Friday, November 20, 2015

Week 15 20015 Course Catalog Design

Nov. 23 - 24, 2015

Objective: Learn how to layout a cover and pages.
Assignments: Course Catalog



Details:
The counseling center is offering cash for the winning design for our new course catalog.  There are 4 categories.
               Front Cover--$100.00 to winner Include the words “Hillcrest High School Course Catalog 2016-2017”
               Back Cover--$50.00 to winner, include Hillcrest logo, representation, or colors etc.
               Inside Front Cover--$25.00 to winner, include Hillcrest High name, address, phone, facebook and twitter (Facebook:  Hillcrest High Counseling Center, twitter:  @HillcrestHighCC.)
               Inside Back Cover— $25.00 to winner, include Hillcrest themes, song, be creative…
DUE:  December 1, 2015 to Mr. Freeman

Download: Page Templates
Links: HHS Graphics, Building Graphics, Other.
Save As:
FrontCover_Lastname.psd
BackCover_Lastname.psd
InsideCover_Lastname.psd
InsideBackCover_Lastname.psd


Sunday, November 15, 2015

Week 14 2015 Brushes

November 16 - 20, 2015

Objective: Change color and shape to brushes.
Assignments: Brushes
Details: Download 10 Photoshop brush libraries from the Internet. You will create 3 different images only using brushes, paint buckets, gradients and filter effects.
http://myphotoshopbrushes.com/
Dimensions: Brushes 100 pts. (6" x 4" 200 res)
Save As: Brush1.jpg, Brush2.jpg, Brush3.jpg.






Brushes: Downloading & Loading


Brushes Effects


Brush Glows


Creating Brushes & Using Preset Manger

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Week 13 2015 Font & Layer Styles

November 9-13, 2015

Objective: Use fonts and apply Layer Styles
Assignment:  10Text.psd: Come up with a theme and type ten words related to your theme. Use different different fonts, layer styles to apply glows and shadow, and other effects.
Dimensions: 6"x4" 200 Resolution

Download fonts at; http://www.dafont.com/


Text Tool


Layer Styles


Text & Shapes Tool


Business Card
-Logo
-Name
-Job Title
-Address
-Phone
-Email
-website



Assignments
-10text.psd 50 pts. (6"x4" 200 res)
-businesscard.psd 50 pts. (3"x2" 200 res)

 Examples: http://www.vistaprint.com/

Extras: Text Effects http://photoshopcafe.com/
-Fire Text http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/text-on-fire-effect/
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Photoshop Assignments