Photoshop Projects
Objectives:
1.01: Understand project requirements using photographs
1.02: Understand digital images
1.03: Understand Adobe Photoshop CC Interface
1.04: Apply procedures to create images using Adobe Photoshop CC
1.05: Apply procedures to publish digital images using Adobe Photoshop CC
1.01: Understand project requirements using photographs
1.02: Understand digital images
1.03: Understand Adobe Photoshop CC Interface
1.04: Apply procedures to create images using Adobe Photoshop CC
1.05: Apply procedures to publish digital images using Adobe Photoshop CC
Who Are You Lettering Tutorial:
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Welcome to Photoshop! We are going to start small today with a simple activity to help you get to know a little more about Adobe Photoshop and Raster Graphics. You will use the tutorial found above along with a group of images that you will find online (Large & High Quality) to create your own Lettering Image.
You need to first open up Adobe Photoshop.
*To save an image from Google, click on an image, click on "View Image" to make sure that the image is full size and not a small thumbnail and then click and drag the image onto your Desktop.
****At the beginning, pay really close attention to changing your dimensions to PIXELS and not Inches. Also make sure you change the Resolution to 72 and not 300! If you don't follow this from the beginning you will have to restart!
Grading Criteria:
1) Correct Dimensions were used: 1,000 Pixels (Width) x 1,500 Pixels (height)
2) Correct Resolution were used: 72 DPI/PPI
3) High Quality Images were used (No blurry images)
4) Every Letter Is Cut Out & Has an Image Masked In Its' Shape
5) Correct File Type was saved and submitted: .PSD (Photoshop Document)
6) Correct File Naming was used for project (First Initial + Last Name + Lettering)
You need to first open up Adobe Photoshop.
*To save an image from Google, click on an image, click on "View Image" to make sure that the image is full size and not a small thumbnail and then click and drag the image onto your Desktop.
****At the beginning, pay really close attention to changing your dimensions to PIXELS and not Inches. Also make sure you change the Resolution to 72 and not 300! If you don't follow this from the beginning you will have to restart!
Grading Criteria:
1) Correct Dimensions were used: 1,000 Pixels (Width) x 1,500 Pixels (height)
2) Correct Resolution were used: 72 DPI/PPI
3) High Quality Images were used (No blurry images)
4) Every Letter Is Cut Out & Has an Image Masked In Its' Shape
5) Correct File Type was saved and submitted: .PSD (Photoshop Document)
6) Correct File Naming was used for project (First Initial + Last Name + Lettering)
Sandwich TUTORIAL:
You have been challenged to create an image of a BLT sandwich,that looks like the real thing, for a client. You have been supplied with a graphic of a plate from the dinner. The objective is to obtain a better understanding of Photoshop layers by creating the layers of a sandwich on the plate. You are to follow the directions given by the project manager for the target audience to complete the project.
Download the files linked to the right of the documents and images needed to complete the project. Save them in your Graphics folder. Use my instructions, watch the demonstrations in class, and use your time in class to assemble your sandwich and add your sides. Make sure to label all of your layers in the Layers Palette. When you are finished save the file (as a .psd file) to your computer in the Graphics folder. Save the file as first initial + last name + sandwich.psd (ex. ngoblesandwich.psd). This is one of the few times you will not save both a PSD and JPEG of your work. Submit only the PSD of your work (it cannot be graded as a jpeg). When ready, submit it to your teacher via QTL Moodle. Make sure you've reviewed the rubric for this project to make sure you aren't going to lose any points! |
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Black & White to color photo project:
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Adobe Photoshop is a very powerful image editor that can bring life to otherwise dull and unexciting photos. Using the tools and features of the software, a photographer can take his or her pictures to the next level and produce professional-looking images.
In this project, you will learn how to use the selection and coloring tools of Photoshop to add a splash of color to a black and white photo. The overall goal is to bring a dull photo back to life by accurately coloring the components to make them seem life-like.
Download the Jackie Robinson photo above and use the tutorial to walk through how to use the refined selection tools of Photoshop to carefully select particular areas and then add color. Be sure to add each color on its own layer just in case you need to make adjustments later on. Leaving several colors on the same layer (especially the background layer) can result in you having to start your project all over again!
As you work, save your project as a Photoshop File (.psd) and name it First Initial Last Name + bw.psd. (ex: NGobleBW.psd) When you are finished, save it again as a JPEG with the same name (ex: NGobleBW.jpg)
In this project, you will learn how to use the selection and coloring tools of Photoshop to add a splash of color to a black and white photo. The overall goal is to bring a dull photo back to life by accurately coloring the components to make them seem life-like.
Download the Jackie Robinson photo above and use the tutorial to walk through how to use the refined selection tools of Photoshop to carefully select particular areas and then add color. Be sure to add each color on its own layer just in case you need to make adjustments later on. Leaving several colors on the same layer (especially the background layer) can result in you having to start your project all over again!
As you work, save your project as a Photoshop File (.psd) and name it First Initial Last Name + bw.psd. (ex: NGobleBW.psd) When you are finished, save it again as a JPEG with the same name (ex: NGobleBW.jpg)
Combination Assignment #1:
You've been tasked to cleanly cut out the backgrounds from the following items and to combine them in some manner that they all work in harmony/unity to create an artistic advertisement.
SET UP DOCUMENT AS 8.5 x 11 INCHES at 300 RESOLUTION
Use Any Combination of the 3 Primary Selection Tools to Select the Backgrounds of Your Images:
-Magic Wand
-Quick Selection
-Polygonal Lasso
Use Quick Mask Mode to Clean Up Any Selection Made:
-Use your Brush Tool to clean up the selection
-100% Opacity
-Black Hides/White Reveals
Use Layer Mask to Hide Backgrounds of Images:
-Once finished cleaning up a selection in Quick Mask Mode, Go Out of the Mode (You should see Dancing Ants, not Pink)
-Click the Layer Mask Button on your Layers Panel
*DO NOT DELETE/ERASE THE BACKGROUND! Use only non-destructive editing with Layer Masking Only!
**Make sure you don't rush and that you cleanly cut out all backgrounds from your images.
Minimum Included Items:
-Lemur -Desk
-Coffee -Broom
-Outer Space -Hoverboard
-Laptop -William Shatner
-Super Saiyan Hair
***You can include anything else you wish, so long as the above items are met
SET UP DOCUMENT AS 8.5 x 11 INCHES at 300 RESOLUTION
Use Any Combination of the 3 Primary Selection Tools to Select the Backgrounds of Your Images:
-Magic Wand
-Quick Selection
-Polygonal Lasso
Use Quick Mask Mode to Clean Up Any Selection Made:
-Use your Brush Tool to clean up the selection
-100% Opacity
-Black Hides/White Reveals
Use Layer Mask to Hide Backgrounds of Images:
-Once finished cleaning up a selection in Quick Mask Mode, Go Out of the Mode (You should see Dancing Ants, not Pink)
-Click the Layer Mask Button on your Layers Panel
*DO NOT DELETE/ERASE THE BACKGROUND! Use only non-destructive editing with Layer Masking Only!
**Make sure you don't rush and that you cleanly cut out all backgrounds from your images.
Minimum Included Items:
-Lemur -Desk
-Coffee -Broom
-Outer Space -Hoverboard
-Laptop -William Shatner
-Super Saiyan Hair
***You can include anything else you wish, so long as the above items are met
BEetle Car Advertisement Project:
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You've been hired as a graphic designer for a marketing firm. The first assignment the company's given you is to design an advertisement for an automobile . Your job is to personalize the picture of the car with your own colors, logos, and background. Your final product must be a well-developed, attractive advertisement complete with the car's manufacturer logo and unique catchy slogan.
Use the VW Beetle car image files to the right. Paint it with any color and design with what your mind creates, and add the logo and background to incorporate your personalized style. BE CREATIVE! Take out the white background and place them in a setting of your choosing. Finally, add some text that conveys your unique slogan to finish off your advertisement.
Be sure to arrange your components in a way that utilizes the Elements and Principles of Design and accomplishes your intended purpose. Also, save your file often to avoid losing any of your work. As you may notice, I have provided a final example of what one advertisement may look like - but don't try to copy it! Generate something that shows your skills in Photoshop, as well as your creativeness.
As you work, save your project as a .psd and name it lastname + firstname + beetle.psd. When you are finished, save it as a JPEG with the same name (ex: scalesemilybeetle.jpg) and turn it into QTL Moodle for your class. Remember to add a jpeg copy to your portfolio folder! Review the rubric for this project to make sure you aren't going to lose any points!
Use the VW Beetle car image files to the right. Paint it with any color and design with what your mind creates, and add the logo and background to incorporate your personalized style. BE CREATIVE! Take out the white background and place them in a setting of your choosing. Finally, add some text that conveys your unique slogan to finish off your advertisement.
Be sure to arrange your components in a way that utilizes the Elements and Principles of Design and accomplishes your intended purpose. Also, save your file often to avoid losing any of your work. As you may notice, I have provided a final example of what one advertisement may look like - but don't try to copy it! Generate something that shows your skills in Photoshop, as well as your creativeness.
As you work, save your project as a .psd and name it lastname + firstname + beetle.psd. When you are finished, save it as a JPEG with the same name (ex: scalesemilybeetle.jpg) and turn it into QTL Moodle for your class. Remember to add a jpeg copy to your portfolio folder! Review the rubric for this project to make sure you aren't going to lose any points!
Introduction to editing photos project:
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Combine Images & Watermark
Use the guide How to Combine Images to create a panoramic image (see image to the right). You will use the images provided and follow the guide. After you have completed this, read the How to Add a Watermark and add your own watermark to your Panoramic. Name this file LastnameFirstnamePanaromic.jpeg and turn this in to your class folder. Then read the Bitmap Vector Images file. We will be using the following:
Directions to Combine Images and add a Watermark:
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Color Correct & Fixing:
Start by working on how to adjust an image to improve the persons looks. Start with the Girl and use the tutorial video below or the How to Fix Images file to help you. Next, the baby has red eye that you will need to fix. Next, look at the How to Correct Color to help you adjust the Kitchen and Doorway images found below. The colors are quite like they should be, and you need to fix them. You may also use the videos below to help you. In the How to Correct Color, it will show you how to use the Adjustment Panel to create color and black and white versions of an image. You will need to go online and find a high resolution image to covert to black and white. All these images need to be saved into your Photo editing Folder to be turned in at the end of the unit. |
Directions to Color Correct and Fix Images:
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The Girl
The Baby
The Kitchen
The Archway
Move, Eraser, & Select:
Now we need to download the image of London and fix the road so it doesn't have any pot holes or grates and then move Big Ben over to the left like they did in the tutorial. Then you will need to create a color pop version of the image with only the RED left in the image. Use the tutorial video below to help you edit this image.
Next you will work with editing using the erasers. Start with the stripes to get practice on using the background eraser tool. Then you will move on the the Tree branches completely removing the sky from the image.
Last you will be adjusting the Butterfly and the Lighthouse images found below. For this editing activity, you will use the How to Use Selection Tools guide found the right and/or the video below to help guide you. Save the Butterfly with background removed. Then after you work on the LIghthouse, save the lighthouse file as the 3 different versions that you will create based on the guide.
All these images need to be saved into your Photo editing Folder to be turned in at the end of the unit.
Now we need to download the image of London and fix the road so it doesn't have any pot holes or grates and then move Big Ben over to the left like they did in the tutorial. Then you will need to create a color pop version of the image with only the RED left in the image. Use the tutorial video below to help you edit this image.
Next you will work with editing using the erasers. Start with the stripes to get practice on using the background eraser tool. Then you will move on the the Tree branches completely removing the sky from the image.
Last you will be adjusting the Butterfly and the Lighthouse images found below. For this editing activity, you will use the How to Use Selection Tools guide found the right and/or the video below to help guide you. Save the Butterfly with background removed. Then after you work on the LIghthouse, save the lighthouse file as the 3 different versions that you will create based on the guide.
All these images need to be saved into your Photo editing Folder to be turned in at the end of the unit.
London
Tree Branches
The Lighthouse
Cropping/Resizing & Selection
Use the How to Resize Crop to adjust the 3 flower images found here.
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Directions to Resize and Crop
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Filters
Last we will be working with how to add and layer filters to an image to create a piece of art. Using the Video Tutorial and Directions below or the Tutorial Link to the right to help you. You will edit the Golden Gate Bridge image and the paper texture image to create a watercolor piece of art. Once you have finished, you will then find your own high resolution image to use the same technique on.
All these images need to be saved into your Photo editing Folder to be turned in at the end of the unit. Now that your folder is complete, turn this in.
Last we will be working with how to add and layer filters to an image to create a piece of art. Using the Video Tutorial and Directions below or the Tutorial Link to the right to help you. You will edit the Golden Gate Bridge image and the paper texture image to create a watercolor piece of art. Once you have finished, you will then find your own high resolution image to use the same technique on.
All these images need to be saved into your Photo editing Folder to be turned in at the end of the unit. Now that your folder is complete, turn this in.
Watercolor Golden Gate Bridge
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Watercolor Brush Download is located in this Tutorial Link
We will be using the following tools:
Directions:
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warhol PROJECT:
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Now that you've learned how to precisely add color to a black and white image, let's apply that knowledge in a fun and personal setting. In this project, you are going to paint several renditions of a picture of yourself and arrange it in a grid. A famous artist that used this technique to develop pop art advertising is Andy Warhol. We are going to mimic this technique to create an original, personal piece of art.
First you will use the on-board camera of the Apple iMac to take your picture. Be creative with your pose so your project will be appealing and interesting! You will apply a filter inside Photoshop to make it look like a black and white sketch, then use your selection and coloring techniques to create the Warhol effect. You want to have a minimum of 3 different colors per box. Remember to use bright colors!
As you work, save your project as a .psd and name it lastname + first initial + warhol.psd. When you are finished, save it again as a JPEG with the same name (ex: goblenwarhol.jpg) Submit the .JPG file using the form below. Don't forget to review the rubric to make sure you are meeting all of the project requirements!
First you will use the on-board camera of the Apple iMac to take your picture. Be creative with your pose so your project will be appealing and interesting! You will apply a filter inside Photoshop to make it look like a black and white sketch, then use your selection and coloring techniques to create the Warhol effect. You want to have a minimum of 3 different colors per box. Remember to use bright colors!
As you work, save your project as a .psd and name it lastname + first initial + warhol.psd. When you are finished, save it again as a JPEG with the same name (ex: goblenwarhol.jpg) Submit the .JPG file using the form below. Don't forget to review the rubric to make sure you are meeting all of the project requirements!
hybrid animal PROJECT:
Create an Animal Hybrid of 2 or More Animals in Adobe Photoshop. Use blending techniques learned earlier in the class and place the newly created animal in its natural habitat/environment.
Trading card PROJECT:
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Now that you've had some practice with masking, filters, shapes, and layer styles, we can begin some more traditional design in Photoshop. Your job is to create a trading card using high quality images and logos that you will find from Google. You will use the Pen and Shape tools to create an original border and mask the subject of the given photo to further emphasize the player,artist,musician,character,person of interest.
Create a new Photoshop document. In the new document window, change the width and height measurement from pixels to inches and set the width and height to 2.5 inches and 3.5 inches. It does not matter which is the width and which is the height, so be mindful of which orientation better fits the photograph that you choose. Before creating the new file also set the Resolution to 300 pixels/inch, this is the standard resolution for printed images.
When making your layout for the card, consider concepts such as proportion, color, and balance. The overall color scheme will be the same as the subject's team, show, band, etc. You will also need to incorporate both the team/company/band and league/network logo on the front of the card. The back of the card will include all provided stats, information, and the person's portrait. The layout for the back of the card will have unity with the front, logical font choices, and a flow directing the reader's eye between elements.
The front and back of the card will be saved separately on individual files. You will submit both in .jpeg format with the proper filename (YourNameTradingCard). Be sure to review the rubric and use your notes on design principles. If you get stuck trying to think of ideas, feel free to use inspiration for examples you can find on the internet.
Create a new Photoshop document. In the new document window, change the width and height measurement from pixels to inches and set the width and height to 2.5 inches and 3.5 inches. It does not matter which is the width and which is the height, so be mindful of which orientation better fits the photograph that you choose. Before creating the new file also set the Resolution to 300 pixels/inch, this is the standard resolution for printed images.
When making your layout for the card, consider concepts such as proportion, color, and balance. The overall color scheme will be the same as the subject's team, show, band, etc. You will also need to incorporate both the team/company/band and league/network logo on the front of the card. The back of the card will include all provided stats, information, and the person's portrait. The layout for the back of the card will have unity with the front, logical font choices, and a flow directing the reader's eye between elements.
The front and back of the card will be saved separately on individual files. You will submit both in .jpeg format with the proper filename (YourNameTradingCard). Be sure to review the rubric and use your notes on design principles. If you get stuck trying to think of ideas, feel free to use inspiration for examples you can find on the internet.
Magazine cover PROJECT:
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We have done a lot of projects in Photoshop and learned a great deal of skills. Now it is time to apply all this new found knowledge and skills to an original design of your own. In this project, you will apply the Elements and Principles of Design to create an original, well designed magazine cover.
You will need to create a magazine of your very own! Open a new document in Photoshop, the dimensions will need to be 9 inches by 12 inches at 300 DPI/Resolution. You will be creating a logo/title for your magazine to go across the top. You will need to add a large cover image and a minimum of 2 smaller images on the cover. The large image should connect or interfere with your magazine heading in some way. These could be celebrities, products, places, etc...Make sure that all the images you use are masked cleanly and flow together. Then you will need to add your various articles and headlines to your magazine cover. You will need a minimum of 5 articles.
Use various appropriated fonts that work together with your design. Pay extra attention to the principles and elements of design (color, line, shape, textures, contrast, balance, unity, emphasis, and proportion!!) Focus on the layout of all of your elements together to create a good looking, clean designs.
Don't forget to add the month & year and a bar-code Make your cover looks as real as possible!
As you work, save your project as a .psd and name it Your Name + Magazine Cover. When you are finished, save it also as a JPEG with the same name (ex: NGobleMagazineCover) and turn in BOTH files to QTL Moodle. Remember to add a jpeg copy to your portfolio folder! Make sure you look at the rubric posted to the right to ensure you have included everything you need to!
You will need to create a magazine of your very own! Open a new document in Photoshop, the dimensions will need to be 9 inches by 12 inches at 300 DPI/Resolution. You will be creating a logo/title for your magazine to go across the top. You will need to add a large cover image and a minimum of 2 smaller images on the cover. The large image should connect or interfere with your magazine heading in some way. These could be celebrities, products, places, etc...Make sure that all the images you use are masked cleanly and flow together. Then you will need to add your various articles and headlines to your magazine cover. You will need a minimum of 5 articles.
Use various appropriated fonts that work together with your design. Pay extra attention to the principles and elements of design (color, line, shape, textures, contrast, balance, unity, emphasis, and proportion!!) Focus on the layout of all of your elements together to create a good looking, clean designs.
Don't forget to add the month & year and a bar-code Make your cover looks as real as possible!
As you work, save your project as a .psd and name it Your Name + Magazine Cover. When you are finished, save it also as a JPEG with the same name (ex: NGobleMagazineCover) and turn in BOTH files to QTL Moodle. Remember to add a jpeg copy to your portfolio folder! Make sure you look at the rubric posted to the right to ensure you have included everything you need to!