Day 1: Unit 1 Columns 1-3: 

WELCOME BACK!

• Procedures & Routines

• beginning a new project, screenshots - Intro Activity

Day 2: Unit 1 Column 4: 

• Introduction to Photoshop - Day 2

Day 3: Unit 1, Column 4: 

• Do Exercise 1 & 2

  
  

EQ: How to you navigate in Photoshop?
Learning goal: Students are beginning to understand how to move and select objects using basic tools.

Day 1: Unit 1, Column 4: 

• Do Exercise 3 - Magic Wand & object selection tool

• Summative - selection tools

Day 2: Unit 1, Column 5 & 6:

• Do Exercise 4 - ruler

• Do Exercise 5 - tags

• Practice frames & fill

EQ: What is the best way to select a round object?
Learning goal: Students are learning how to choose which of the selection tools works best for different shapes.

Day 1:

• Catchup day

Day 2:

• Fonts Activity

EQ: How does the shape tool work to make a frame?
Learning goal: Students are learning to make frames from a created Photoshop shape.

What we have covered so far in our Unit 1:Photoshop

Exercises:

• Exercise 1 - we learned how to use the different types of marquee selection tools

• Exercise 2 - we learned how to use the 3 types of lasso tool & masking

• Exercise 3 - we learned how to use the magic wand selection tool & how to alter an images color

• Exercise 4 - we learned how to use the ruler to straighten a crooked photo

• Exercise 5 - we learned that Photoshop allows for notes and counting capabilities.

Summative:

• Summative 1 - Using the selection tools and masking to combine multiple photos together. Adding bugs to a flower

The following 2 posts are interesting videos about what Photoshop can do:

Day 1: Unit 1, Column 7 & 8:

• Do Exercise 6 - Frames & fill

• Do Exercise 7 - text

Day 2: Unit 1, Column 8:

• Introduce summative project, begin brainstorming for subject matter and silhouetted shape

• Begin adding lettering to silhouette. 

Day 3: Unit 1, Column 8:

• Introduce summative project, begin brainstorming for subject matter and silhouetted shape

  
  

EQ: How does the shape tool work to make a frame?
Learning goal: Students are learning to make frames from a created Photoshop shape.

Day 1: Unit 1, Column 8:

• Continue adding lettering to silhouette. 

Day 2: Unit 1, 

• Continue adding lettering to silhouette

  
  

EQ: How does text affect the feel of a design?
Learning goal: We will be learning how to manipulate text, in color, size and positioning to fit it inside a shape.

Day 1: Unit 1, Column 8

• Finish summative text project

Day 2: Unit 1, Column 9 - Brushes

• Practice - Eraser, Smudge tool, Brushes

LG: Students will learn different ways to select an image or the background. 

Day 1: Unit 1, Column 9 - Brushes

• Do Exercise 8 - brushes

• Exercise 9: Begin Brushes with black outline

Day 2: Unit 1, Column 9 - Brushes

• Exercise 9: Continue Brushes with black outline

Day 3: Unit 1, Column 9 - Brushes

• Exercise 9: Finish Brushes with black outline

Learning goal: Students will learn different ways to select an image or the background. 

Day 1: Unit 1, Column 9 & 10

• Exercise 10: Color range

• Exercise 11: Feathering

LG: Students will learn different ways that a selection can be altered.

Day 1: Unit 1, Column 10 - Select dropdown

• Exercise 12: Layer mask

• Summative 3 - start masking project

Day 2: Unit 1, Column 10 - Select dropdown

• Summative 3 - finish masking project

Day 3: Unit 1, Column 11 - Image dropdown

• Look at sections for the Image dropdown; Auto tone, Levels, Curves, Hue & Saturation

• Exercise 13a,b, c & d

• Introduce Summative Poster project - Start with Landscape poster

LG: Students will learn different ways that a selection can be altered.

Day 1: Column 11

• Do Summative poster project - Landscape

Day 2: Column 11

• Do Summative poster project - Cityscape

LG: We will be arranging a multi layered design using multiple types of image adjustments and a quote. 

What we have covered so far in our Unit 1:Photoshop

Exercises:

• Exercise 1 - we learned how to use the different types of marquee selection tools

• Exercise 2 - we learned how to use the 3 types of lasso tool & masking

• Exercise 3 - we learned how to use the magic wand selection tool & how to alter an images color

• Exercise 4 - we learned how to use the ruler to straighten a crooked photo

• Exercise 5 - we learned that Photoshop allows for notes and counting capabilities.

• Exercise 6 – Using frames

• Exercise 7 – Text

• Exercise 8 – Brushes & Blending modes

Summative:

• Summative 1 - Using the selection tools and masking to combine multiple photos together. Adding bugs to a flower

• Summative 2 – Word Cloud using text

What we have covered so far in our Unit 1:Photoshop

Exercises:

• Exercise 1 - we learned how to use the different types of marquee selection tools

• Exercise 2 - we learned how to use the 3 types of lasso tool & masking

• Exercise 3 - we learned how to use the magic wand selection tool & how to alter an images color

• Exercise 4 - we learned how to use the ruler to straighten a crooked photo

• Exercise 5 - we learned that Photoshop allows for notes and counting capabilities.

• Exercise 6 – Using frames

• Exercise 7 – Text

• Exercise 8 – Brushes & Blending modes

Summative:

• Summative 1 - Using the selection tools and masking to combine multiple photos together. Adding bugs to a flower

• Summative 2 – Word Cloud using text

The following 2 posts are interesting videos about what blending modes in Photoshop can do:

Day 1:

• Cold day

Day 2:

• Cold day

Learning goal: Students will learn different ways to select an image or the background. 

Graphic Design 2 is continuing to explore Photoshop and how the program is used to alter photos.

What we have covered so far in our Unit 1:Photoshop

Exercises:

• Exercise 1 - we learned how to use the different types of marquee selection tools

• Exercise 2 - we learned how to use the 3 types of lasso tool & masking

• Exercise 3 - we learned how to use the magic wand selection tool & how to alter an images color

• Exercise 4 - we learned how to use the ruler to straighten a crooked photo

• Exercise 5 - we learned that Photoshop allows for notes and counting capabilities.

• Exercise 6 – Using frames

• Exercise 7 – Text

• Exercise 8 – Brushes & Blending modes

Summative:

• Summative 1 - Using the selection tools and masking to combine multiple photos together. Adding bugs to a flower

• Summative 2 – Word Cloud using text

The following post is an interesting video about what masking can do in Photoshop:

Day 1: Column 11

• Do Summative poster project - Sports & Hobby

Day 2: Column 12 - Clone & Healing tools

• Exercise 14 - spot healing & healing brush w/ pattern

• Exercise 15 - Healing brush tool

• How AI has changed fixing damaged photos

LG: We will be arranging a multi layered design using multiple types of image adjustments and a quote. 

Day 1: Exercise 17 

• Clone stamp tool

• Begin Column 12 - Summative Activity 7

Day 2: Column 12

• Finish - Summative Activity 7

• Do Finished early activity OR try out the EXTRA column

Day 3: Unit 2: Text in Photoshop - Column 1

• Exercise 1a - paragraph text

• Exercise 2a - interline spacing

• Project 1 - Introduce summative half portrait

LG: We will be learning how to use the healing brush tool and Clone stamp tool to create a new image.

Day 1: Unit 2: Column 1

• Project 1 - Do half portrait

Day 2 - Unit 2: Column  2

• Do Exercises 2 & 3

LG: We are learning how to place and alter text in text boxes in Photoshop

Day 1: Unit 2: Column  2

• Summative - Start the Summative 2 - Multiple Images in letter shapes

Day 2: Unit 2: Column  2

• Summative - Finish the Summative 2 - Multiple Images in letter shapes

LG: We will be using the Clipping Mask in Photoshop to place images into text & shapes.

Day 1: Unit 2: Column  2

SENIORS: Introduce final project

• Practice warping text

• Exercise 4 - Warping text 

Day 2: Unit 2: Column  3

• Do Summative 3 - warping text 

LG: Learning how the warp tool to make text fit into a shape.

Seniors

Wrap up designs

Email work to yourself

Delete designs from computer

Day 1: Unit 2: Column  3

• Summative 3 - finish warping text 

Day 2: Unit 2: Column  4

• Practice text on a path

• Find image

• Start Summative Final project - Text on path

Day 3: Unit 2: Column  4

• Continue text on a path

LG: We will be using the Clipping Mask in Photoshop to place images into text & shapes.

Day 1: Unit 2: Column 4

• Continue text on a path project

Day 2 - Unit 2: Column 4

• Continue text on a path project

LG: Students are learning how the warp tool to make text fit into a shape.

Day 1: Unit 2: Column 4

• Finish Summative Final text on a path

Day 2: Unit 2: Column  4

• Submit final design

• Wrap up any additional designs

• Email work to yourself

• Delete designs from download folder on your computer

LG: We will be using the Clipping Mask in Photoshop to place images into text & shapes.