Essential Photoshop Skills

This week we will be taking a pause from designing our business logos, and will learn the fundamentals of adobe photoshop.  We will use this week to learn the basics, and to explore by using student-choice tutorials.  This week will give students a basic foundation to build on for using photoshop.  Whenever there is down time or during M/A, I expect students to productively work at learning more about photoshop.  To help with this, students have an assignment that will be due the second to last week of school.  They will demonstrate ten skills from my essential photoshop skills list.  Here are the skills:

create, manipulate canvas

place, cut, copy, & paste

create, manipulate layers

rasterize

move objects

transform

selection tools

use brush, pencil, eraser

utilize filters

change layer properties

image adjustments

save as jpg vs psd vs png

other

When students demonstrate a skill, they receive 2 points (you may only demonstrate 1 skill per day, so plan accordingly), and will be recognized for their achievements along the way with NPHS Graphic Design Photoshop Ninja Badges.  The badges are as follows...

Hong-Kong Phooey 2 points

Michaelangelo 6 points

Steven Seagal 10 points

Bruce Lee 12 points

Chuck Norris 16 points

Yoda 20 points.

Showing me 10 skills gets you the full 20/20 score for your photoshop competence grade.