Watercolor Painting Effects in PhotoShop

Good Morning - 

I hope you enjoyed your third Photoshop assignment which specifically covered Watercolor Painting Effects.  Please complete the following after you have finished your tutorial:

Image Before Water Color Painting Effects

Image After Water Color Painting Effects

1. Please resize your original image and your new Photoshop Image using the "how to resize your images for the web" handout.
2. Post both of your images on your blog (before and after) so we can see the watercolor painting effects.
3. Provide a brief write-up about your experience including
1. a description of the completed project
2. what you learned from completing the assignment
3. new tools that you learned in photoshop and how you could apply them in your everyday life
4. what you enjoyed most about the assignment
5. what challenges you faced as you worked towards completing the project

Thanks for a great post!  I look forward to seeing all of your work posted on your blog sites!

Mr. Rubin

A Blog Post

Good Morning!  It feels as though it has been too long since our last blog post!  Well, I guess it hasn't been too long but here's one anyways!  For today's blog please complete the following:

1. Copy and Paste what you have written in your cover letter into your blog.
2. Write a reflection on your cover letter to date.  What is well done about the cover letter and what still needs to be improved?

After completing this piece of your blog post, please go ahead and complete Unit 2, Lessons 2.2 and 3.1 in edutyping.

Happy Block Day!  We will get rolling with our new Photoshop assignment in just a moment!!

Squirrel on the Beach Drinking a Coke!

Good Morning!  I hope you enjoyed your second Photoshop assignment of the year.  For your blog post, please be sure to post your re-sized image of Photoshop Assignment #2 and then provide a brief write-up about your experience.  In this write up, you need to at minimum provide a short paragraph in which you describe your completed project, explain what you learned from doing this assignment, what you enjoyed most about the assignment and what challenges you faced as you worked towards completion of the project?
In addition, feel free to highlight any/all of the tools that you used and the different elements you personally Photoshop into the final image!

Hope you had fun!

Posting Adobe Photoshop Assignment #1

Below is an example of what your post should look like when you leave today.  You may have to open up your filters to see exactly what you used.  You can do that simply by double clicking where it says Filter Gallery under each layer.  Be sure to accurately detail the filters you used for each image as shown below.  In addition, please discuss why you chose the image you did for this assignment, what you learned from doing the assignment, what you enjoyed about the assignment, what you might do differently next time and what challenges you faces while completing the project.  

Filters:

Top Left:           Dry Brush (Brush Size 2, Brush Detail 8, Texture 1)

Top Middle:      Spatter (Radius 10, Smoothness 5)

Top Right         Colored Pencil (Pencil Width 14, Stroke Pressure 10, Paper Brightness 16)

Middle Left:      Color Halftone (Radius 8)

Middle:             Glowing Edges (Edge Width 3, Edge Brightness 8, Smoothness 2)

Middle Right:   Paint Daubs (Size 2, Sharpness 7, Brush Type Simple)

Lower Left:      Cutout (No. of Levels: 4, Edge Simplicity 3, Edge Fidelity 2)

Lower Middle:   Ink Outlines (Stroke Length 13, Dark Intensity 4, Light Intensity 36)

Lower Right:      Photocopy (Detail 2, Darkness 9) Neon Glow (Size -24, Brightness 50)

Be sure to complete this assignment by the end of the class period.  In addition, be sure that your image has been resized for the web and has been posted to Schoology.  If you have any time before class ends you can check Infinite Campus and/or complete any work for your other classes.

Thank you!

Our Final Mentor Meeting of 2013-2014

Good Morning!!!  Today we are going to begin getting prepared for our final mentor meeting of the 2013-2014 school year which is, yes, this Friday!!  That means it is the last chance you will be meeting with your mentor and is the last opportunity you have to leave a lasting impression - and you want that lasting impression (or their memory of you) to be a positive one.  Discuss a few things that you can/should do in preparation for this last mentor meeting that you feel will help leave a good impression on your mentor.  Why do you think it is important to finish the year with your mentor on a positive note and how could it benefit you down the road?

Put in a little critical thinking as you complete this blog post.  Come up with some good reasons, perhaps work towards having the best in the class :)

Thanks and we will get started shortly!!

Mr. Rubin

Academy Website Complete!!

Congratulations on completing your Academy Website!!  I hope that you, you and your partner or perhaps your small group are proud of the work you created.  Today you will need to post a brief reflection of the work you completed.  Below are the questions I would like you to reflect on:

1.  What was your impression of WIX.  Do you think it is a quality online website buiolding tool?  What were some of the features of the web builder that you liked?  What features would you also like to see included in the program?
2.  What do you think of the site that you created?  What would you say some of the best features of the site are?  What would you say (taking another look at the site) could be improved?  Can you make those changes?
3.  What do you think of the power of a website?  Is it a good marketing tool for the Academy?  What other marketing tools do you think would be valuable for a program like ours in which we require students to learn about and apply for the program?
4.  Lastly, reflecting on the project itself, what did you enjoy about this project?  What were some of the greatest challenges that you and your group faced throughout the design process?  How did you overcome those challenges?

Thanks for your thorough thoughtful responses.  In addition, please post a screenshot of the front page of your site and please include a link to your site.  Remember that your group is also responsible for emailing me a link to your site with all group members names in the email!

Thanks and Happy Monday!

Earth Day!

Good Morning and Happy April 22nd, 2014!  Today is Earth Day!  While I promise not to harp on it being Earth day, today seemed like a great opportunity to consider both the Environmental and Economic benefits of shopping at local stores.  Below is an image and a series of questions.  Please look at the image and then respond as best as you can (3-4 sentences each) to each question posed.

Question 1: What does it mean to you to shop locally?

Question 2:  Looking at the image above, what are some of the primary reasons it benefits your local communities economy to shop at locally owned and run businesses?  Give specific examples from the chart that highlight how much of your money stays nearby, where your money goes, etc.

Question 3:  Although it is not specified in the image (and, of course, because today is earth day) what do you see as the environmental benefits of shopping at locally owned and operated businesses? You can take a second to do a quick online Google search for an answer ... you'll find plenty of sites with ideas! 

Remember, your response to each question should be 3-4 sentences ... yes, a little bit longer of a blog post but a good opportunity to do some critical thinking about economics and the environment on earth day!

Thank you!