NBC: GRAPHIC ARTS
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LEVEL 1 PHOTOSHOP
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PROJECT LIST 10-11
YOU NEED TO USE YOUR CLASS TIME WELL- TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL PRACTICE
SESSIONS. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PROGRAMING AT ANOTHER TIME.
THE MORE PROFICIENT YOU ARE WITH SKILLS (FAST & EFFICIENT) THE EASIER IT WILL BE FOR YOU
WHEN WE GET TO PROJECTS WHERE YOU NEED TO APPLY WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED AND THERE WILL
BE NO STEP BY STEP WORKSHEET TO GUIDE YOU.
I WILL BE GRADING YOUR WORK ETHIC ON A DAILY BASIS THROUGH THE DAILY
CONCENTRATION GRADE & PROGRESS ON TASK GRADE.
MARKING PERIOD ONE
Week 1:
Review Syllabus.
Managing your work space, managing your storage space, acceptable internet sites, copyright laws,
Getting images for class use
NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT SAVE YOUR WORK TO THE CORRECT FILE FOR GRADING
PURPOSES, IT WILL BE MARKED LATE. YOU WILL BE DOCKED 1/2 POINT PER DAY FOR
EACH DAY THAT IT IS IN THE INCORRECT LOCATION.
THERE IS NOT AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF STORAGE SPACE ON THE SERVER FOR THIS
CLASS. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CLEAN UP YOUR FILE LOCATION IN
PREPARATION FOR EACH NEW PROJECT. IF YOU DO NOT DO THIS MAINTENANCE
CHORE YOU RUN THE RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO SAVE YOUR WORK AT THE END
OF A CLASS. YOU WILL NOT BE EXCUSED FROM A DUE DATE BECAUSE YOU CANNOT
MANAGE YOUR FILE SPACE.
Week 2: Selection Tools, Working with filters, Understanding Layers. Practice Proj 1: Selection tools
& Filters
Week 3-4: With Graphic Arts 2: Vocabulary of Composition in Graphic Design.
Week 5:
Week 6:
Week 7:
Week 8:
Week 9:
STUDY GUIDE: Composition & Design
Practice Proj 2: Composition/Design in Photoshop
APPLIED PROJECT FOR GRADE.
QUIZ – Tool & Menu bars, selection tools, use of layers, use of filters, composition vocab
Type Layers
APPLIED PROJECT FOR GRADE
Adjustment Layers and Layer Styles. Practice Proj 3: Layer styles versus
Adjustment Layers
QUIZ – Composition/Design principles, adjustment layers, layer styles, type layers
CHAPTER TEST, MP 1 Tool & menu bars, selection tools. layer basics, use of filters,
using layer styles, using layer adjustments, composition/design
APPLIED PROJECT FOR GRADE DUE 1ST WK OF MP 2
MARKING PERIOD TWO
Week 1: Complete APPLIED PROJECT FOR GRADE
Week 2-3: With Graphics Art 2: Graphic Art versus Fine Art, Understanding Audience & Marketing,
Designing for a specific audience
STUDY GUIDE: Graphic versus Fine Art
STIUDY GUIDE Audience & Marketing
Week 4: CHAPTER TEST: Graphic Art versus Fine Art, Understanding Audience & Marketing,
Designing for a specific audience.
Masking in Photoshop. Practice Proj 4: Simple Masking Techniques
Week 5: Creating Custom Shapes, Using Gradient/Paint tool, selecting color, saving swatches
Week 6-7: QUIZ - Custom Shapes, Gradient/Paint tool, selecting color, saving swatches
APPLIED PROJECT FOR GRADE
Week 8-9: APPLIED PROJECT FOR GRADE
STUDY GUIDE: Semester 1 Review
MARKING PERIOD THREE
Week 1: Practice Project 5 & 6: Working with complex masks, Layers with blend modes
Week 2-3: APPLIED PROJECT FOR GRADE
Using the Gradient Tool to melt images into each other, How to Create Custom Shapes
Week 4-6: QUIZ – Complex Masks, Blend Modes, Custom Shapes, Combining images with Gradient
APPLIED PROJECT: DESIGNING FOR A CLIENT
Week 7: Oral Presentation of Client projects to class
Week 8-9: CHAPTER TEST: Custom Shapes, Gradient/Paint tool, selecting color, saving swatches,
Complex Masks, Blend Modes, Custom Shapes, Combining images with Gradient
APPLIED PROJECT FOR GRADE
MARKING PERIOD FOUR
Week 1: STUDY GUIDE: Clipping Paths with Practice Proj 7
Week 2-3: STUDY GUIDE: Advanced Layer Options with Practice Proj 8
Compositional Unity when designing multiple images/multiple surfaces
Week 4-6: CHAPTER TEST: Clipping Paths, Layer Options, Compositional Unity when
designing multiple images/multiple surfaces
APPLIED PROJECT FOR GRADE
Week 7-8: APPLIED PROJECT FOR GRADE OF CHOICE
Review for Final
FINAL
Week 9: File Clean Up, Print Work
Students are permitted to submit 3 extra credit assignments per marking period. Each
assignment is worth 1 point. Assignments cannot be repeated over the course of the
year. Extra credit points cannot be carried over from one marking period to another.
Extra credit points cannot be applied to the final exam.