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Projects:
Task 1 - Selections (start: Mar 2 / due: Mar 4)
Reflection Questions are due by the beginning of the period on the due date : 1 1/2 typed pages, double spaced, 12 pt font or 3 pages hand written

Reflection Question - Due Friday, 3/5: 1. What was the objective of the task? 2. What picture did you decide to use and why? 3. How did it turn out compared to what you were planning on doing? 4. What was the most difficult aspect of this project? 5. If you were to re-do this project, what would you do differently or add to it?


Task 2 - Masks (start: Mar 16 / due: Mar 17 )
Reflection Questions are due by the beginning of the period on the due date : 1 1/2 typed pages, double spaced, 12 pt font or 3 pages hand written

Reflection Question - Due Thursday, 3/18: 1. What does a mask do in Photoshop? 2. In masks, what do the colors Red, Black and White represent? 3. Which tools did you use in mask mode? 4. How did these tools help you to feather your selection? 5. What did the adjustment layers do to your image? 6. Which did you find easier to make selections - lassos or masks?


Task 3 - Edit tools (start: Mar 24 / due: Mar 25)
Reflection Questions are due by the beginning of the period on the due date : 1 1/2 typed pages, double spaced, 12 pt font or 3 pages hand written

Reflection Question - Due Friday, 3/26: 1) Briefly explain what your task was. 2) Which edit tools did you have to use for this project? 3) Describe the similarities and differences of the Clone Stamp tool, the Healing Brush tool, the Patch tool and the Spot Healing Brush tool. 4) What other projects can you think these tools could have helped you with? 5) Which text warp option did you choose and what did it do to your name?


Task 4 - Silhouette and tracing (start: Apr 9 / due: Apr 13)
Reflection Questions are due by the beginning of the period on the due date : 1 1/2 typed pages, double spaced, 12 pt font or 3 pages hand written

Reflection Question - Due Wednesday, 4/14: 1) Why did you pick the person/character you chose? 2) List all the images you used inside the cutout and why you used them. 3) How did your mask/selection make the silhouette work? 4) What words did you pick to trace around your image and why? 5) What did work and what didn't work with your project overall?


Task 5 - Words into pictures (start: Apr 20 / due: 22)
Reflection Questions are due by the beginning of the period on the due date : 1 1/2 typed pages, double spaced, 12 pt font or 3 pages hand written

Reflection Question - Due Friday, 4/23: 1) What was your line? 2) What images did you think of when you thought of how to create your project? 3) What was your original layout idea and how close to your original idea did you get? 4) How creative would you say your final product was? 5) How did you tie your images to your quote?


Task 6 - Animated Advertisement (start: May 5 / due: May 7)
Reflection Questions are due by the beginning of the period on the due date : 1 1/2 typed pages, double spaced, 12 pt font or 3 pages hand written

Reflection Question - Due Monday, 5/10: 1) What was the idea for your animation? 2) What do keyframes do? 3) What is important to know about setting the first keyframe when editing an animation? 4) What were the limitations to creating an animation using Photoshop? 5) What steps do you have to take to make an image look like it is growing or shrinking in Photoshop?


Task 7 - After Effects Promotion (start: May 21/ due: May 26)
Reflection Questions are due by the beginning of the period on the due date : 1 1/2 typed pages, double spaced, 12 pt font or 3 pages hand written

Reflection Question - Due May 27: 1) What was the idea for your promo? 2) What type of effects did you use? 3) What was the most difficult thing about using After Effects? 4) What was the biggest benefit you found from using After Effects? 5) Was this easier than using Photoshop? Why or Why not?


Task 8 - Multimedia Production (start: June 7 / due: June 11)
Reflection Questions are due by the beginning of the period on the due date : 1 1/2 typed pages, double spaced, 12 pt font or 3 pages hand written
Double Journal due Friday, June 11th- 3 typed pages, double spaced, 12 pt font OR 6 pages hand written
Reflection Question - Due : 1) What was your idea for your music video? 2) Why did you choose this theme? 3) How many images did you use? 4) What transitions did you use and why? 5) Which part of your video are you most proud of? 6) Did you use any other programs to work on this project aside from premiere and your web browser (Photoshop, After Effects)? 7) Overall, did you feel like you have improved your skills from day 1 of this class? 8) In this class, what lesson/topic did you find the most helpful? 9) In this class, what lesson/topic did you have the hardest time with?