Syllabus

Here is the syllabus.

What did we do today?

Tuesday, May 21

• Filming day if you are ready.
• Please fill out this form before you have permission to film.

Monday, May 20

• Final Project: Due June 4
• You are to work in a small group - up to four people to create a movie trailer and poster promoting your movie
• Here is what is due and when it should be done....
  • Movie Trailer to be done in Photoshop, should be a parady or replica of existing trailer, watch trailers today to get ideas.
  • Work within your groups to today to plan your movie trailer, think about costumes and props that will be needed. 
  • All filming needs to be completed this week. Shoot everything during class.
  • Any filming not done this week will have to be completed outside of class on your own time, using your own equipment.
  • Next week will be for completing the poster for the movie. One needs to be completed for the entire group.
• If you do not wish to create a movie, please come up with a proposal that you would like to pursue for a final project. It should take around 10 hours to complete.
• I will have a proposal form here on the website tomorrow.

Friday, May 17

• Turn in your menus today. Please go to File/Export in InDesign. Choose Adobe PDF (Print)
• Use "Last Names Menu" for the PDF file name and place it in the Menu Folder on the Server.
• If you have time left over you can have free time (quiet, at your own computer, not moving around) or you can try this extra credit project.

Tuesday-Thursday, May 14-16

• Work with a partner to create a one-page restaurant menu
• Your menu must be done in InDesign and include the following:
  • Name and contact info for your restaurant (be creative and make it look awesome!)
  • At least 4 appetizers
  • At least 8 entrees
  • At least 4 desserts
  • Everything has to have a description and a price
• You also must have:
  • Photos
  • Vector graphics
  • Great looking fonts
  • Text effects
  • Effective use of fonts
  • Colors and font scheme have to make sense
• There is extra credit for the best in each class.

Monday, May 13

• Create an appealing and/or funny and/or interesting summer vacation postcard. Use Photoshop. Requirements:
  • At least one cutout, more would probably be better
  • Interesting background
  • Any other elements that would make it visually appealing

Thursday, May 9

• Your Teacher Appreciation Cards are due today. Both the assigned card and the extra credit card. 
• There is a folder on the server for the Teacher Appreciation Cards. Please submit JPEGs only!!!!
  • If you did the card in InDesign please go to File/Export, and save as "LAST NAME FIRST NAME", please make sure to export as high quality and 300 or 600 DPI!!
  • If you did the card in Photoshop please go to File/Save as and save it as a JPEG "LAST NAME FIRST NAME"
  • If you did the card in Illustrator please go to File/Export, select JPEG and you must check the box that says Use Artboards, save it as a JPEG "LAST NAME FIRST NAME"
• If you are submitting an extra credit card, please label it as "LAST NAME FIRST NAME EXTRA"

Wednesday, May 8

• Make sure you get your yearbook pages turned in to me today...we need a few more for the book. First come, first served.
• Teacher Appreciate Week assignment
  • Using any program of your choice, create a 6" X 4" (300 resolution in Photoshop) appreciation card for a teacher/administrator/coach/custodian/assistant here at OHS
  • The card must include the following:
    • A picture of you, with the background cut out. You should be smiling and looking otherwise appreciative. This photo should be nice and big.
    • Headline text the says in big words "Thank you" or something like that
    • A paragraph explaining why you appreciate them. This should be 5-6 sentences. Please use a legible font, around size 10
    • Vector art or a custom gradiant background
    • At least 1 other piece of art (vector, jpeg, whatever) that would be meaningful to your teacher/coach/etc. For example a picture of the book To Kill a Mockingbird for your english teacher. Or something funny that your teacher would appreciate and find funny
  • If you are interested in extra credit you can also make a second card unique card for another teacher/staff member.
  • These are due at the end of class Thursday, May 9 - TOMORROW

Tuesday, May 7

• Yearbook pages are due today (25 points in the gradebook)
• Please go through this checklist before counting yourself as done
• Please submit a JPEG version of the InDesign document (File/Export - JPEG) and please make sure to use 600 as the resolution!
• Place the final JPEG page in the folder on the server.
• Use this as the file name "LASTNAME FIRSTNAME YEARBOOK"

Monday, May 6

• Pictures should be done, placed in modular designs. All photos have a caption of at least two sentences.
• Add the body copy today. Use the same font family as the captions. It should be slightly larger than the caption text, probably size 10.
• The body should summarize your year using an interesting lead, quotes (at least 2 from friends and family), and the body copy should capture the fun and emotion of your year. It is not just a list of the stuff you did. What makes the stuff you did so memorable? Capture that!

Friday, May 3

• Continue placing photos and making captions. Use a modular design. Use groups of photos.
• Save some room for the body copy. This is writing (around 10 sentences) that is going to tell the story of your year. We will work on this on Monday. Photos and captions are the priority today.

Thursday, May 2

• You can start placing photos on the page. Please make sure that they are photos of you! For each photo you will need to write a caption in size 8 font (or smaller if necessary)
• Captions should answer who, what, where, why, when, and how.
• The first sentence is in present tense. Any following sentences are in past tense.
• Please write everything from your first-person perspective.
• The final copy of this is due Tuesday at the end of your class period. We can only have a 100 page book...I have 123 students...those who are late will not get published. Getting published is a part of the gradebook.

Wednesday, May 1

• Open your yearbook page and work on your interesting, clever, and visually appealing title
• Do you want a background for your page? Find a cool EPS or AI file to place on the page - JPEGs have to have at least 3000 pixels to use
• Make your title stand out!
• Gather photos, you need at least 7 high quality photos of you during the school year.

Tuesday, April 30

• Some of you need to re-export your 12 X 12s using full resolution for printing purposes
• Design your own yearbook page assignment
• I want to take all the pages and put together a classroom yearbook made up of your individual pages
• Today is theme, font, and color development
  • Theme can be whatever you think it is fun, interesting, or important in your life
  • Choose two or a maximum three fonts that you are going to use on this yearbook page
  • Choose two or a maximum three colors that are going to be prevalent throughout your page
  • Try to font CMYK codes or mix your own colors to create swatches that you can use on your page
• Apply your new font and color treatment to create a clever and cool looking title to your page. Keep your theme in mind. The title should be a related to it and yourself
• Tomorrow we will start applying pictures. Please have some available!

Monday, April 29

• Finish up any old assignments and submit them today

Wednesday, April 24

• Put finishing touches on Biography
• Final document should have divider (pen tool or illustrator file)
• No floating torsos, heads
• Make sure text is legible (not TNR, ariel...download a cool, modern font.)
• Quote isn't necessary, but would be cool
• Apply effects to your cutout, divider, etc....make it look awesome!
• Save and then EXPORT as a JPEG to the folder called 12 X 12

Tuesday, April 23

• Open document from yesterday
• Go outside and take a photo to use for 12 X 12 document
• Import, edit photo in photoshop with adjustment layers
• Place in InDesign document
• Develop a divider of some kind: Pen tool or pathfinder

Monday, April 22

• Please read this....
• Start our InDesign unit
• Design a biography
  • Make a great looking title - done in InDesign
  • Place a picture of yourself - edit in photoshop
  • Give a bio - At least 6 sentences
  • Use the pen tool to make a divider
  • Place some life quotes that you live by on the page

Friday, April 19

• Turn in your Choose Your Own Adventure assignment in the folder
• Submit photo/graphics items in JPEG format, movies in .mov (quicktime) format using a file name structure that will easily identify who is the work's creator

Wednesday and Thursday, April 17 - 18

• Continue working on Your Own Adventure
• This is the last day for using cameras in class
• Please help Mr. Zarate out by cleaning your area at the end of every class period
  • Put headphones on clips on the back of the computer
  • Pick up any papers, wrappers, or garbage
  • Align the computer, keyboards, and mice
  • Push in your chairs
  • THANK YOU

Tuesday, April 16

• Choose Your Own Adventure Week continues
• Make good progress towards completion by Friday
• Challenge yourself and add effects and/or do things that are new!

Monday, April 15

• Choose Your Own Adventure week!
• You may do your own photography unit...you pick the topic of the photos
• Or you can create a cool Photoshop or Illustrator project of your choosing
• See me if you are interested in doing something for the football program

Friday, April 12

• Submit your final Signs of Spring photos to me
• Create a folder with your names on it and turn in your best photos there

Thursday, April 11

• Learn how to apply vignettes to your photos
• Apply this to your photos in your final folder
• Final Folder should consist of 5-10 outstanding photos, all photos should have:
  • Be cropped to 5 x 7
  • Have adjustments such as Brightness and Contrast, Levels, Curves, Photo filter, etc
  • Have your groups custom stamp on each picture
  • Vignette applied

Wednesday, April 10

• Work with your partner to go through all the different layer adjustments, play around with them and come up with some fun and interesting effects
• Create a brush in a new photoshop document. The brush should be your partnership name
• Apply this new brush to all your best photos

Tuesday, April 9

• Review uploading and file naming...
• Each group go out and shoot for 25 minutes again, go to another place on campus
• Set an alarm and get back
• Review cropping, brightness and contrast
• Start to apply effects to photos
• Go to Bridge and create a "Final Signs of Spring" folder, start moving edited files to that folder
• Trash pics that are out of focus or not up to standards

Monday, April 8

• Begin new photography unit
• Get cameras out...work with a partner, explore what the buttons do again
• Leave class for 20 minutes to take photos
• Come back and upload using Bridge to a folder called "Practice Photos"
• Open photos in Photoshop and begin editing

Friday, March 29

• Free day!

Thursday, March 28

• Watch all the class videos together

Wednesday, March 27

• Export your video
• Start early in the class period! If you wait it will not finish by the end of the period
• Final product must have:
  • 5 second title (great graphics, fonts and/or video effects, name of movie/joke)
  • 40-55 seconds video group 1 (the main story, shown with different camera angles)
  • Somewhere in the video there should be at least 1 psd photo/graphic or vector
  • Somewhere in the video there should be at least 1 text layer
  • There should be a song playing in the background
  • There should be a sound effect at least once
  • The music should be turned down or "ducked" when people are speaking
  • 5 second closing credits 
• Export filename should be your group members names "Mike, Tim, Shelly, Becky..."
• Save to the Marlin Server under your class period, "Funny Video" folder
• Format: h.264
• High Quality
• Size: 960 X 540...THIS IS A BIG DEAL, PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO EXPORT IT AT 1920 X 1080!

Tuesday, March 26

• Audio editing 

Monday, March 25

• Continue editing today

Friday, March 22

• Begin editing today, your final movie is due at the end of class Monday.
• You must have the following:
  • 5 second intro graphic, great fonts, and vector and/or pictures
  • Video Group 1 with your video story and clips trimmed to perfection
  • At least one text layer (with layer styles) that fits the story and helps in the storytelling
  • At least one PSD/Vector (with layer styles) that fits the story and helps in the storytelling
  • Music playing in the background
  • At least one sound effect

Thursday, March 21

• Filming day

Wednesday, March 20

• Review basic video editing on Photoshop and explore:
  • Placing PSD, JPEG, and vector art into a video
  • Using text layers
  • Adding new layer styles
  • Applying filters 
• If your storyboard has been approved you may go shoot today
• Upload all footage to BRIDGE!!!!

Tuesday, March 19

• Get with small group and finish your storyboards
• Storyboards need:
  • A drawing of what each scene will look like
  • The time of each scene
  • Everyone in at least one scene - SPEAKING
  • Plans for sounds effects and background music
  • Clearly drawn out scenes!
• Watch practice uploading and beginning editing during class today.

Monday, March 18

• Use Photoshop to create a movie
• Work in small groups to plan your comedy video
• Your group needs to create a detailed storyboard about people telling a funny, corny, or just plain dumb joke - OR A SERIES OF JOKES...
• So this is what you need to do today:
  • Research jokes in your small groups. You may have up to 6 people in your group.
  • All jokes must be 100% CLEAN. If you have to ask Zarate if it is OK, then it is not.
  • Storyboard your jokes. You must use the following shots:
    • Establishing shot
    • Over the shoulder shot
    • Extreme close up
    • All other shots are up to you
  • There has to be music in the video
  • There must be sound effects
  • You must use tripods
  • Create a 1920 by 1080 title screen in Photoshop for your movie. Include a group name, pen tool cutouts, any cool effects, layer styles, etc
• DON'T SHARE YOUR JOKE WITH ANYONE!

Friday, March 15

• Submit posters today, PDF format please
• Homework....go to memegenerator.net and create the ultimate VisCom meme
• After completing the meme, send me the link at ohsvisualcommunications@gmail.com

Tuesday-Thursday, March 12-14

• Logos should be wrapping up, on to your poster:
  • 13 inches by 19 inches at 300DPI in Photoshop, Print document in Illustrator, or 13" by 19" in InDesign
  • Make you logo a prominent part of your poster
  • Also include cutouts - they must be done using the pen tool
  • Don't forget layer styles...effects in Illustrator, InDesign
  • If you are using the Adobe Family icons, be sure to use CS6 icons

Monday, March 11

• VisCom Promotional Campaign continues
• Use Illustrator to create an amazing logo
• Logos could possibly be done by the end of the period today...

Friday, March 8

• VisCom Promotional Campaign
• You and your team (up to four students) need to create a promotional campaign for VisCom.
• The purpose of your campaign is to create buzz for the student body of Olympia High School for students to take VisCom next school year
• Using a color scheme of your choice, you are going to use Photoshop and/or Illustrator to create the following:
  • A logo for VisCom (should do in Illustrator)
  • A 13 x 19 poster for VisCom
    • We do Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Photography, Video Productions, Graphics, Design and Layout, etc
    • You should use the logo you created within this document. Remember, we are trying to recruit students to the class so it your job as the marketing team to make the class appear to be fun, interesting, and worth taking! (Even if you don't think so, haha!)
  • More details to come....

Thursday, March 7

• Finish tutorial work
• Make a new Photoshop document that is 8.5 INCHES by 11 INCHES and place any and all tutorials completed onto this document
• Type your name using layer styles on the document and use some background gradiant, design, or color. Remember the stuff that we've done before would make a great background
• Turn in the document as a JPEG to the server using the folder that says "Photoshop Tutorials" and save it as "First Last Photoshop Tutorials"

Wednesday, March 6 

• Continue tutorial work
• If you finish do another...they are all due at the end of the class period on Thursday

Tuesday, March 5

• Continue your tutorial work

Monday, March 4

• Find your own tutorial for completion
• It should fit your skill level and be something that you can work on through Thursday this week

Thursday, February 28

• Winners for Photoshop Contest...
  • First: Kodi, Kyle, Lexi, Paul, Kyndelle
  • Third:
  • Fourth:
  • Fifth:
• Let's try this background
• Then try to create one on your own using your own colors, layer styles and filters 

 

Wednesday, February 27

• Finish and submit your "lightning" photo
• Add extra touches like additional cutouts, a title, and your name
• Save as "First Last Lightning" as a JPEG on the server labeled "Lightning Photoshop"

Tuesday, February 26

• Can you do this?
• Use your own photo and apply the effect in any way you want.

Monday, February 25

• Layer styles
• Explore...who can come up with the coolest looking layers to complete this assignment. Turn it in at the end of the period and the top five will get a sweet prize on Thursday!
• At the end of the period submit a JPEG copy saved as "First Last Composition"
• It should include the following:
  • Six cutouts with the pen tool
  • A text frame with the title of your work and another text frame with your name
  • Layer styles for each

Friday, February 22

• Do this....
• Take some time to finish the six different pen tool cutouts for your composiiton
• Apply and customize a different layer style for each cutout
• Don't forget to add your name and a title for your composition...apply a layer style to each of those components as well

Thursday, February 21

• Review cutouts with the Pen Tool
• Create your composition using the car cutouts from yesterady. You should have at least 2 car cutouts.
  • Add four more cutouts of your choice to create a scene composition. It is up to you what it looks like.
  • Type a title somewhere on the page.
  • Type your name somewhere on the page.
• Tomorrow we will review layer styles

Wednesday, February 20

• Start Photoshop unit with pen tool cut outs
• Open this photo in photoshop
• Choose two other cars for cutouts and practice more pen tool cutouts

Tuesday, February 19

• This is your last opportunity to turn in your App Icon, if it is not turned in by the end of your class period it will not be included on the class banner
• After finishing you have to watch two videos on youtube about using the pen tool in Photoshop CS6. You choose the videos.

Thursday, February 14

• Keep working on App Icons
• They are due today and should include the following (at a minimum):
  • At least 4 vectors
  • Use of clipping masks to make the vectors fit in the allotted space
  • Use of blending modes to blend the vectors together professionally
  • You do not have to keep the "glossy" layer
• Our final output is going to be an AI file saved to the marlin server. Filename is "First Last App Icon."
• This should be done today so I can build our final document for the banner printing!

Wednesday, February 13

• Continue work on App Icon
• Use web to find EPS and AI files for use in vector
• Use Pathfinder and Clipping Masks to custom fit onto icon
• You must use at least 4 vectors in your design
• Your app has to tell about the type of person you are

Tuesday, February 12

Zarate's classes: Create your own iPhone/Android Application Icon using Illustrator

• Read this to start...then read this
• Create an icon in Illustrator, Basic RGB, 4" X 4"
• Black background, rounded rectangle gradient, transparency 
• Use custom made vectors and downloaded vectors to create an app icon that represents you

Fabritius' sixth period:  Begin creating an iPhone with the following tutorial.  The app icons we are making will be placed on one of your phones.

• http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing/create-an-iphone-style-vector-phone-illustration/

Monday, February 11

• Open your Octopus file
• Work on trying to convert the Octopus into a Squid

Friday, February 8

• Finish and submit your Furry Monster and/or Original Creation, they are absolutely due today
• Work with a partner on the Proactive T Shirt Design Contest for extra credit

Thursday, February 7

• Furry Monster - we will finish in class today
• Please turn in to the server "First Last Furry Monster"

Wednesday, February 6

• Furry Monster - we will finish in class today
• Please turn in to the server "First Last Furry Monster"

Tuesday, February 5

• Submit "Original Creation" - prizes on Friday for top 5 in each class!
• Begin Furry Monster - we will work on this as a class.

Monday, February 4

• You are to create a new illustration from scratch. You can't do a squid. It must include the following:
  • Pathfinder for minus front and intersecting
  • Pen tool
  • Gradient background and "sun ray" burst
  • This will be due at the end of class today.
  • Please type your name on the document somewhere
  • When complete save it and then save an addtional JPEG copy to the server: File/Save for Web, filename "First Last Original Creation"

Friday, February 1

• Finish Octopus Tutorial
• If you are done you are to create a new illustration from scratch. You can't do a squid. It must include the following:
  • Pathfinder for minus front and intersecting
  • Pen tool
  • Gradient background and "sun ray" burst
  • This will be due early Monday

Thursday, January 31

• Finish tutorial from yesterday, it is due today.
• Please type your name on the illustrator document. Use an interesting font with at least one text effect. Use an interesting color and stroke option as well. Using comic sans, times, arial, or some other lame-o font will result in public humiliation and possible loss of points.
• When complete save it and then save an addtional JPEG copy to the server: File/Save for Web, filename "First Last Octopus"

Wednesday, January 30

• Continue working on tutorial from yesterday
• Please type your name on the illustrator document. Use an interesting font with at least one text effect. Use an interesting color and stroke option as well. Using comic sans, times, arial, or some other lame-o font will result in public humiliation and possible loss of points.
• When complete save it and then save an addtional copy to the server: File/Save for Web, filename "First Last Octopus"

Tuesday, January 29

• Clean up computers day
  • Make sure doc is set up, set up file system for second semester - this is for a grade
    • First Semester
      • Photoshop
      • Illustrator
      • Indesign
      • Multimedia Project
    • Second Semester
      • Illustrator
      • Photoshop
      • Photography
      • InDesign
      • Final Movie
  • Start on this tutorial....
  • Save as an Illustrator file in your Second Semester/Illustrator folder. Save another copy with Save for Web and Devices, save a JPEG copy as "Firstname Lastname Octopus"
  • Place your finished copy on the server in the folder marked, amazingly enough...."Octopi"

Monday, January 28

• If you scored 75% or lower you can retake your final, please follow the link below to do so. It is due at the end of the class period.
• Get your posters back...
• Watch your movies

Finals Week!

• Here is your Final...please follow all directions

Tuesday, January 22

• Movies are due at the end of your class period
• Please export them as large movies 
• File name should be the individal names 

Thursady, Friday January 17-18

• Team editing

Wednesday, January 16

• First day of editing movies
• Everyone in group needs to participate in editing, providing input and helping
• Final movies must have the following:
  • Your logo featured prominently (you have to save a jpeg copy to iphoto for this to work)
  • Music and sound effects throughout
  • Careful editing and overall visual appeal
• Movies are due Jan 22

Tuesday, January 15

• Video shoot day

Monday, January 14

• Video shoot day

Friday, January 11

• Video Shoot day

Thursday, January 10

• Video Shoot day

Wednesday, January 9

• Posters due today
• Turn in final versions to the server
• Once done, please work with your group to write up your video storyboard
• Check your storyboard with Zarate and get permission before shooting
• All shooting for your video must be complete by Tuesday, January 15. No cameras will leave the classroom after that date

Tuesday, January 8

• Work on poster
• Turn in final version to the server
• Start working on storyboard for video

Monday, January 7

• Work on poster
• Get all photos done

Friday, January 4

• Work on poster

Thursday, January 3

• Continue poster work
• Photography starts today
  • Need to have a plan in place
  • Costumes and props should be available
  • Get the entire body in the scene if necessary
  • Shot has to be perfect, blurriness is easy to see in poster size
  • This means good light! Flash or find a place with good light
  • Open your photos in Photoshop and use cutouts
  • You can also "photoshop" some props for your shot as well!

Wednesday, January 2

• Poster work today
• Plan your photo shoot for your poster, you will need props and costumes to fit your theme
• All photos will need to be taken by the end of the class period Monday, Jan 7
• Your posters should be done in their entirety by Wednesday, Jan 9

Tuesday, December 18

• Fun day!

Monday, December 17

• Last day to work on posters before winter break
• Work with your groups to plan your photography after the break. Costumes, props, products, etc are mandatory for the photos. Plan on shooting the when we get back from break.
• Look online for inspiration and tutorials to make your poster the best it can be.

Friday, December 14

• Make sure logos are submitted today. You can see the list of who has submitted on the server.
• Work on posters the entire period. Your group should be using your one best logo for all the posters. Each person should be doing a poster. 
• Things to keep in mind:
  • Posters are 13" by 19" and can be done in either Photoshop, Illustrator, or Indesign
  • Quality is of the utmost importance. These posters should be perfect in every aspect.
  • These posters will and should be the best work that you have done the entire semester. 
  • You are going to take photos for the poster after the break, so plan accordingly. 
  • Please see the instructions on Wednesday for more info.

Thursday, December 13

• Keep working logos and posters

Wednesday, December 12

• Create Illustrator document for final logo submission
  • Tabloid size, landscape orientation
  • Your name in an interesting font and some kind of dividing line
  • Here is a sample
• Please turn into the server as "first last logos"
• Begin your posters. You can use InDesign, Photoshop, or Illustrator, that is up to you. Posters must include:
  • The final logo that you choose for your group, nice and big
  • at least 5 professional looking cutouts from Photoshop
  • Photographs of all the members of your group, either individually or as a group
  • If you are doing a musical group the poster is promoting an upcoming concert - you determine the time/date/location
  • If you are doing an infomercial the poster is promoting the product
  • If you are doing work for another organization then the poster is somehow promoting the group or their event, whichever applies.

Tuesday, Demember 11

• Continue logos, this is work time
• Try different effects!!!!

Monday, December 10

• Continue logos, this is work time
• You should not be done until Wednesday, continue to refine and make them better and different
• Try different fonts, vectors, effects (drop shadow, glow, etc) 

Friday, December 7

• Get to work on hand-drawn logos...bring them to Mr. Z for approval before trying to replicate on the computer
• Set up folder system for Project Organization
• Downloading and using vector art in your logos
• Setting up your document in illustrator

Thursday, December 6

• Begin group logo work today
• Read this article and this one too.
• Take out paper and sketch your ideas first and then share with teammates

Wednesday, December 5

• Submit your Illustrator Text Tutorials
• Submit your Illustrator Extra Credit Tutorials
• Begin our Multimedia Final....

Tuesday, December 4

• Continue working with your partner (or solo) on your text tutorial. You should be done by the end of the class period. They will be collected at the beginning of the period tomorrow.
• If you finish you can do a second one for extra credit (completely done or not, it can still be submitted for extra credit)

Monday, December 3

• Turn in your Illustrator Tutorials in the folder marked as such on the Marlin server
• Go to File/Save for Web, change file format to JPEG, high quality, and direct it to save to the Marlin server in the Zarate Classroom Folder, File Name "First Last Illustrator Tutorial"
• If you are done I want you to work with a partner to complete one of the tutorials from this website: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2011/03/40-tutorials-for-outstanding-text-effects-in-illustrator/
• Replace the sample text with something of interest to you

Friday, November 30

• Turn in your Illustrator Tutorials in the folder marked as such on the Marlin server
• Go to File/Save for Web, change file format to JPEG, high quality, and direct it to save to the Marlin server in the Zarate Classroom Folder, File Name "First Last Illustrator Tutorial"

Thursday, November 29

• Individual Illustrator Tutorial working time
• Tutorial is due tomorrow!

Wednesday, November 28

• Open Ninjas and finish. 
• Go to File/Save for Web, change file format to JPEG, high quality, and direct it to save to the Marlin server in the Zarate Classroom Folder, File Name "First Last Ninjas"
• Find an Illustrator tutorial that you can try in class. It is due on Friday by the end of the class period. This will be a graded assignment.

Tuesday, November 27

• Finish up Ninjas!

Monday, November 26

• Turkey Throwdown Winners
  • First Period: Ashlee, Daniel, Jessica, Melina, and ?
  • Third Period: Jacob, Joseph, Naomi, Quin, TeAnna
  • Fourth Period: Joseph, Keith, Kira, NIkolaus, Treshon
  • Fifth Period: Addie, Chelan, Colin, Hanna, Nart
• Ninjas! - Work on together

Wednesday, November 21

• 2nd Annual Turkey Throwdown!
• You have this class period to create an awesome turkey illustration
• You can use all the tools that you have learned so far for drawing: shapes (using pathfinder if you want), pencil, or pen tool.
• Use fills and strokes to complete the turkey and give it good color. Maybe provide a background too?
• The top 5 in each class get extra credit and get their artwork shown on the TV in hallway!
• It is due at the end of the class period...no questions! Turn into the Marlin server in the folder marked Turkey Throwdown.

Tuesday, November 20

• Please take this quiz
• Keep working on practice file
• Learn how to use pencil

Monday, November 19

• Begin Illustrator Unit
• What is a vector?
• Practice Illustrator files

Friday, November 16

• All magazines due today
• Please export a PDF copy to the server...(File/Export)
• Also, please submit your long lost photography slideshows to the folder on the server...sorry!!! But you have to save the file name with the individual names of everyone in your group!!! I promise to get them done this weekend.

Wednesday - Thursday, November 15

• Magazine Work day

Tuesday, November 13

• Magazine cover work time
• Remember to find something that is challenging for you
• You can change the text to make it fit you and your personality
• The final product is due on Friday, November 16

Friday, November 9

• Emergency Procedures Leaders
  • 1st - Joey and Melina, 3rd - Jackson and Rosalie, 4th - Jake and Allison, 5th - Tyler and Dayzsa, 6th - Mikayla and Gemma
• Begin your own magazine cover
• Search for magazine covers online and use one as an example like we did on the Esquire Sample
• Choose something that is CHALLENGING! Choose something that is of interest to you.
• You are responsible for recreating everything that is on it...photos, text (download fonts as needed), and shapes.
• Final output is a PDF saved to the Marlin drive.
• This is going to be due on Friday next week.

Tuesday, November 6 - Thursday, November 8

• Continue work on InDesign Esquire cover

Monday, November 5

• Begin InDesign Unit
• Start practice magazine cover: Work with a partner if you wish.
• Final output similar to this: Esquire.
• Need to download this font.
• Work on text today, picture tomorrow.

Friday, November 2

• Photoshop 45 Minute Masterpiece
• Create whatever you want in Photoshop
• It has to have the dimensions of 1080 by 1920, portrait orientation
• It is due in JPEG format to the server by the end of the class period! 

Thursday, November 1

• Finish the zombie/scary photoshop assignment
• Submit your final jpeg version to the marlin server
• Assignment should be named "First Last Halloween"

Wednesday, October 31

• Zombie your face
• Liquify yourself some fangs if your teeth are showing
• Change the color of your eyes
• Use the Burn tool to make your eye sockets darker and add the appearance of bruising
• Find a cool texture (stone wall, cracked mud, interesting pattern) and use a layer mask and blending modes to give the appearance of texture on your skin

Tuesday, October 30

Monday, October 29

• Finish your Photoshop Final Document that we started on Friday. It must have the following:
  • A perfect cutout of you
  • All the tutorials that you created (do not include 1000 words!)
  • A short paragraph listing why your project(s) are awesome, why you are awesome at photoshop, and what you learned in doing this tutorial
  • Brush your name on it
  • You could also put a background on it if you wish
  • Please save a JPEG copy and place it in the Zarate Classroom Folder on the Marlin network

Friday, October 26

• Create a 8 X 10, 300 resolution Photoshop docment to showcase your work
• Minimum requirements:
  • A nice cutout of you standing next to/introducing your work
  • Your photoshop tutorial(s) placed on the document with a stroke/shadow/and or glow around it
  • A short paragraph listing why your project(s) are awesome, why you are awesome at photoshop, and what you learned in doing this tutorial

Thursday, October 25

• Continue work on tutorials
• If you finish yours with 20 or more minutes left in class please work on one more smaller trick/tip/technique until the end of the class period
• We will be creating a new document tomorrow for you to turn in and present your work on

Wednesday, October 24

• Continue work on tutorials
• They will be due at the end of the class period tomorrow

Tuesday, October 23

• Begin your own Photoshop Tutorial today
• Find a tutorial that you are comfortable with, be sure to read through it (or watch) thoroughly before beginning
• Work quietly on your own tutorial
• If you finish, find another to work on!

Monday, October 22

• A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Thursday, October 18

• A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Wednesday, October 17

• Make your wallpaper your desktop picture, Mr. Zarate will check from his computer
• Start on "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words"
• You will need to open a great photo of yourself on Photoshop, get a photo with good contrast and color
• We will work on this tutorial as a class

Tuesday, October 16

• Finish your photoshop wallpaper assignment today!

Monday, October 15

• New Assignment: Create the ultimate computer wallpaper
• In Photshop create a new document that is 1680 X 1050 pixels in size
• You can use all yoru creativity to create the coolest, funniest, most interesting, and just plain awesome computer wallpaper
• You must use the following:
  • At least 10 photos that are cut out perfectly
  • Use layer styles and adjustments on the different photo layers
  • Use some text
• This assignment will be due at the end of the class on Tuesday.

Friday, October 12

• Finish yesterdays assignment...add Magnetic and Quick Selection cutouts
• Your final document should have 10 cutouts. Save as a PSD, then save as a JPEG
• Send me the JPEG at ohsvisualcommunications@gmail.com
• New Assignment: Create the ultimate computer wallpaper
  • In Photshop create a new document that is 1680 X 1050 pixels in size
  • You can use all yoru creativity to create the coolest, funniest, most interesting, and just plain awesome computer wallpaper
  • You must use the following:
    • At least 10 photos that are cut out perfectly
    • Use layer styles and adjustments on the different photo layers
    • Use some text

Thursday, October 11

• Review Selections
• Practice Selections/Cutouts
• Use the Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee tools, Use the Polyginal and Magnetic Lasso tools, and use the Quick Selection
• Using each tool, cut out two shapes perfectly and place onto a new document. Find photos on the internet to use for cutouts.
• Label each cutout with a text frame

Wednesday, October 10

• Review Photoshop and Bridge from yesterday
• Import photos from iPhoto into Bridge
• Open photos in Photoshop and go over layer adjustments and selection options

Tuesday, October 9

• Submit photos for PHO-FIL-CON 2012
• Please save them as "yournamePHO-FIL-CON2012" and make sure they are JPEGs!
• Email them to ohsvisualcommunications@gmail.com
• Explore Bridge and Photoshop today

Monday, October 8

• Begin Photoshop unit
• Start by opening one of your senior portraits from two weeks ago in Photoshop cs6
• Apply different filters to it (go to the word Filter on the menu bar and try them all out Artistic/Blur/Etc)
• Get a feel for what they can do when you customize them by changing settings
• Come up with a final edited photo for entry into our First Annual Photoshop Filter Contest (PHO-FIL-CON 2012!)
• You are to work alone!
• You can use the type tool and brushes as we learned those last week.
• Winner will get a sweet treat this week!

Friday, October 5

• Slideshows are due today
• Name the slideshow with your names
• Two choices
  • Email it to me, ohsvisualcommunications@gmail.com or, if it is too big then
  • Submit it via flash drive

Thursday, October 4

• Download and install font from dafont.com
• Apply your stamp to all your photos
• Find appropriate music to play behind your slideshow
• Create a new slideshow in iPhoto, change transitions and set it up how you want

Wednesday, October 3

• Hit the streets and take more photos today
• Set your alarm so that you are back in class with 20 minutes left in class
• Upload photos and start cropping, editing, coloring, etc...
• You can use Photoshop to edit if you wish
• Your group needs to create a name brush, come up with something unique and interesting name
• Slideshow is due on Friday! 

Tuesday, October 2

• Review making a brush on Photoshop
• Make sure that you have emailed me your best portrait
• Assign Photo Project: Signs of Fall
  • Working in a group of three or partnership, walk around campus and take pictures of the Signs of Fall
  • You will take pictures today and tomorrow. 
  • Your final output is going to be a ten photo slideshow, with music.
  • All photos will have a custom stamp on them (group name) and will be edited to look awesome!

Monday, October 1

• Manuevering around iPhoto
• Create a brush in Photoshop
• Apply brush to photos, make a copy first
• Email me a copy of your best photo, full size

Thursday, September 27

• Crop, edit, and re-shoot
• Razor sharp focus is required, re-shoot until you have it
• Create an album with the best five photos
  • They must be different poses and locations
  • All five have to be the same person (yourself or someone else)

Wednesday, September 26

• Photo Assignment
• Go out with a partner(s) and take 5 great senior yearbook portraits each (different locations, different poses)
  • Format card before you start
  • Make sure lens is clean 
  • Use auto setting
  • Razor sharp focus is the most important
  • Get close!!!!
  • Take several at each location, no limit
  • Back to class at 9:15, 11:00, 11:50, 1:12.
  • Come back and practice uploading to iPhoto
  • This assignment will be graded!

Tuesday, September 25

• Shooting in Auto Mode videos
• Go practice!

Monday, September 24

• Film Festival!
• Grading Rubric explained, redo's possible
• Watch movies, if you want yours watched
• Start learning about the T3i camera

Friday, September 21

• Final editing day for your movies
• iMovie - when done click on Share/Export Movie
• Export with the following settings....
  • Export to your username/movies folder on the local drive
  • Filename should be the title of your movie from your front title screen. PLEASE DO NOT USE THE DEFAULT "NEW PROJECT"
  • File size should be Mobile
  • Email Mr. Zarate the movie.m4v file at ohsvisualcommunications@gmail.com

Thursday, September 20

• Editing day...Editors take charge
• Your final video should be approximately 1:30 long, please don't go longer than 2:00
• Turn on Advanced iMovie tools
• Work on: voice overs and inserting cuts

Wednesday, September 19

• Director - make sure to get all the shots - get more than you need
• Timers - set alarms for 9:25, 11:10, 12:00, 1:22
• If you finish you can start editing
• Tomorrow: voice overs and inserting cuts

Tuesday, September 18

• Go directly to groups (first period - Open House forms)
• Director - make sure that we are following the story board and getting the shots! Set alarms for 8:35, 10:40, 1:12, 2:12
• Tomorrow is the last day of filming

Monday, September 17

• Groups: Director, time keeper, story boarder, lead editor
• Everyone has to have a part in the video
• If you are having dialogue make sure that you speak loud and clearly into the direction of the camera
• Get directly into your groups and begin storyboarding
• Once done with storyboard, get a camera and start filming.
• Back in class at 8:37, 10:43, 11:43, and 1:15.

Friday, September 14

• Watch your videos, go over grading
• Begin storyboarding practice, take out a piece of paper and draw 9 small boxes on it
• Think about a group of people in class that you would like to work with. Email me with your group members.
• 3-6 people per group
• If you do not have a group to work with please email Mr. Zarate, we will create some groups

Thursday, September 13

• Finish titling
• Muting clips, ducking, adding music (listentoyoutube.com, vid2mp3.com, etc.)
• Using the Precise Editing tool in iMovie
• Exporting
• Submit

Wednesday, September 12

• Set up Expose and screen mute
• Use uploaded shots to build movie
• Clip videos to correct length, build movie
• Add titles screen, add titles to each shot to label them. Put them in order listed below
• Muting clips, adding music (listentoyoutube.com, vid2mp3.com, etc.)

Tuesday, September 11

• Review tripods, cameras, batteries, memory cards, recording, watching video, formatting cards
• Work with same small group as yesterday to create a movie using the following camera angles and techniques
• Each shot should last anywhere from 3-5 seconds and we will put them all together to make a very short movie
• This movie is going to be very similar to what you saw in class yesterday, just a lot shorter
• Here are the shots that your group needs to get:
  • Extreme Long Shot
  • Long Shot
  • Medium Shot
  • Close Up
  • Extreme Close Up
  • High Angle/Bird's eye view
  • Eye Level
  • Low Angle
  • Tilted/Oblique Angle
  • Pan
  • Tilt
  • Dolly/Tracking/Trucking
  • Point of View (movement)
• After shooting, come back and upload video
• Rules for leaving class:
  • No interrupting classes (do not point camera in windows, do not take pictures, etc)
  • No talking to students in the hallways
  • No leaving the campus
  • No climbing trees, jumping fences, or doing anything else that will endanger self/others
  • Pay attention to the time and be back at the correct time. Set alarm on phone (1st - 8:20, 3rd - 10:25, 4th - 11:25, 5th - 12:58)

Monday, September 10

• Begin video unit
• Start with reading this
• Then watch this as a class
• Take cameras out and practice some small shots

Friday, September 7

• Photo effects - corner options, stroke color, effects
• Headline text effects - stroke color and effects
• Check body text - turn on dynamic spelling, make sure that all words are spelled correctly and you have applied capital letters where appropriate
• Print and submit

Thursday, September 6

• Sign up for seating chart...wherever you are
• Send me an email at ohsvisualcommunications@gmail.com - use your gmail account!
• InDesign Profile assignment
  • Opening a document after saving
  • 15 minutes to finish answering questions
  • Place photo on the page - sizing, moving, corner options, stroke, effects

Wednesday, September 5

• Welcome to class!
• Intro Class and Procedures
• Getting logged in, using gmail in class
• Photos with Photobooth
• Text boxes in InDesign
  • Your Name
  • What is your favorite subject at school? Why?
  • What do you like to do in your free time?
  • What are your five favorite movies of all time?
  • What is your favorite musical group/musician? Why?
  • Tell me about the most fun time you've every had...keep it legal!
  • What are your two biggest goals this year for school? How are you going to accomplish them?