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2 - Graphic Design

​Monday

​Circle Time - 10 minutes
Check-in 
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Add visual effects HANDS-ON Tutorials - 80 minutes
  1. Create a double color exposure glitch effect
  2. Reveal a splash of color in a black and white image
  3. Create an image reflection
  4. Background lighting effect
  5. Draw doodles onto a photo
  6. Make a kaleidoscopic portrait with the Clone Stamp tool
  7. Make a glitch art effect with a clipping mask
  8. Create a dreamy effect using a Blend mode
  9. Make a surreal glass sphere effect
  10. Create flowing ribbons of color with the Mixer Brush
  11. Create a glow effect
  12. Add a creative depth of field effect
  13. Create a symmetrical photo effect with a Blend mode
  14. Create a colorful background using the Art History Brush
  15. Modify a pose with Puppet Warp
  16. Make objects glow with filters and Blend modes

Take a screenshot showing all the blue check marks showing you completed each. Turn in screenshot to Google Classroom.

What do I have to submit?
1 screenshots (Add visual effect)

Done? Go to typing or practice in Photoshop.

Tuesday

Circle Time - 10 minutes
Check-in 

Adjust photo lighting HANDS-ON Tutorials - 30 minutes
  1. Brighten a dark photo
  2. Dodge and burn to lighten and darken parts of a photo
  3. Adjust lighting in a photo with Levels
  4. Control photo brightness and contrast with Curves
  5. Adjust brightness directly on your image
  6. Create a soft black matte effect with Curves
  7. Increase photo contrast with black and white points

Resize images HANDS-ON Tutorials - 30 minutes
  1. Crop and straighten a photo to improve composition
  2. Straighten a photo automatically
  3. Crop a photo to a specific aspect ratio
  4. Resize and image
  5. Resize a layer
  6. Add a border to a photo by increasing canvas size
  7. Extend the edges of a photo with Content-Aware Crop

Add photo effects HANDS-ON Tutorials - 30 minutes
  1. Create light rays with a gradient fill
  2. Change day into night with Color Lookup Table
  3. Add a colorful dual lighting effect to a portrait
  4. Create a perspective-bending effect with a layer mask
  5. Change summer to winter with adjustment layers
  6. Add a glowing orb effect to a photo
  7. Increase contrast with a Blend mode and an adjustment layer

Take a screenshot showing all the blue check marks showing you completed each. Turn in screenshot to Google Classroom.

What do I have to submit?
3 screenshots (Adjust photo lighting, Resize images, Add photo effects)

Done? Go to typing or practice in Photoshop.

Wednesday

Circle Time - 10 minutes

Enhance color in photos HANDS-ON Tutorials - 60 minutes
  1. Make colors more vibrant in a photo
  2. Change the color of an object
  3. Make specific colors pop in a photo
  4. Change summer colors to fall with Hue Saturation adjustments
  5. Remove a color cast with one click using Auto Color
  6. Correct color cast in a photo with Levels
  7. Intensify the colors in a sunset silhouette
  8. Saturate different color ranges in a food photo
  9. Change the brightness of colors with Black and White sliders
  10. Create a bleached photo effect
  11. Create a split tone color effect
  12. Tint your images with color Curves
  13. Create a black and white infrared photo effect
  14. Add a vintage photo edge to a black and white images
  15. Add a gritty look to a black and white portrait
  16. How to use a filter to create a blur effect
  17. Select and change colors
  18. Tones color in 3 steps

​Take a screenshot showing all the blue check marks showing you completed each. Turn in screenshot to Google Classroom.

What do I have to submit?
1 screenshots (Enhance color in photos)

Done? Go to typing or practice in Photoshop.


Thursday

Circle Time - 10 minutes

Retouch photos HANDS-ON Tutorials - 90 minutes
  1. Remove spots and imperfections
  2. Use the healing brush tools to remove unwanted content
  3. Remove a person from a group photo with the patch tool
  4. Create colorful hair
  5. Make a portrait stand out against distracting background
  6. Sharpen a photo selectively with High Pass
  7. Remove lens spots with the Spot Healing Brush
  8. Invert a photo with a Curve to find spots to remove
  9. SKIP REMOVE A TATTOO WITH THE CLONE STAMPE AND A BLEND MODE
  10. Rotate a clone sources for precise retouching
  11. Fix and old photo
  12. Remove red eye from a photo
  13. Correct color cast in an old photo using Match Color
  14. Remove stains from an old photo
  15. Remove dust and scratched from an old photo with a filter
  16. Repair creases and tears in an old photograph
  17. Retouch an image on a separate layer

Take a screenshot showing all the blue check marks showing you completed each. Turn in screenshot to Google Classroom.

What do I have to submit?
1 screenshots (Retouch photos)

Done? Go to typing or practice in Photoshop or try out the tutorials below.


Increase productivity HANDS-ON Tutorials - 20 minutes
  1. See before and after views of an edited photo
  2. Group layers to improve organization
  3. Make a background transparent with Quick Actions
  4. Reuse layer masks to speed up editing
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