Adobe Photoshop CX Syllabus and Assignment Guide
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Week One 5-1 to 5-5 |
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Day One |
Chpt 1 Getting Started w/ Adobe |
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Read 1-2 to 1-5 (5 minutes) |
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Adobe creates original artwork
Works with Windows or MAC (gives directions in both) |
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Lesson 1 Starting Adobe Start, Program, Adobe CS |
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· Files can be and get quite large need to flatten when complete flattening a picture is an irreversible action · History palette records each change o Can undo/redo as necessary (only for current session) discards actions when program closes · Do pg 1-6
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Lesson 2 Open/Save an Image |
PS 1-1.psd |
Read 1-8 We will not use the Adobe Bridge feature - skip 1-9 Do pg 1-11 top 3 directions only Do pg 1-12 Save PS 1-1.psd as Hot Air Balloons (can have spaces) skip 1-13 to 1-15 |
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Lesson 3 -- SKIPPING |
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Lesson 4 WorkSpace KNOW: title bar, menu bar, toolbox, options bar, palettes, status bar |
Hot Air Balloon |
READ 1-16 1-18 Do 1-19, -20, -22 (not 1-21 and 1-23)
RESET: Window, Workspace, Reset |
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Day Two |
Lesson 5 Layers and History Palettes |
same |
Read 1-24 1-25 Do 1-26 1-27 (must have move tool active) |
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Lesson 6 Using Help |
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Read 1-28 1-31 |
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Lesson 7 View and Print |
same |
Read 1-32- 1-33 Do 1-34 view tools Read 1-35 DO NOT print; read how to print. |
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Lesson 8 Close File and Exit |
same |
Read 1-36 Do 1-37 |
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Project Builder 2 |
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Pg 1-41 Show Mrs. Hurley work for Points |
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Chpt 2 Layers (KEY TO SUCCESS IN ADOBE) |
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Read 2-2 to 2-3 (know the tools) |
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Lesson 1 Examine/convert Layers |
PS 2-1.psd |
Read 2-4 to 2-6 Do 2-7 |
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Lesson 2 Add/Drop Layers |
PS 2-1.psd |
Read 2-8 to 2-9 Do 2-10 to 2-11 |
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Lesson 3 Add selection from one image to another |
PS 2-1.psd |
Read 2-12 to 2-13 Do 2-14 to 2-15 Show Mrs. Hurley work for Points |
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Lesson 4 Layer Groups & colors |
PS 2-1.psd |
Read 2-16 to 2-18 Do 2-20 (do only opacity) to 2-21 Show Mrs. Hurley work for Points |
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Day Three |
Skills Review Project Builder 1 and 2 Design Project |
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Pg 2-23 (dont do Organize layers with layer groups and colors) (horn added) Pgs 2-24 (add phone)and 2-25 (add lama) Pg 2-26 (add graphic) Show Mrs. Hurley work for Points |
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Chpt 3 Making Selections |
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Read 3-2 3-3 Know the tools |
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Lesson 1 Selection using shapes |
PS 3-1.psd PS 3-2.psd |
Read 3-4 to 3-6 Do 3-7 to 3-11 |
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Day Four |
Lesson 2 Modify a marquee |
PS 3-4.psd |
Read 3-12 to 3-13 Do 3-14 to 3-15 |
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Lesson 3 |
PS 3-5.psd PS 3-6.psd |
Read 3-16 to 3-17 Do 3-18 to 3-21 |
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Lesson 4 |
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Read 3-22 Do 3-23 Show Mrs. Hurley work for Points (items on box, cracked fix, vignette) |
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Skills Review Project Builder 1 and 2 |
PS3-7.psd to PS3-10.psd PS 3-11.psd PS 3-12.psd |
Pg 3-25
Pg 3-26 and 3-27 Show Mrs. Hurley work for Points |
| Day Five | Finish Skills Review and Project Builder from Lesson 3 | see above | |
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Pick a general picture for a background (go to the "Goodies" folder in the same folder you are retrieving the practice photos) Add 3 other objects to the picture (use any selection tool available); Add a vignette Save as ProdProj1 -- 40 pts |
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Chapter 4 Color Techniques |
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Read 4-2 Know tools |
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Lesson 1 work with color to transform and image |
PS 4-1.psd |
Read 4-4 to 4-6 Do 4-7 to 4-9 |
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Week Two 5-8 to 5-12 |
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Day Six - 5/8 |
Lesson 2 Color picker and swatches and palette |
same |
Read 4-10 to 4-11 Do 4-12 to 4-13 |
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Lesson 3 Image Border |
Same |
Read 4-14 Do 4-15 |
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Lesson 4 Blend Colors gradient tool |
Same |
Read 4-16 to 4-17 Do 4-18 to 4-19 |
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Lesson 5 Grayscale |
Same |
Read 4-20 to 4-21 Do 4-22 |
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Lesson 6 Filters, opacity
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Lesson 7 Match colors |
Same |
Read 4-30 Do 4-31 |
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Chapter 5 - Placing Type in an image |
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Read 5-2 - 5-3 |
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Lesson 1 - How to create type |
PS 5-1.psd |
Read 5-4 - 5-5 Do 5-6 - 5-7 |
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Lesson 2 - Change spacing |
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Read 5-8 - 5-9 Do 5-10 - 5-11 |
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Day Seven - 5/9 |
Lesson 3 - Drop shadow |
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Read 5-12 - 513 Do 5-14- 5-15 |
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Lesson 4 - anti-aliasing |
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Read 5-16 - 5-17 Do 5-18 - 5-19 |
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Lesson 5 - Bevel/Emboss |
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Read 5-20 - 5-21 Do 5-22 - 5-23 |
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Lesson 6 - special effects/filters |
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Read 5-24 - 5-25 Do 5-26 - 5-27 |
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Lesson 7 - create text on a path |
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Read 5-28 Do 5-29 |
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Skills Review Project Builder 1 and 2 |
PS 5-2.psd PS 5-3.psd PS 5-4.psd |
5-31 5-32 5-33 - show all to Mrs. Hurley for points |
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Day Eight - 5/10 |
Chapter 6 - Painting Tools | PS 6-1.psd | Read 6-2 - 6-3 |
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Lesson 1 - Paint and patch an image |
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Read 6-4 - 6-5 Do 6-9 - patch tool (great tool) |
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Lesson 2 - Create and modify a brush tip |
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Read 6-10 - 6-11 Do 6-12 - 6-13 |
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Lesson 3 - Use the Smudge Tool |
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Read 6-14 - 6-15 Do 6-16 - 6-17 |
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Lesson 4 - Library and airbrush effect |
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Read 6-18 - 6-19 Do 6-20 - 6-21 |
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Skills Project Builder 1 |
PS 6-2.psd PS 6-3.psd
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6-23 - no need to create and modify a brush tip 6-24-- show all to Mrs. Hurley for points |
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Day nine - 5/11 |
Need to be done with Chapter 6 | ||
| Day ten- 5/12 | Chapter 7 - Special Layer Functions | Read 7-2; review tools on 7-3 | |
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Lesson 1 - layer mask |
PS 7-1.psd |
Read 7-4-7-5 do/note 7-6 and 7-7 get the same effect just in diff. ways Do 7-8 (must have have layer mask thumbnail active) Do 7-9 |
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Lesson 2- layer content |
same |
Read 7-10 to 7-11 Do 7-12 to 7-13 |
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Lesson 3 - pixels/blend colors |
same |
Read 7-14 to 7-15 Do 7-16 to7-17 |
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Lesson 4 - eliminate mask |
same |
Read 7-18 to7-19 Do 7-20 to 7-21 |
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Lesson 5 - adjustment layer |
same |
Read 7-22 to 7-23 Do 7-24 to7-25 |
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Lesson 6 - clipping mask
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Week Three 5-15 to 5-19
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Day 11 -5/15 |
Skills Review Proj. Blder ONLY 2
Design Proj |
PS 7-2.psd
Currency |
7-31 (do not do last set of instructions - clipping mask)
7-34 -- same above |
| Day 12 - 5/16 |
Make sure you have
Proj. Blder (only 2 pg 7-33) AND Design Proj (pg 7-34)from Chap. 7 |
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Day 13 - 5/17 |
Chapter 8 - Creating effects with Filters |
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Read 8-2 to 8-3 |
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Lesson 1 - Blur Filter |
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Read 8-4 to 8-5 -- check out different filters on pg 8-5 |
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Lesson 2 - Artistic Filter |
PS 8-1.psd |
Read 8-10 to 8-11 Do 8-12 to 8-13 |
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Lesson 3 - Stylize Filters |
same |
Read 8-14 to 8-15 Do 8-16 to 8-19 |
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Lesson 4 - Distort and Noise Filter |
same |
Check out examples of distort filter on 8-21 Do 8-22 - 8-23 |
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Day 14 -5/18 |
Chapter 12 - Transforming Type |
PS 12-1 |
Read 12-2 to 12-3 |
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Lesson 1 - Bounding Box |
same |
Read 12-4 to 12-5 Do 12-6 to 12-7 |
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Lesson 2 - Warped Type |
same |
Read 12-8 to 12-9 Do 12-10 to 12-11 |
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Lesson 4 - lighting effect |
same |
Do ONLY 12-19 |
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Day 15 - 5/19 |
Chapter 13 |
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