Monday, November 16, 2015

Advanced Digital Multimedia - Focus: Litter and Trash PSA

Advanced Digital Multimedia - Focus: Litter and Trash PSA


1) Create a video Public Service Announcement 

OR
2) Flyer to help raise awareness of the litter and trash in the Syracuse Area. 

Here is a link to help you make fliers in InDesign: 

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/how-to/make-flyer.html

Information to include in Video/Flyer
- Trash pick up is Monday, put out trash on Sunday.
- Litter creates an ugly community. Please respect your surroundings.

Possible Activities: 
- Tour neighborhood.
- Interview residents, students, and business owners.


Wednesday, November 11, 2015

ITC Facebook Page Banner Competition




Create a Banner for a Facebook Page

For this project you will create a new banner for the “We Are ITC” Facebook page. This is the artwork that runs at the top of the Facebook page. See example above.

Directions:

For this project you will design a new banner for the “We Are ITC” Facebook page.

The banner must include these elements:

a.       ITC logo

b.      The words: We Are ITC

c.       Photo(s) of ITC students

d.      The use of the school colors…red, white and blue

In Photoshop, create a new document at this size:   Wide:  10 inches

                                                                         Height:  3.75 inches

                                                                         Resolution:  100 pixels/inch

 
As you are designing the banner, remember all your skills in composition. Be sure there is a good mix of photos from the different aspects of our school. (academics, sports, after school activities and programs, our CTE programs…Automotive, Culinary, Media, and Forensics).

 
This banner is the first item people see when they log on to our Facebook. It should give people a positive impression of our school.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Photoshop Project: Create a Poster



This assignment asks you to write a quote about photography. The quote can be you expressing your feelings about photography, or just about photography itself.

Using the quote and three or more photos taken by you, design a poster. You will use Layers in Photoshop to complete the project. A demonstration on how to use Layers will be given in class.

Be sure you spell check the words used in the quote.

See the example of the poster with photos and quote by legendary photojournalist Henri Cartier- Bresson.

Directions:

Open Photoshop, and select File New. You are creating a blank file to add your photos on to.


For a horizontal: Change the Width to 10 inches and Height to 8 inches

For a vertical: Change the Width to 8 inches and Height to 10 inches

Open Photoshop, and select File Open to open your photos.







Adjust the photos so you can see them on your monitor at the same time.

Select the Move Tool. (first tool on the tool bar)

Click on one of the photos and drag it onto the blank you created and release.

Do this for each photo.

Remember….keep your Layers window open to help manage your layers.

You can change the size of that photo by clicking on Edit> Transform>Scale. Now hold the Shift key down and mouse click on the corner of the image you want to change. Drag until desired size. Release the Shift key and double click inside image to hold the size.


To add your quote, select the Type Tool.

Click and drag on you photo to make a box and begin typing.

You can change the size and font with selections at the top of the Photoshop window.


To change the color, highlight the type and select the desired color using the Color Picker located at the bottom of the tool bar.

When finish flatted the image. Select Layer>Flatten Image.

Crop as desired.

When you are finished, save your photo on your desktop. Please name it with your name. I will pass around a flash drive to collect your photos.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Digital Photo: Photos That Had an Impact

History of Photography: Photos That Had an Impact
Select one of the photos below and write (in paragraph form - AT LEAST 8 sentences) what impact it had in the world. Consider the impact it had at the time it was taken and impact it still has today.
Use only trusted sites on the internet when doing your research.
Dorothea Lange: “Migrant Mother”

Alfred Eisenstaedt: "The Kiss"

Steve McCurry’s “Afghan Girl”

Will Counts: Central High School desegregated

Joe Rosenthal: American Flag at Iwo Jima

Tom Franklin: The attack on the World Trade Center