×10
- add creative border or frame work

Using Hawaii Project
- add a selection using wand or magnetic selection
- shifts adds to selection… option deletes from selection
- refine selection
- move to another clean file to adjust or delete by erasing

- add 2 cutouts to Hawaii project
- crop to 8×0 @240 ppi
- flatten, save as tiff, firstname-hawaii-8×10
- add borders, frames
- turn in with proper naming convention

Complete BTSD – card
7×5 @300 ppi
Include the following:
- picture of you and BTSD person
- quality picture work
- have clipping mask using shapes
- text
- use of blending options
- framed
-due today

Begin work on Hawaii Project

When working with images, always move them to a canvas

Create Clipping Masks
- for text, image on top
- for shapes, will clip in black only, image on top

Layer – new adjustment layers – need to clip
- Levels control lighting
- Hue/Saturation – amount of color and hue
- Channel Mixer – change to black/white

Selection tool
- click hold for rectangular or ellipse
- select refine edge – for control of edge

Layer masks
- d- to get black and white
- make layer mask, select it
- use brush or gradient b/w
- black shows back or hides front
- white brings back front

Layer linking
- have layers that you want to link on top of each other
- select them, using apple or shift key
- right click link, this will lock them together

Hawaii Project
- min of 3 images, letter, @300 ppi
Must have
- Layer mask using brush
- Use of gradient layer mask
- Adjustment layers
- text clipping
- shape clipping
- use of layer blending options
- use of opacity change
- feathered edge

Take survey

Photoshop Tools

Background
-what is importance, why can’t move

Text Work
- how to layout or enter type
- use of character palette
- resizing, color
- blending options

Layers
- moving, selecting
- stacking, positioning
- opacity
- blending options
- layer adjustments – clipping

Turn in extension wksh

Review file information – metadata
- description, caption
- copyright

Web Gallery
- what this is, why use it
- resolution
- Construction of it
- view it, check it, submit it (8thgrade drop box – Tech Class)
- submit folder with all pics used (psds cropped)

Photoshop Collage
- 11″x17″ at 240 ppi
- build a collage of your pics
- can change the sizes, positions but not the cropping
- move, resize tools
- layers, blending option on layers
- using text (title and your name)
- using character palette