Multimedia

Graphics site for patterns and backgrounds--http://www.grsites.com/textures/

Please fill out the information form at the following link: http://www.in-visions.net/information.htm

Answer: http://www.in-visions.net/smile.htm

Tips and How to's in PowerPoint 2007
http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpointtipsandfaqs/u/tips-tools.htm

Adobe PhotoShop Introduction

Introduction to Adobe PhotoShop CS3

Overview of the Toolbar
Overview of the Layers Palette
Overview of saving a file as a PSD and as a file to use in a document, web site, PowerPoint presentation, etc.

Settings for student seating chart pictures

Photo Size Width 150 H 120
Change Canvas Size to H 150
For Text-Font Arial Black Size 14

Working with Selection Tools, Layers, Styles, and Paste Into command using Adobe Photoshop

Step-by-step instructions will be given by your teacher to create a teacher from the seventies!

You will be asked to save a picture of
your favorite teacher to use in this assignment.

GigaPixel Camera

Most digital cameras have a megapixel rating of between 1/2 to 8 megapixels.

An extreme one that we can't buy is one with a gigapixel.

Go to the following site to see just how clear these photos are no matter how big you make them.
www.gigapxl.org

Your first assignment will be to create a PowerPoint about you. The goal of this assignment is to learn something
about you and other members of the class as well as to see what you know about PowerPoint.

POWERPOINT REFERENCE SITE: http://www.uwec.edu/help/ppoint07.htm

Assignment #1:--

Assignment #1:--My Favorite Things

Step 1:--Create a PowerPoint with the following:

Title Slide: My Favorite Things / My Summer

Your Name
Multimedia Presentations 1
Today's Date
Teacher

Include 8 additional slides. Each slide should have 4 pictures that represent something
about your each of your favorite things. (Books, music, friends, vacations, shopping, beach, lakes, family, favorite tv shows, movies, etc.)

Step 2:

Using the following information from your slides and the Adobe PhotoShop techniques taught,
create a picture that represents you.

Selection Tools
Working with Layers

PhotoShop Project Rubric

Assignment #-3-Song Project Setup

Song Project Setup

You are to decide on three songs that you want to use in your song project.
From each song you need to take approximately 30 seconds.

The first step is to find the lyrics to the songs online, copy the lyrics into a word document. Save your file in the following folder:

Begin looking for images online to use in your project.
You are to save pictures in the graphics folder in the song project folder.

Assignment #-4-Color Project

Multimedia Classes

PowerPoint Exercise: Your task is to redesign the Communicating with Color PowerPoint :

1. —Redesign slide one. Use your own background and include the following information:

Name
Multimedia Presentations
Block ?

2. —For each color slide:

Redesign Slide 1: Use the color name as the title of the slide (Be creative in designing your title) Use the psychological meanings on the slide to redesign and add 3 more.

Product/Packaging Slide 2: Find a product that uses the color predominantly for the product itself or the packaging of the product. In the notes section explain why the color was chosen and its intended meaning.

Cultural Meanings Slide 3: Add the cultural meaning of the color in two different countries (other than the United States)

Resources to use:

Click on the following link for numerous Color Sites

In the Color Exercise Folder you will find a color book and a global color book for info. Be sure to check the folder to open up the two files. There is also an example for one of the eleven colors (red) in the same folder. To see the example for one color open up the PowerPoint project called Sample-Color-Exercise-4 .

For additional information on the cultural meanings, please use the links below.

Cultural Meanings of Color-Link 1

Cultural Meanings-Link 2

Click here for the COLOR PROJECT RUBRIC

Assignment #5 (If you are finished with your work)

Spring Scene

In Adobe Photoshop, create a new file--10 by 8 inches, and save it in your Photoshop folder as Last name-Spring Scene

You are to create a Spring theme picture that includes:

10 layers

Be sure to use Selection Tools

Include text and blending options

Include a background image

Assignment #6--Filters and Special Effects

Variety Project--Set up in PowerPoint--PROJECT RUBRIC

Slide 1—Title

Slide 2-Feathering-4

Slide 3—Filters-4

Slide 4—Liquify-2

Slide 5—Filter-Render-Lighting Effects-2

Slide 6—Pencil Sketch-2 From Photo to Pencil Sketch

Slide 7--Andy Warhol Effect-2 Andy Warhol Effect

Slide 8--Clipping Mask of a Shape and Picture-4 shapes Clipping Mask

Slide 9—Color Replacement-2

Slide 10--Easy Puzzles-2 Easy Puzzles

Additional Sources of Information

· Working with Filters

· Using Layer Masks

Blend Modes: An Introduction

Converting Black and White Photos to Color

Song Project Setup

You are to decide on three songs that you want to use in your song project.
From each song you need to take approximately 30 seconds.

The first step is to find the lyrics to the songs online, print them
and hand them in for teacher approval.

Begin looking for images online to use in your project.
You are to save pictures in the graphics folder in the song project folder.

A site for sound effects:
http://free-loops.com/halloween-sound-effects.php

Tips and How to's in PowerPoint 2007
http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpointtipsandfaqs/u/tips-tools.htm

Song Project

Directions: In PowerPoint, using pictures, graphics, single/few word phrases, interpret a song. Note: Song must be approved by instructor. This is an ongoing project that is worked on when you have time left over in the class.

Be sure to use Adobe PhotoShop to alter and enhance your pictures.

Be sure to include seven animations created with Adobe Photoshop

Rubric for Song Project

http://www.in-visions.net/song_project.htm

Slide 1: A Presentation By
Your Name
Multimedia Presentations
Teacher
Block ?

Rubric for PhotoShop Projects: PhotoShop Project Rubric

Classwork:
Seventies Teacher Files to use - link
Polar Bear Files to use - link
Refine Edge Explained - Source

Mirror Tutorial - PhotoShop-Tutorials/PhotoShop-Tutorials/TransformSelection/TransformSelection.pdf

File to use

Right click on image

Save to your photoshop folder as:
Last name-Mirror-Tutorial

Assignment #2:

Using the tools you were taught thus far (selection, refine edges, paste into, transform selection, transform tools, and layer styles) create a wall of mirrors using pictures of your choice!

Assignment #3--Ideal Car

Paste Into Command: - Image in a Screen

New brushes tutorial: - Info Page

You are to find the car you would like to own one day. In a new file (10 by 8 inches, saved as Last Name-Ideal Car) you are to do the following:

Create a new background
Create a new license plate
Place someone in the car to drive it (you made include passengers)
Place detailed work on the car (graphics, images, stripes, etc.)
Create new wheels or change existing wheels
Include a billboard with an advertisement

Be sure to use the following tools/elements you were taught: Tools used in the previous assignments where appropriate, color replacement tool, new brushes you create, etc.

Assignment #4--Filters and Special Effects

Variety Project--Set up in PowerPoint--PROJECT RUBRIC

Slide 1—Title

Slide 2—Filters-4

Slide 3—Liquify-2

Slide 4—Filter-Render-Lighting Effects-2

Slide 5—Pencil Sketch-2 From Photo to Pencil Sketch

Slide 6--Andy Warhol Effect-2 Andy Warhol Effect

Slide 7--Clipping Mask of a Shape and Picture-4 shapes Clipping Mask

Slide 8—Color Replacement-1

Slide 9--Easy Puzzles-2Easy Puzzles

Additional Sources of Information

· Working with Filters

· Using Layer Masks

Blend Modes: An Introduction

Converting Black and White Photos to Color

Assignment #5--Animation Week

(Students will learn the technique and produce an animation each day.
Animations will be displayed in a PowerPoint presentation.)

You will be using both PowerPoint and Photoshop to complete this assignment.

Rubricstoprint/PROJECT RUBRIC-Animations.pdf

Slide 1—Title-

Slide 2—Changing Pictures-

Slide 3—Counting / Text-

Slide 4—Opacity / Tweening-

Slide 5—Movement-

Slide 6--Transforming-Due

Slide 7--Colorizing-Due

Slide 8—Action Animation-Puzzle-

Slide 9--Animation-Big Picture-

Slide 10--Animating an action of your choice

Assignment #6--Creative Mosaic

You will be creating a creative quilt.

Link to assignment: Quilt Assignment

Assignment #7: Halloween Scene in a Halloween Shaped Frame

Tutorial - Fall Leaf Photo Frame

Students will create a Halloween Scene using at least 3 brushes that they create and filling at least 2 areas with a pattern they create. The final picture must be placed in a Halloween themed shaped frame!

Assignment #8--Create Your Own ClipArt

Custom Clipart Creation

You are to create a clip art to use in your song project.

Assignment #9-A Set of Mugs

Warping Graphics to a Mug	With your right mouse button, choose save as for the following files: Warp Mug Before Cow Graphics

Your assignment is to create a set of 4 mugs (4 different pictures)

You can use any mug or cup you wish

Choose a theme

Create an magazine advertisement out of your mugs

Assignment #10--Some advanced applications

Go to--Link and complete the following tutorials:

Experiment In Embossing: Wood Grain Portrait

Simple Statues

Also complete:

Adding Texture to a Face

Creating an Avatar (Special Thanks to Betty Kohmuench for this PowerPoint)

For Instructions for each Photoshop Assignment-Click here

Three new sites to try for graphics:

	http://photobucket.com/
	http://www.sosidea.com/links.htm A list of graphic links!
	http://www.picfindr.com/ As a quote from their website: "PicFindr searches the web* for stock photography that is completely free to use commercially."
	http://www.in-visions.net/graphic_links2.htm