Final Skills Test 6/9/2015 7:30am

SKILLS TESTED

• Vector Mask
• Blending Modes
• Brushes
• Type tool
• Adjustment Layers
• Layer style
• Transform, skew, scale objects
• Match right font
• Set up document correctly

Label Illustrator Exercises

Final Prooject

1. (A) Create new genre music that mixes two genre's together.  Example Jazz/Heavy Metal  (B) Style of music and a community example Surf Music and Biker's (C) Style of music with a culture. Example Opera with Pygmies.

 SIX QUESTIONS
1) Genre of Band?
2) Name of Band?
3) Visual cues that connect to style, culture, or community?
4) Costumes/props/instruments? (no weapons)
5) Production schedule how when photography will get finished? 

  • Do all photography for poster work in groups to accomplish this task.
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TEXT/COPY
1.  Location, date, time

2. Name of concert (Example Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Tour)

3. Name the band

4.  Create a unique logo type made in illustrator using name of band and tour name import into Photoshop.  
Created in Photoshop with a little help from Illustrator.

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Size 11" by 17" 150 px/inch 

• Culmination of all things learned during the semester.  Make sure project reflects this learning.
• Research project and place this research in your notebook.

• Extrude Bevel • Pathfinder • Clipping Mask

Noir Copy

 INFO TO BE INCLUDED IN POSTERS 

1. Title: 

2. Staring: EXAMPLE William Holden • Gloria Swanson • Erich von Str oheim 

3. With: EXAMPLE Nancy Olson • Fred Clark • Lloyd Gough • Jack W ebb 

4. OPTIONAL And: EXAMPLE Cecil B. Demille • Hedda Hopper • Buster Keaton • Anna Q. Nelsson • H.B. Warner • Franklyn Far num 

5. Produced by 

6. Directed by

Gradients & Gradient Mesh

Pen Tool

Pen Tool

Characteristics of Noir Movies/Exercise

VISUALS
• No weapons for safety for creative reasons
• All visuals are made using safety involved
•  Shadows, silhouettes, cigarettes, fog, smoky
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STORY LINE
• Hollywood Crime Drama
• Detective
• Romance gone bad

Mid Term Thursday April 23

QUICK KEYS TEST
Quick Mask (Q)
Grid on/off (Com + ')
Eye dropper ( I )
Toggle Fore/Back ground color ( X )
Move Tool ( V )
Marquee Tool ( M )
Magic Wand ( W )
Invert Selection ( Com + Shift + I )
New Layer (Com + Shift + N )
Size of Text ( Com + Shift + {< + >})
Deselect ( Com + D )
Select All ( Com + A )
Change Size of Brush ( [ or ] )
Shape Tool ( U )
Subtract Selection ( Option )
Add to Selection ( Shift )
Healing Brush Tool ( J )
Change Screen Mode ( F )
Transform ( Com + T )
Group Layers ( Com + G )
Direct Selection Tool ( A )
Zoom In / Out ( Com + { + or - } )

MIDTERM SKILLS TEST
Copy the example on screen as closely as you can using 
1. Nondestructive masks
2. Blending modes
3. Adjustment layers if needed 
4. Label layers.

Set up document according to instructions
1. Size
2. Resolution
3. Color Mode 

Candy Packaging

Candy Choices

8 Bits
Giga Bites
Twiggles
Karate Pops
Bit Bites
Lamont
Pins Wins
Rainbow Cotton
Sour Rockets
Mega Bytes

Alien 2

Alien

Adobe Tv Pen Tool

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/no-stupid-questions-with-colin-smith/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-pen-tool/

Pink Flower

Designers of the week websites

3/24- http://www.bantjes.com

3/26- http://www.eamesoffice.com/

Pink Shape

Remember for Self Portrait

• At least three layer masks
• At least two layer styles
• At least two adjustment layers • One blending mode
• Recommended one texture 

3/19 Blending Modes/Layer Styles

• Blending Modes
• Layer styles

Quick keys
(opt or com) + Delete = Fill
Option = Duplicate
Option + Shift + (+ or -) = Cycle through blending modes
Com + T = Transform

Due March 17

1.  12 Selection exercises (Stop sign, jalapeño, etc....)
2.  3m Ad
3.  All exercises done in class refer to screen shots in previous posts

3/10 Screenshot

VIDEO LINK DEMO

Screenshots 3/5

Design Links

http://www.johngalldesign.com

http://www.christophniemann.com

http://www.subtraction.com

3/3 Quick Keys

[ ] Size of brush
Com + Shift + N (new layer)
Com + J (Duplicate Layer)
I (Eye Dropper)
L (Lasso Tool)
Opt + Delete (Fill Foreground Color)
Com + Delete (Fill Background Color)
Q (Quick mask)

3/3 Screenshot

QUICK KEYS 2/26

Com + a (Select All)
M (Marquee)
X (Toggle Foreground Background Colors)
Shift (Constrain Proportions)
Com + ' (Grid on/off)
Com + G (Group Layers)
W (Magic Wand)
Com + T (Transform)

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