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Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator

Course Description

This course will provide students with the knowledge required to apply design principles to the multimedia areas of graphics and illustration. Professional quality software titles, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, will be utilized to prepare students for creating dynamic, interactive content to be used in both print and web based applications.

Course Layout

This course is set up to teach Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended for the first half of instruction and Adobe Illustrator CS6 for the second half of instruction. Following the course work at the end of each quarter, there will be a cumulative final for that piece of software. The course is designed to prepare students for Adobe Certification exams which can be taken after completion of Advanced Photoshop.

Course Syllabus Packet

The course syllabus and classroom rules & procedures can be viewed online or downloaded below using Adobe Acrobat:

Photoshop

Video: How to Get Started with Photoshop CS6 - 10 Things Beginners Want to Know

  1. Getting started with Adobe Ps CS6
  2. Learning Photoshop Basics
  3. Work with layers
  4. Make selections
  5. Color techniques
  6. Placing type in images
  7. Painting tools
  8. Special layer functions

Photoshop Final Study Guide

Illustrator

  1. Getting to know Illustrator
  2. Creating text and gradients
  3. Drawing and composing an illustration
  4. Transforming and distorting objects
  5. Working with layers

Illustrator Final Study Guide


Mr. John Dietrick | Emmaus High School | 500 Macungie Ave. | Emmaus, PA 18049 |

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