Photoshop Final Project

Students will be completing their final projects this week.

Their final projects will display their skills in 5 different editing techniques in Photoshop.

They will be creating a Virtual Art Gallery.  Using Sketchup they will either build or download an Art Gallery to display 5 different pieces of work.

The work has to consist of 5 different photos and each photo has to include a different editing technique that we covered in class.  The art will be displayed inside of the virtual studio and a 3D virtual walk through will be conducted.

The students may either take their own photos or use any of the class bank of photos created in class.

They will be graded as follows:

25 points for the 5 edited Works of Art.
8 points for the Virtual Studio
3 points for the Virtual Walk Through
4 points for Professionalism
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40 points total for the project.

Sketchup Tutorial Series Below

Andy Warhol Pop Art

We are headed into the final week of Photoshop Work before the final project starts.  This week the students will be finishing their name badges and then beginning their Andy Warhol color manipulation project.  Once the students finish their Name Badge they will be printed off and the students will be able to go take a photograph of themselves or a friend to create the Andy Warhol pop art below.

 

The Andy Warhol Project will be graded as follows.

Ability to take a themed/staged photo for the Andy Warhol production ..................  8 pts
Ability to edit the photo down into its base state for editing ....................................  4 pts
Finished product with Andy Warhol Effects ..........................................................   3 pts
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Total Points                                                                                                             15 pts

When the students finish this project, they will be able to use their extra time to take some additional pictures and practice any of the photoshop effects they have learned to date!

Camera Testing and Picture Time

Today in productions the students are beginning to make the leap from Picture Manipulation to Actual Picture Creation.

They will need to log into their computers and click on the Link Below.

Socrative.com

They will click on Student Log In and enter MRROBBY as their Classroom.

They will take the test and confirm their results with Mr. Kelley.  If they do not pass they need to review the videos again and Re-Test.

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This weeks project will involve the students making a unique name badge to use as their production pass for the rest of the semester.  The passes will be printed on 8.5" by 11" paper and will be left in the classroom.

The students will take a Self Portrait of themselves to complete this project.  They will then use the following as the text for the name badge.

Line 1:  Their Favorite Color
Line 2:  Their Favorite Food
Line 3:  Their Favorite Songe
Line 4:  Period (of production class)
Line 5:  First Name
Line 6  Last Name
Line 7:  Production
Line 8:  Hall Pass

Here is the tutorial.




When finished they will save as a JPEG and send to Mr. Kelley

Time to get out the Cameras - But First we must learn the basics!

This week in Productions we will be getting the Cameras Out.  However, the students will first have the opportunity to learn some tricks and techniques that will help them excel!  We will be watching the following Tutorials and taking a test on the techniques shared within at the end of Class on Tuesday.  Students must pass the test on Tuesday in order to be able to use Cameras outside of the classroom.

The tutorials are listed below.

Continuing their work in Print Media

This weeks project will expand what the students have learned in terms of Text Generation.  The students will be creating their own Company Logo.  The logo must have at least 7 letters and a cut out picture to go with it.  The students can watch the video below to get an idea of what makes a great logo!

Once the students have chosen a Name for their Company.  They need to open Microsoft Word and make a list of their Company name.  The company name will be listed out 40 times.  Each time with a different font.  They will need to set up their Word Document as follows.


Company Name                            Font Type

Robinson Productions                   Times New Roman

Robinson Productions                  Bold Italized







The students will be graded as follows.

Brainstorming of Ideas listed out in Word ................................................ 2 points

A 7+ letter Logo designed in Photoshop ..................................................... 5 points

A cut out picture inserted with the logo (or a picture behind the logo)....  5 points

Professional Quality of Work ...................................................................  3 points

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                                                                                                                     15 points

Continuing our Print Media in Photoshop!

The students have really started to get a basic grasp on Photo Manipulation.  This week we will be shifting our focus from Photo Manipulation toward Print Manipulation.  The students will be learning the various text effects that can be created inside of Photoshop CC.  The students will finish the week by creating a Magazine Print Advertisement for a Brand of their own Creation!

Tutorial to get the week started!

Students need to follow along with the tutorial and create the effect using their names!





Should be another fun week of learning!

This Weeks Project - The New Avengers

This week the students project utilizes all of the tools they learned thus far in photoshop.  They will be creating an Avenger Style movie poster with 5 movie stars of their choosing.  Therefore, each photo, will need to have the celebrity carefully extracted from their original photo and placed onto a new canvas.

The students will be graded on the following:

Professional Appearance of Movie Poster ......................................... 5 pts

5 Celebrities Successfully Extracted into picture .............................. 5 pts

New Text of Movie Mirrors Original Movie Poster Text ................. 5 pts

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Total Points                                                                                         15 pts

To successfully complete this challenge the students will need to be able to manipulate text inside of photoshop.  A good tutorial is shown below.




Here  is an example of a Successful Project

As we are finishing our Photoshop Unit I wanted to take the time and give you some additional editing you can self teach yourself.  If you finish your existing project early feel free to start learning from some of the tutorials listed in the playlist attached!