T-Shirt Graphic 1: Photoshop File!
1. Long Term Project Goals
SWBAT:
1...create graphics that meet industry standards for full color printing
2...maintain PS image quality while scaling
3...create visually balanced compositions with multiple layers
4...create multiple versions for web, print, and archive.
2. Lesson Goals
SWBAT:
1...set up Photoshop files that are at the industry standard resolution for color printing.
2...create photoshop layers by copying and pasting
3...work with and understand the properties of vector smart objects
4...copy and paste TWO SILHOUETTE shapes into their T-Shirt files
3. Open Rotational Designs & Silhouettes Files
1. Open your Rotational Designs & Silhouettes File
If you don't have a Rotational Designs file, skip to the next section, "Create Your T-Shirt.psd file"
2. Select a shape and the rotated copies of it
(See Example to the Left)
3. Object > Group or Right Click > Group or Command G
4. Repeat the process for the other shapes.
(you should have a least 3 groups. If you don't, proceed anyway. You can create and group more designs later when you have spare time)
5. Make sure you set the fill and stroke to the default white and black
4. Set The Silhouettes Fill and Stroke to the Default Setting
1. Select your 3 Silhouettes
2. Set them to the Default Fill and Stroke
5. Load Photoshop and Create file
1. Use the SPOTLIGHT SEARCH feature at the UPPER RIGHT corner of your screen to find and load Photoshop.
2. File > New (Command N)
3. Name: T-Shirt followed by your Last name and then your first name Example:
T-Shirt Hooker Martina
4. Width: 7.5 INCHES
5. Height: 9.75 INCHES
6. Resolution: 300
The industry standard resolution for full color printing is 300 DPI
7. Color Mode: RGB Color
8. Background Contents: Transparent
6. Copy & Paste One at a Time
1. Open your Rotational Designs file.
If you don't have Rotational Designs, open your Color Page, select your color wheel, set it to the default fill and stroke, copy, and paste it into your T-Shirt file
2. Select a design group
3. Edit > Copy (Command C)
4. Open your T-Shirt file
5. Edit > Paste (Command V)
6. Select "Smart Object" in the Paste Window
Since Smart Objects are Vector based, you can scale them up even though you are using a Bitmap graphic program
7. Hit the RETURN key
7. Paste Again to Create Multiple Layers
1. Continue copying and pasting until you have at least 5 Vector Smart Object Layers
8. Assessment
1. Image Size as requested
2. File is named correctly
3. There are at least 5 layers with designs/shapes in each
4. The designs/shapes have white fill and black stroke.
9. Lesson Extension
Create a second file and paste other AI designs into it
You can name it T-Shirt Extra followed by your last name first name.
Example:
T-Shirt Extra Hooker Martina
10. Submit
11. Tutoring Available
1. Confirm availability. Report to the Mac Lab
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How are Raster/Bitmap images different than Vector images?
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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 and Paint and Gimp are RASTER programs. AI, MS Word, etc or VECTOR programs.
NB Do Now
Do the math! How many pixels wide is a Photoshop file that is 7.5 inches wide at 300 Pixels per Inch?
Hint: Look at the Resolution
NB Do Now
A Photoshop file that is 7.5 inches wide at 300 Pixels per Inch is 2,250 pixels wides
300 pixels (resolution) x 7.5
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• Developing Art Literacy
• Community and Cultural Resources
• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning