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These lessons are used to supplement the classroom instruction in Graphic Design and Advanced Graphic Design. If you are working from home and have trouble understanding the Photoshop tools or techniques, please refer to the help menu found on the menu in Photoshop. You can scroll the subject or conduct a search to find the instructions related to the lessons.

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Photoshop Lesson One
Photoshop Lesson Two
Duck Dune Shadow Abstract Composition

Click here for instructions to the
Independent Layers Project One
and the
The Duck and The Dune Project

The Duck File

The Dune File

Use this file to review the basics of the Adobe Photoshop Program.


Black Square Project Instructions

Use the work sheet to complete the black square project. In this project we will be combining the TECHNICAL aspect of Photoshop with the ARTISTIC aspects of the principles of design which are the basis for all artwork created in the class.


Color Wheel Diagram to use with the color wheel project.

Color Wheel Lesson Instructions

Open the color wheel template and save it to your 5x7 inch file in Photoshop. You may resize the image to fit your page, go to edit/transform/scale to complete this part. Use the magic want tool to select the white areas of the color wheel and use edit/fill/foreground color to fill each section according to the example in class.
Brushed Metal Texture

Create Inset Lines in Metal

Make a Three Dimensional Ring

Create a Series of Steel Bars


Learn how to visually split objects in two in this Photoshop Tutorial. When you have completed the tutorial you will create your own version of the split image project using two images of your own!
Sliced Image Instructions Page

When you complete the tutorial using the bottle and the orange juice slice you will execute the next project using two images you find from your internet search. The images you use will be of three dimensional objects. The objects must be solid forms which are recognizable. Images such as fire, water or smoke will not work for this project. Use the textures you complete in the texture lesson to create a three dimensional space for your new split image object to exsist in. Decide if the space you create will be an interior or an exterior space. Use your talent and skill in Photoshop to create an interesting composition where the split object is the main focus of the work. Save to your file. Project Images
Orange Juice Bottle Image
Orange Slice Image

Click here for the
Principles of Design Project
Instructions
Click here to see
examples.
Use the reference sheet for the Principles of design to complete the first project using shapes in Photoshop.


Photo Restoration Image Photo Restoration Instructions
Photo Restoration Video Part 1
Photo Restoration Video Part 2
Photo Restoration Video Part 3
Download this image into your file and use one part of the file to complete your photorestoration project using the rubber stamp and the healing brushtool.
www.planetphotoshop.com
 www.photoshopuser.com
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www.thewebmachine.com
 Be sure to try the Photoshop tutorials, but be careful to choose the correct version of Photoshop. We do not use CS in class.
This one is just for fun.
Find the Man in the Beans

Odd Couples
Use these two images and the instructions in class to complete the assignment. Use the image of the
lock
and the
pear
 to complete the project.



Click here to find the instructions for
the Clone Stamp Project

Be sure to use two clear images for this project.
One image is of a person (NOT a recognizable or famous person), the other is of an animal with an identifiable texture. (HINT: fur does
NOT work well) Try animals whose textures have defined textures like
snakes and lepoards.

Click here for Permission Slips and

Art Department Forms

Create Texture Files
You will create a series of files which you will save to your folder. These texture files will be utilized in many Photoshop Projects. You will learn new aspects of the program by following the steps in the lessons.


Use these instructions to complete the
Surrealism: Replace & Appropriate Project.
 Visit the website Surrealism.org and view the six surrealist artists listed on the homepage. Complete a google image search for each of the artists and view a variety of work. You will eventually choose one painting to work with.

Use these files to complete the

Using Shapes in Three Dimensional Space
The Gradient Tool

Great Background Ideas     Shortcut Keys     Contact Sheet     Save to CD Instructions

In this series of tutorials from our friends at Absolute Cross(try the alien text, burnt text, or Gel text) or Good Tutorials we will create a series of text images which will be saved to our file folder. We will use these images and techniques in our next project which will be a Poster Design. Be sure to click to the tutorials which are text based. Have fun and work through the tutorials and save each one.
DO NOT DO THE PHOTOSHOP CS TUTORIALS! WE ONLY HAVE PHOTOSHOP 7.0.
You need to choose SIX of these techniques to complete and save.

Click here for the instructions
for the Multi Image Silhouette Poster Project.

Click here for the instructions for our next design project.


Click here for the instructions for the Pencil Sketch, Wood Cut and Retro Photo Work. save each to your folders.

Click here to learn how to create a selection using the extract.
Click here to get the image of the face to use for the tutorial.