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03Working L1: Overview, File Set Up, & Quick Selection Tool

1. Lesson Goals

SWBAT:

1. use the PSCIB book and the website

2. Create a 03Working file

3. Learn how to select individual pixels on a SINGLE LAYER

4. Understand why there are 9 DIFFERENT PS selection tools

5. review the grading criteria

2. Download Lesson File

03Start.psd

3. Rename Lesson File

1. Find your downloaded file and right-click on it to rename it. Include your last name first. Follow example below.

EXAMPLE: 03Working Hooker Martina.psd

4. Delete Photoshop Preferences

1. Complete Step 1 on Page 69.

2. Skip the rest of the steps on that page

5. Care and Use of the Book

Use the book by your computer or the PDF version linked here

Lesson 3

1. Make sure the book # matches the # of your computer

2. First follow the instructions from the website lesson and then go to the book.

3. Carefully read all the text for each lesson. Complete the numbered steps

4. Download your lesson files from the the website.

5. Please return books carefully & neatly to the left of your computer after you are done.

Ignore the following:

• Windows shortcuts

• Instructions about the CD

Students are more likely to take care of the books when they see that other students are - it's contagious!

6. Quick Selection Tool

1. Step 1 on Page 70: You can change the Zoom tool to work the way it does in AI by deselecting "Scrubby Zoom" in the options bar.

2. Follow all the numbered steps going forward.

You can only move pixels within a layer (like the sand dollar) if there are marching ants around it and you have the Move Tool selected.

The menu and menu option for deselecting is Select > Deselect (Shortcut - Command D).

If you deselect by mistake, no worries, just Edit > Undo (Shortcut - Command Z)

7. Assessment

1. The file is named correctly

2. The sand dollar pixels were selected perfectly and moved onto the plate.

3. There's only one layer

Rubric

8. Lesson Extension

03Working Extension

9. Submit

1. Save your work before you hand it in!

2. Click on the Submit Folder Link for your class below

10. Tutoring Available

1. Confirm availability. Report to the Mac Lab

NB Do Now 11/26

How are Raster/Bitmap images different than Vector images?

Not for Period 2

NB Do Now 11/26

RASTER (also called bitmap) images are made up of PIXELS and are RESOLUTION dependent. VECTOR images are made up of POINTS & LINE SEGMENTS and are RESOLUTION INDEPENDENT.

PS, Paint and Gimp are RASTER programs. AI, MS Word, etc or VECTOR programs.

Not for Period 2

NB Do Now 11/18

Why do some computers have different tool option settings

(Period 2 Only)

NB Do Now 11/18

Computers have different tool option settings because they get changed by users.

How to Reset Options (Delete PS Settings) to Default:

1. Quit Photoshop

2. Hold down following keys:

• Command, Option, Shift

3. Start PS, don't let go of keys

Period 2 Only

NYC Visual Arts Benchmarks

• Art Making

• Developing Art Literacy

• Making Connections Through Visual Arts

• Community and Cultural Resources

• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning

Differentiation / Lesson Extension

...Students with different abilities can seek assistance from teacher, paraprofessional, or another student

...The students who finish early can ask a classmate if they need help or review

NYC VISUAL ARTS BENCHMARKS

• Developing Art Literacy

• Community and Cultural Resources

• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning

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