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DMA102 - Color & Graphic Design

Your Midterm Project: Social Awareness Poster Is DUE

 

 

Week 8 (March 8)

• Quickmasking Techniques (Colorizing a BW Picture)
• Homework: Carefully choose a picture to recolorize with the techniques taught in today's lesson.
  If the picture is color, use a BW adjustment layer to convert it to BW, then recolorize it using the techniques.

 

Week 7 (March 1)

• Work on Poster

 

Week 6 (Mon. Feb. 22)

• Photoshop Brushes
• Sample Skater Image
  
  

Week 5 (Thurs. Feb 18 - Monday Schedule)

• Photoshop's Type Tools
  • Review the Textbook Chapter on Photoshop's Type Tools

 

Week 4 (Feb. 8)

• Complete the "UrbanNEWS Tabloid Cover". View Lesson...
• Extra: Sneek Peek into Photoshop Brushes

 

Week 3 (Feb. 1)

• Part 1: "Mystery Toast . Go to the Lesson...
  • Blending Modes
  • Converting for Smart Filters
  • Using the Lasso Tool
  • Layer Masking
  • Using the Transform to Distort a Layer
  • Textures
• Homework #1: Using the techniques taught, create a concept that involves blending an image into a texture. Your final design must be at least 1,000px in width or height. Try searching the StockXchange site first (sxc.hu)
  I will check your homework the next time we meet for class.
  
  
• Part 2: "UrbanNEWS Tabloid Cover". View Lesson...
  
  • Using Guides
    • Type Tool
      • Font
      • Color
      • Size
      • Tracking, Kerning, Leading
    • Shape Tools
      • Rectangle Shape Tool
      • Line Tool
      • Ellipse Tool
    • Clipping Layers

 

 

 

Week 2 (Jan. 27)

• Layer Masking & Adjustment Layers Exercises
  • Lesson 1: Save The Panda Bear
  • Lesson 2: Faceball!

 

Week 1 (Jan. 25)

• Photoshop Interface overview
• Basic Selection Exercises

 

Extra Credit Tutorials

You can earn up to 10 points for the semester by completing 1 online Photoshop tutorial per week. Choose a tutorial from one of the sites listed below. After you complete the tutorial, save the file to your flash drive AND print out the tutorial instructions. You can do 1 tutorial per week -- up to ten tutorials for the semester.

 

Choose from any of these Photoshop Tutorial Sites:

Pixel2Life Photoshop Tutorials
Photoshop Guru's: Beginner's Tutorials
50 Tutorials for Beginners
PS Lover Tutorials

 

Course Textbook:
"Photoshop CS4 Visual Quickstart" (Required)

Paperback: 456 pages; Peachpit Press

ISBN-10: 0321563654 / ISBN-13: 978-0321563651

 

Course Syllabus: Download a PDF of the Syllabus.

 

Handout: What You Will Need for This Class