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Copy 20postcard from Class to shared folder - we will continue with advanced Photoshop Techniques.

PPT: Easy Design Tips (revised for review) for producing professional looking documents (without a degree in Graphic Design)

Intro research:

• Famous doctored photos from history
• Pinterest Board - Real or Photoshop

Examples

• Tutorials

• Link One – setting up

• http://screencast.com/t/GXappBR9HRom

• Link Two

• http://screencast.com/t/UeB4nW9tQ

• Link Three

• http://screencast.com/t/sPTtBD0ONT8N

In Class: Creating a Hometown Postcard using photographs in DCPics folder inside 20postcard: Tutorial link - DC Postcard

Postcard Examples

• Illustrated postcard text the easy way

Homework - this will be due Tuesday, April 7

Create a 5"x7" postcard for your hometown that can also be used as a graphic on the Chamber of Commerce website.

Based on what you learned in class, and following the directions in the tutorial called Postcard construct a postcard attracting visitors and prospective new citizens to your home town. (See commercial example, below)

List of toolbars for Photoshop Elements: http://www.easyelements.com/basics.html

GUIDELINES for Hometown Postcard

-The dimensions should be be five inches tall and seven inches wide resolution 72ppi for use on web or in  presentations
-The background may be transparent or solid.
-You may choose what photographs to use - most cities and towns have a web-based site with pictures and information about their community. Since this is a homework assignment and will not be published to the web, copying from the Internet is acceptable for practice. Don't forget about the Stock Exchange/Freeimages site Save all photos that you use in your 19postcard folder
-You will use at least three photographs and each one should be placed on a separate layer during the design process.
-Include at least two text layers in your graphic.

Show that you know how to use the following techniques:

opacity
move tool
enhancement
resize
feather
crop
brightness
contrast
hue
saturation
gradient

You will save your postcard two ways, and the second version should be inserted onto a PPT slide:

• Photoshop elements layered version: pcusernamelayers.psd

• Web-ready flattened jpeg: pcusernameflat.jpg

• You should insert the .jpg version onto the PowerPoint slide inside the 19postcard homework folder and add the footer with your name as instructed.

Points: 24

8 points on effective use of Photoshop Elements techniques including saving for web, saving a separate layered copy, and inserting into slide
8 points on using all techniques and all elements, including text and photos
8 points for excellence in design

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