Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Name Badges for Production Class

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 either

michaelr@spokaneschools.org

or

stevenc@spokaneschools.org

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Time to Get the Cameras Out - 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.










Friday, September 25, 2015

Additional Tools you can Self Teach in Photoshop

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!

EMAIL COMPLETED WORK TOO: michaelr@spokaneschools.org




Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Real Text Logo in Photoshop Project

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!






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


Monday, September 21, 2015

This Week In Production - Print Media Continued

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!





Should be another fun week of learning!

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

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


Monday, September 14, 2015

Advanced Techniques Continued

Now the students have explored Extraction.  They will learn some more advanced techniques.  The students will have time after each tutorial to test out the techniques before the project starts on Wednesday.

Using the Smart Object tool






Retouching Tools