Advanced Graphic Output-Level 4 (5th) Assignments

Preparing Files for the Web
In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Create and stylize a button for a website.
Use layer groups and artboards.
Optimize design assets for the web.
Record an action to automate a series of steps.
Play an action to affect multiple images.
Save entire layouts and individual assets using Export As.
Design for multip[le screen sizes with multiple artboards and test them with the Adobe Preview CC mobile application.
This lesson will about 60 minutes to complete. Use the attachments as needed.

Working with Camera RawIn this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Open a propriety camera raw image in Adobe Camera Raw.
Adjust tone and color in a raw image.
Sharpen an image in Camera Raw.
Synchronize settings for multiple images.
Open a Camera Raw image as a Smart Object in Photoshop.
Apply Camera Raw as a filter in Photoshop.
This lesson will about 60 minutes to complete. Use the attachments as needed.

Please use the attachments to help match school colors to the graduation caps.

Primary Color = Top of Cap
Secondary Color = Base of Cap

Editing Video
In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Create a video timeline in Photoshop.
Add media to a video group in the Timeline panel.
Add motion to still images.
Animate type and effects using keyframes.
Add transitions between video clips.
Include audio in a video file.
Render a video.
This lesson will about 90 minutes to complete. Use the attachments as needed.

Painting with the Mixer Brush
In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Customize the brush settings.
Clean the brush.
Mix colors.
Use an erodible tip.
Create a custom brush preset.
Use wet and dry brushes to blend color.
This lesson will about 60 minutes to complete. Use the attachments as needed.

Advanced Compositing
In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Apply and edit Smart Filters.
Use the Liquify filter to distort an image.
Apply color effects to selected areas of an image.
Apply filters to create various effects.
Use the History panel to return to a previous state.
Upscale a low-resolution image for high-resolutioin printing.
This lesson will about 60 minutes to complete. Use the attachments as needed.

Vector Drawing Technqiues
In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Differentiate between bitmap and vector graphics.
Draw straight and curved paths using the Pen tool.
Save paths.
Draw and edit shape layers.
Draw custom shapes.
Import and edit a Smart Object from Adobe Illustrator.
Use Smart Guides.
This lesson will about 90 minutes to complete. Use the attachments as needed.

Typographic Design
In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Use guides to position text in a composition.
Make a clipping mask from type.
Merge type with other layers.
Preview fonts.
Format text.
Distribute text along a path.
Control type and positioning using advanced features.
This lesson will about 60 minutes to complete. Use the attachments as needed.

Please create and attach a mockup of a possible shirt design for this April's prom.

The theme for this year is "What Happens in Vegas." 

Mrs Mallon needs the artwork by Friday March 7, 2025.

The date of this year's prom is Friday May 2, 2025.

The ensuing list of sponsor signs need to be created. (Please check back for updates as the list is revised!)
Milestone Construction (Ordered Dec 4) - COMPLETE
Chatel Farms (Ordered Dec 6) - COMPLETE
F & W Transportation (Ordered Dec 6) - COMPLETE
Butler Automotive (Ordered Dec 17) - COMPLETE
Greenhead Homes (Ordered Dec 17) - COMPLETE
SigCox Heating & Air Conditioning (Ordered Dec 17) - COMPLETE
Augusta Flooring (Ordered Jan 30) - COMPLETE
Barricade Exterminating & Turf Services (Ordered Jan 31) - COMPLETE
Beam's Contracting, Inc (Ordered Feb 7)
- COMPLETE
Market House - Carla Dabrowski (Ordered Feb 9) - COMPLETE
VaughnCo (Ordered Feb 9) - COMPLETE
Roof Savers (Ordered Feb 24) - COMPLETE
Property Partners (Ordered Mar 3) - Need to add the name "Chris Huffman" to the existing sign.
Harmonie Medical (Ordered Mar 10) - We need to isolate the top half of the business card (i.e. logo, business name, main tag line, and Dr. Sheehan's name). Come see me for ideas for new layout.
Job Specifications
Green Aluminum Signs
24" wide by 18" tall
1" margins
White vinyl
Please attach your finished work as .ai files.

Masks and Channels
In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Create a mask to remove a subject from a background.
Refine a mask to include complex edges.
Create a quick mask to make changes to a selected area.
Edit a mask using the Properties panel.
Manipulate an immage using Puppet Warp.
Save a selection as an alpha channel.
View a mask using the Channels panel.
Load a channel as a selection.
This lesson will about 60 minutes to complete. Use the attachments as needed.

Quick Fixes
In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Remove red eye.
Brighten an image.
Adjust the features of a face.
Combine images to create a panorama.
Crop and straighten an image and fill in any resulting empty areas.
Blur the background of an image using Iris Blur.
Merge two images to extend depth of field.
Apply optical lens corrections to a distorted image.
Move an object seamlessly.
Adjust the perspective of an image to match another image.
This lesson will about 60 minutes to complete. You will use the files code named Start.psd to complete your work. The finished project is shown in the files code named End.psd. Use other attachments as needed.

Layer Basics
In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Organize arwork on layers.
Create, view, hide, and select layers.
Rearrange layers to change the stacking order of artwork.
Apply blending modes to layers.
Resize and rotate layers.
Apply a gradient to a layer.
Apply a filter to a layer.
Add text and layer effects to a layer.
Add an adjustment layer.
Save a copy of the file with the layers flattened.
This lesson will about 60 minutes to complete. You will use the file name 04Start.psd to complete your work. The finished project is shown in the file named 04End.psd. Use other attachments as needed.

Working with Selections
In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Make specific areas of an image active using selection tools.
Reposition a selection marquee.
Move and duplicate the contents of a selection.
Use keyboard-mouse combinations that save time and hand motions.
Deselect a selection.
Constrain the movement of a selected area.
Adjust the position of a selected area using the arrow keys.
Add to and subtract from a selection.
Rotate a selection.
Use multiple selection tools to make a complex selection.
This lesson will about 60 minutes to complete. You will use the file name 03Start.psd to complete your work. The finished project is shown in the file named 03End.psd.

Basic Photo Correction
In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Understand image resolution and size.
View and access files in Adobe Bridge.
Straighten and crop an image.
Adjust the tonal range of an image.
Use the Spot Healing Brush tool to repair part of an image.
Use the content-aware Patch tool to remove or replace objects.
Use the Clone Stamp tool to touch up areas.
Remove degital artifacts from an image.
Apply the Smart Sharpen filter to finish retouching photos.
This lesson will about 60 minutes to complete. You will use the file name 02Start.tif to complete your work. The finished project is shown in the file named 02End.psd. Other assets are included.

Getting to Know the Work Area
In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Open image files in Adobe Photoshop.
Select and use tools in the Tools panel.
Set options for a selected tool using the options bar.
Use various methods to zoom in to and out from an image.
Select, rearrange, and use panels.
Choose commands in panel and context menus.
Open and use a panel in the panel dock.
Undo actions to correct mistakes or to make different choices.
This lesson will about 60 minutes to complete. You will use the file name 01Start.psd to complete your work. The finished project is shown in the file named 01End.psd.

Please attach your concepts for the sticker used during the MS Showcases scheduled for January 15 & 16.

In the cafeteria lobby, there exists three display cases for the following:
Band
Chorus
Drama
Our classes have been asked to update the vinyl display used on the panels of these cases.
This is an opportunity to reimagine the design, rather than recreate the same old thing.

Job Specifics include:
6 panels across the top and 6 panels across the bottom.
Each panel is 35.5" wide by 32" tall.
The green gutters between each panel are 2" wide.
IMPORTANT: Our vinyl cutter can cut single pieces at most 22.5" wide (or tall if it is rotated).
Please submit your ideas to this assignment using .ai files.

The Greenbrier NJROTC program has recently purchased 48 traffic cones to help with parking for school events. They have asked us to create stickers to identify the cones as theirs. Project specs are below:
Two stickers required (We will make 48 copies of each.) Please use two separate artboards on one file.
One sticker is the Greenbrier G. (Both versions are attached in the file "Greenbrier G.")
One sticker should be the letters "NJROTC" using vertical text.
The available space on each traffic cone is a top circumference of 20", a base circumference of 29", and a height of 11".
Please attach artboards to this assignment.

We need to create large-sized numbers/labels for the portables in the rear of the school.

Dimensions = 17.5" by 32.25"
Font Style = 

Oswald (Bold), or Acumin Variable Concept (Extra Condensed Black) - admittedly, this is my best guess.
Numbers/Labels needed = 4, 5, 9, ISS

Please use the following PDF files to "fix" the alignment (i.e. the margins) of the program. Make sure to use the Edit PDF feature.

The final version will be a 2-sided print using a standard sheet of printer paper (11 in by 8.5 in).

Choose an animated show (other than South Park becuase you did that one already!).
Create a vector vereion of yourself in the style of that show. (What would you look like on an episode of that show?)
Attach the artboard to this assignment.

2 Green Aluminum Signs with White Vinyl
Artboards = 24" by 18"
First artboard needs to read "HOME GATE" with "VISITOR GATE ->" in smaller type below. (Please create an actual arrow instead of what is listed here.)
Second artboard needs to read "VISITOR GATE" with "<- HOME GATE" in smaller type below. (Please create an actual arrow instead of what is listed here.)
The font style should be either Franklin Gothic Heavy or Franklin Gothic Black.

Please find attached the Canva link for the requested posters for football concessions.

PLEASE MAKE A COPY! If not, you will all compete for changes on the same files.