CSIS 151D - Project 4

CSIS 151D Online - Final Project

Title:

A Gift that Keeps on Giving

How to Submit:

You must submit two Photoshop files that show all the layers and two jpg files.
Submit the Photoshop files and the jpg files as attachments to your Final Project Discussion on Blackboard.
Write a description that includes the following:
- Describe the purpose and theme of the project
- For each page describe which of the techniques in item 11 you used and why (there must be a total of 15 unique techniques used)
- Describe the challenges you had doing the project and how you overcame them
- What did you learn completing this project
- What was valuable for you in the class and how do you hope to use what you learned
- Was there anything that could be improved about the class or things you wanted to learn that were not covered?

Description:

Use your Photoshop and artistic skills to create a gift for a friend or relative for a special occasion, a holiday or birthday.This gift should be a 4 page booklet. Each page should highlight a different set of Photoshop skills. Hopefully you will actually print out this gift and present it to someone you care about.

Project Goal:

The goal is to display your mastery of the lessons you’ve learned in this class. Your work must include a minimum of the following technical elements to get a "C" grade. To get an "A", you will use each of these elements effectively and beyond the minimum. Also your selection edges will be very clean.

Grading:

The project's grading will be broken down as follows:

Technical -	60 pts.
Creativity -	20 pts.
Aestetically Pleasing -	20 pts.
Total -	100 pts.

Preparing your project for print:

To prepare a project for print professions usually use a printer's template as a guidline. Here are the steps:

Download and use this template provided by 48 Hour Printers:
Zipped Print Template
Extract the files and open them in Photoshop
Use the 11x8.5sfb_Out.psd file for the front and back of your booklet.
Use the 11x8.5sfb_Out.psd file for the inside of your booklet.
Make sure guides are turned on in Photoshop (View > Show > Guides) and follow the guidlines when creating your graphics.
Read the instructions that come with the guides.
Lock the layer that explains the guidlines. As you complete your project hide and show it as needed.
Before you start make sure your image mode is set to CMYK.
Include these guides as your bottom layer when you submit your .psd files.
DO NOT include them with the jpeg files submitted to the Final Project Discussion.

Technical   Checklist:
Print out
and check
each item

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1. Appropriate subject matter.

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2. Composite images = 5 to 10. (scanned images, digital photographs, scanned drawings, even scanned items e.g. fabric.)

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3. # layers = minimum 6, maximum 15.

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4. Resolution = 133 dpi

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5. Use CMYK color Mode NOT RGB for this project.

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6. All layers must have a brief, descriptive name.

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7. At least one "type" layer that includes the title of your project – label the layer with font type and point size. _____ Note: The title should be a major element in the image and the font should be altered from the original.

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9. 2 separate Photoshop files. Overall Dimensions 8.5 high X 11 wide (landscape style), two sided with a fold in the middle. When you open the booklet you can have one large centerfold or two separate pages.

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10. One unflattened CMYK eps version at 133 dpi set for US Web Coated (SWOP) Version 2.

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11. You must do at least 15 of the following. Use different ones on different graphics as appropriate, not all 15 on every graphic:

___	Apply the Unsharp Mask filter to finish the photo-retouching process.
___	Use the Clone Stamp tool to eliminate an unwanted part of the image.
___	Use the Healing Brush and Patch tools to blend in corrections.
___	Apply a blending mode to a layer.
___	Link layers to work on them simultaneously.
___	Apply a gradient to a layer.
___	Add text to a layer.
___	Add a layer effect to a layer.
___	Refine a selection using a mask.
___	Create and use a gradient mask.
___	Make corrections to a digital photograph such as remove red eye and bring out shadow and highlights detail.
___	Make a clipping mask from type.
___	Use layer styles with text.
___	Warp a layer around a 3D object.
___	Draw a path using the Pen tool.
___	Convert a path to a selection.
___	Use layer shapes or custom layer shapes.
___	Create clipping groups.
___	Create layer sets to organize and manage layers.
___	Add adjustment layers to an image.
___	Create knockout layers to use one layer selectively to reveal others.
___	Add layers styles to a layer.
___	Apply color effects only to unmasked areas of an image.
___	Apply filters to selections to create various effects.
___	Add layer styles to create editable special effects.