• ***Students must wear their ID card with a NET stamp to be allowed on the computer***

  NO ID = NO COMPUTER

• Student Server-

  All work is to be turned into the student server at the end of each chapter. Below are the instructions to set up and log in in to the student server.

  • Log in to your student server account
  • Username: sXXXXXX (XXXXXX is your student ID number)
  • Password: abXXXXXX (a is your first initial, b is your last initial, XXXXXX is your student ID number)
  • Add course number 14290.02089 to your course list
  • In student server go into the Multimedia 1 course, then click on your period in the bottom right corner. Next you will see some folders, there is a folder for each chapter. Make sure each assignment is named (spelled) correctly and turn it in to the correct folder! (Assignments that are not name correctly will be deleted and given a 0)

9 August - 15 August

• PS Chapter 1

  • 1-1 Start Adobe Photoshop (1-4)
  • 1-2 Learn how to open and save an image (1-8)
  • 1-4 Examine the Photoshop window (1-16)
  • 1-5 Use the Layers and History palettes (1-24) 
  • 1-8 Close a file and exit Photoshop (1-36)
  • Turn in file(s): Hot Air Balloons

  PS Chapter 2

  • 2-1 Examine and convert layers (2-4)
  • 2-2 Add and delete layers (2-8)
  • 2-3 Add a selection from one image to another (2-12) 
  • 2-4 Organize layers with layer groups and colors (2-16)
  • Skills Review (2-23)
  • Turn in file(s): New England Fall, Gourds, Music Store

  PS Chapter 3

  • 3-1 Make a selection using shapes (3-4)
  • 3-2 Modify a marquee (3-12)
  • 3-3 Select using color and modify a selection (3-16)
  • 3-4 Add a vignette effect to a select (3-22)
  • Skills Review (3-25)
  • Turn in file(s): Sewing Box, All Cats

16 August - 22 August

• PS Chapter 4

  • 4-1 Work with color to transform an image (4-4)
  • 4-2 Use the Color Picker and the Swatches palette (4-10) 
  • 4-3 Place a border around an image (4-14)
  • 4-4 Blend colors using the Gradient Tool (4-16) 
  • 4-5 Add color using to a gray-scale image (4-20) 
  • 4-6 Use filters, opacity, and blending modes (4-20)
  • 4-7 Match colors (4-30)
  • Skills Review (4-33)
  • Turn in file(s): Chili Shop, Chili Shop Colorized, Firetruck, Firetruck Colorized

  PS Chapter 5

  • 5-1 Learn about type and how it is created (5-4)
  • 5-2 Change spacing and adjust baseline shift (5-8) 
  • 5-3 Use the Drop Shadow style (5-12)
  • 5-4 Apply anti-aliasing to type (5-16)
  • 5-5 Modify type with the Bevel and Emboss style (5-20) 
  • 5-6 Apply special effects to type using filters (5-24)
  • 5-7 Create text on a path (5-28)
  • Skills Review (5-31)
  • Turn in file(s): Books, ZD-Logo

23 August - 29 August

• PS Chapter 6

  • 6-1 Paint and patch an image (6-4)
  • 6-3 Use the Smudge Tool (6-14) 
  • Skills Review (6-23)
  • Turn in files(s): CyberArt, The Maze

  PS Bio_image

  Now that you have learned the basics in PHOTOSHOP it is time to put your newly developed skills into application. You will create a canvas in Photoshop with your image and other images that tell me who you are. Feel free to use some creative capabilities; I would like something really special, so take your time and put your best creative talents into this. You have until the September 7, 2007.

  • Create an image 7.5 x 10 inches or 10 x 7.5 inches and save it as a bio_image.
  • You must use a picture of yourself in your project.
  • You must also use eye pleasing colors.
  • You should have the following layers:
    • Background layer- Leave this layer blank you cannot apply filters or special effects to the background so work in the backdrop layer instead.
    • Backdrop layer-
      • Use filters to try and create special effects.
      • You can use more then one color for the foreground, but remember you will have other layers and that might take away their impact.
      • Play with the layer mask effects and determine what will work for you.
      • You may use a vignette on the backdrop layer if you choose to. (Chapter 3)
      • Play with different gradient effects or filters and determine what will work for you if you.
    • My picture layer (this layer should have only your picture)-
      • Choose the best method of selection to move it into your image.
      • Work with defringing, color balance and contrast to achieve the best affect.
      • Try placing a border around it and see how it looks.
      • Work with opacity for more impact.
      • Work with blending modes.
    • Layers for each of the images that you get to represent you
    • Text layer(s) (for impact if you choose to use text)-
      • Use a readable font.
      • Use a font size and color appropriate to your image.
      • Try using shadowing or other special effects.
      • Try using bevel and emboss or other special style types.
      • Try using your text on a path.
      • Try shifting baseline on some of your letters.
      • Try spacing the letter using negative or positive kernelling.
    • Name your layers appropriately

  Save it as a JPEG and up-load (both the psd and jpg files) to the drop box for your class period .

30 August - 5 September

• See PS Bio_image above.

13 September - 19 September

• PS Chapter 9

  • Create an Alpha Channel (9-4)
  • Use Extract to Isolate an Object (9-8)
  • Erase Areas in an Image to Enhance Appearance (9-12)
  • Use the Clone Stamp Tool To Make Repairs (9-16)
  • Skills Review (9-33)
  • Turn in file(s): Market Fresh, Picture Package, Tool-Mania, Wrench, Picture Package-Tool-Mania 

  PS Chapter 10

  • Correct and Adjust Color (10-4)
  • Enhance Colors by Altering Saturation (10-8)
  • Modify Color Channels Using Levels (10-12)
  • Create Color Samplers with the Info Palette (10-14)
  • Skills Review (10-19)
  • Turn in file(s): Parrot World, Big Bird

20 September - 26 September

• PS Chapter 11

  • Use a Clipping Group as a Mask (11-4)
  • Use Pen Tools to Create and Modify a Path (11-8)
  • Work with Shapes (11-12)
  • Convert Paths and Selections (11-16)
  • Skills Review
  • Turn in file(s): Mail, Mathematics

  PS Chapter 12

  • Modify Type Using a Bounding Box (12-4)
  • Create Warped Type with a Unique Shape (12-8)
  • Screen Back Type with Imagery (12-12)
  • Create a Faded Type Effect (12-16)
  • Skills Review (12-21)
  • Turn in file(s): New Yorkshire, Charge Card

27 September - 3 October

• PS Chapter 13

  • Using the Liquify Tools to Distort an Image (13-4)
  • Learn How to Freeze and Thaw Areas (13-8)
  • Use the Mesh Feature as you Distort an Image (13-12)
  • Skills Review
  • Turn in file(s): Balloons, Blurred Vision

4 October - 10 October

• Holocaust Remembrance: A Student Expression

  Antelope Valley Holocaust Remembrance: A Student Expression is desgined to educate high school students in the Antelope Valley about the impotance of remebering the many Holocausts of the past in the hope that they will not be repeated in the future.

  Two Dimensional Art must be:

  • on Flat Stock
  • matted or mounted, no framing please
  • 36" x 36" or smaller

11 October - 17 October

6 December - 12 December