Adobe Photoshop CX – Syllabus and Assignment Guide

 

May 15 Brush Project

 

Adobe - Final Project 1

Adobe - Final Project 2

 

DISREGARD SCHEDULE BELOW

 

Week One

5-1 to 5-5

Chpt/Lesson

File to be

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Day One

Chpt 1 – Getting Started w/ Adobe

 

Read 1-2 to 1-5 (5 minutes)

Adobe – creates original artwork

  • Manipulated color images (roate, resize, change color, add text, combine images)
  • Retouch photographs
  • Repair/restore damaged areas
  • Creat graphics/logo/special effects

Works with Windows or MAC (gives directions in both)

 

Lesson 1 – Starting Adobe

Start, Program, Adobe CS

 

·         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

 

 

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

 

Lesson 3 -- SKIPPING

 

 

 

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

Day Two

Lesson 5 – Layers and History Palettes

same

Read 1-24 – 1-25

Do 1-26 – 1-27 (must have move tool active)

 

Lesson 6 – Using Help

 

Read 1-28 – 1-31

 

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.

 

Lesson 8 – Close File and Exit

same

Read 1-36

Do 1-37

 

Project Builder 2

 

Pg 1-41

Show Mrs. Hurley work for Points

 

Chpt 2 – Layers (KEY TO SUCCESS IN ADOBE)

 

Read 2-2 to 2-3 (know the tools)

 

Lesson 1 – Examine/convert Layers

PS 2-1.psd

Read 2-4 to 2-6

Do 2-7

 

Lesson 2 – Add/Drop Layers

PS 2-1.psd

Read 2-8 to 2-9

Do 2-10 to 2-11

 

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

 

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

Day Three

Skills Review

Project Builder 1 and 2

Design Project

 

Pg 2-23 (don’t 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

 

Chpt 3 – Making Selections

 

Read 3-2 – 3-3

Know the tools

 

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

Day Four

Lesson 2 – Modify a marquee

PS 3-4.psd

Read 3-12 to 3-13

Do 3-14 to 3-15

 

Lesson 3

PS 3-5.psd

PS 3-6.psd

Read 3-16 to 3-17

Do 3-18 to 3-21

 

Lesson 4

 

Read 3-22

Do 3-23

Show Mrs. Hurley work for Points

(items on box, cracked fix, vignette)

 

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  
  Project  

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

 

Chapter 4 – Color Techniques

 

Read 4-2

Know tools

 

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

Week Two

5-8 to 5-12

     

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

 

Lesson 3 – Image Border

Same

Read 4-14

Do 4-15

 

Lesson 4 – Blend Colors – gradient tool

Same

Read 4-16 to 4-17

Do 4-18 to 4-19

 

Lesson 5 – Grayscale

Same

Read 4-20 to 4-21

Do 4-22

 

Lesson 6 – Filters, opacity

SKIP

 

 

 

Lesson 7 – Match colors

Same

Read 4-30

Do 4-31

 

Chapter 5 - Placing Type in an image

 

Read 5-2 - 5-3

 

Lesson 1 - How to create type

PS 5-1.psd

Read 5-4 - 5-5

Do 5-6 - 5-7

 

Lesson 2 - Change spacing

 

Read 5-8 - 5-9

Do 5-10 - 5-11

Day Seven - 5/9

Lesson 3 - Drop shadow

 

Read 5-12 - 513

Do 5-14- 5-15

 

Lesson 4 - anti-aliasing

 

Read 5-16 - 5-17

Do 5-18 - 5-19

 

Lesson 5 - Bevel/Emboss

 

Read 5-20 - 5-21

Do 5-22 - 5-23

 

Lesson 6 - special effects/filters

 

Read 5-24 - 5-25

Do 5-26 - 5-27

 

Lesson 7 - create text on a path

 

Read 5-28

Do 5-29

 

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

Day Eight -

5/10

Chapter 6 - Painting Tools PS 6-1.psd Read 6-2 - 6-3
 

Lesson 1 - Paint and patch an image

 

Read 6-4 - 6-5

Do 6-9 - patch tool (great tool)

 

Lesson 2 - Create and modify a brush tip

 

Read 6-10 - 6-11

Do 6-12 - 6-13

 

Lesson 3 - Use the Smudge Tool

 

Read 6-14 - 6-15

Do 6-16 - 6-17

 

Lesson 4 - Library and airbrush effect

 

Read 6-18 - 6-19

Do 6-20 - 6-21

 

Skills

Project Builder 1

PS 6-2.psd

PS 6-3.psd

 

6-23 - no need to create and modify a brush tip

6-24-- show all to Mrs. Hurley for points

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
 

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

 

Lesson 2- layer content

same

Read 7-10 to 7-11

Do 7-12 to 7-13

 

Lesson 3 - pixels/blend colors

same

Read 7-14 to 7-15

Do 7-16 to7-17

 

Lesson 4 - eliminate mask

same

Read 7-18 to7-19

Do 7-20 to 7-21

 

Lesson 5 - adjustment layer

same

Read 7-22 to 7-23

Do 7-24 to7-25

 

Lesson 6 - clipping mask

SKIP

 

 

Week Three

5-15 to 5-19

 

     

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)

7-33 -- need to find images from net; save as a jpeg and print work

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

   

Day 13 - 5/17

Chapter 8 - Creating effects with Filters

 

Read 8-2 to 8-3

 

Lesson 1 - Blur Filter

 

Read 8-4 to 8-5 -- check out different filters on pg 8-5

 

Lesson 2 - Artistic Filter

PS 8-1.psd

Read 8-10 to 8-11

Do 8-12 to 8-13

 

Lesson 3 - Stylize Filters

same

Read 8-14 to 8-15

Do 8-16 to 8-19

 

Lesson 4 - Distort and Noise Filter

same

Check out examples of distort filter on 8-21

Do 8-22 - 8-23

Day 14 -5/18

Chapter 12 - Transforming Type

PS 12-1

Read 12-2 to 12-3

 

Lesson 1 - Bounding Box

same

Read 12-4 to 12-5

Do 12-6 to 12-7

 

Lesson 2 - Warped Type

same

Read 12-8 to 12-9

Do 12-10 to 12-11

 

Lesson 4 - lighting effect

same

Do ONLY 12-19

Day 15 - 5/19

Chapter 13

 

 

  DONE