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This unit teaches advanced Photoshop skills over 12 weeks using Adobe Photoshop CS5. It contains 6 lessons that cover tools, adjustments, layers, selections, filters, 3D effects, and preparing images for print and web. Students will work through step-by-step instructions in class and independently to complete projects applying the skills from each lesson. Their work will be assessed through lesson projects, independent assignments, and reviews quizzes.

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Unit Lesson Plan

This unit teaches advanced Photoshop skills over 12 weeks using Adobe Photoshop CS5. It contains 6 lessons that cover tools, adjustments, layers, selections, filters, 3D effects, and preparing images for print and web. Students will work through step-by-step instructions in class and independently to complete projects applying the skills from each lesson. Their work will be assessed through lesson projects, independent assignments, and reviews quizzes.

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Siva Nandhi
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Unit: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book

Rationale:

Candice Tauger Elizabeth High School 9th-12th Grade Advance Computer Graphics 12 weeks

This unit will teach the students more advance skills with using Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Driving Question?
How can we use Adobe Photoshop to help use create 3D projects and preparing files for the web?

Unit Overview
The students will have 6 separate lessons that will teach them the fundamentals and tools in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Content Areas
Computers Art

Standards
1A, 1B, 2A, 3A, 3B, 4B

Lesson One Objectives


Import layer from another file Clip a layer Create and edit an adjustment layer Use vanishing Point 3D effects with layers Create layer comps to showcase your work Manage layers Flatten a layered image Merge and stamp layers

Lesson Two Objectives


Add guides to help you place and align image precisely Save selections and load them as masks Apply color effects only to unmasked areas of an image Apply filters to selections to create various effects Add layer styles to create editable special effects Record and play back an action to automate a series of steps Blend images to create a panorama

Lesson Three Objectives


Customize brush settings Clean the brush Mix colors Create a custom brush preset Use wet and dry brushes to blend color

Lesson Four Objectives


Create 3D shape from a layer Manipulate 3D objects using the Object Rotate tool Adjust the view using the Camera Rotate tool Configure options in the 3D panel Adjust light sources Import 3D objects Manipulate objects using the 3D Axis tool Paint on a 3D object Create 3D text Apply the 3D postcard effect Animate a 3D file

Lesson Five Objectives


Slice an image in Photoshop Distinguish between user slices and auto slices Link user slices to other HTML pages or locations Optimize images for the web and make good compression choices Export large, high-resolution files that tile for zooming and panning Showcase your images in a media gallery

Lesson Six Objectives


Define RGB, grayscale, and CMYK color spaces for displaying, editing, and printing images Prepare an image for printing on a PostScript CMYK printer Proof an image for printing Save an image as a CMYK EPS file Create an print a four-color separation Understand how images are prepared for printing on presses

Lesson Procedure
1) For each lesson the students are to access the chapter and the pictures they will use for each lesson located in their Google Apps folder titled Intro Computer Graphics. Each lesson has their own folder with everything they need in it. 2) For each lesson work through the steps together as a class. Make sure to take frequent pauses to make sure students are caught up or not too far ahead and to answer any questions students may have. 3) For students who are more advanced they can read the chapter themselves and work through the steps at their own pace helping their neighbors if need be. Each of the chapter lessons are located in their Google Apps folder titled Intro Computer Graphics. 4) After the completion of each lesson as a group the students are to follow the step by step instruction to recreate an image on their own. They can work in small groups to help each other out if need be. 5) Each lesson will be saved and turned in for grading through their Google Apps folder to look for understanding.

Assessment
Lessons 1-6 finished projects: 20 points each Independent Assignments: 100 points each Lesson 1-3 Review Quiz: 29 points Lesson 4-6 Review Quiz: 50 points

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