Welcome to Week 7!

Inclass

We will work on the posters today. I would like to collect the first digital draft of the poster by the end of class today. Please save your file with your name into my dropbox. You have to sign into: shares/ghitchings/dropbox
Example of how to save file: ‘GenevieveHitchingsPoster.ai’

Lesson in Illustrator & Photoshop
(Please download these files: original-images)
-> Cropping and transforming (Photoshop)
-> Smart Objects – Illustrator into Photosop (Photoshop)
-> Adjustment layers – brightness and contrast (Photoshop)
-> Layer Mask – blending images (Photoshop)
-> Review last week illustrator (see tutorials posted under week 6)

No Presentations today. Next time (week9):
Shadow Chen & Matteo Bologna

3. Announcement: class trip next week. We are going to the AIGA to see the book cover show: www.aiga.org/exhibit-fifty-fifty-2010/
Details on how to get there will be posted next week.

4. Test-print poster by end of day – today!

Homework
DUE – Poster first draft (digital files due) Week 9.
Please bring paper – we will print in class
Specific paper is: HP Advanced, Illford or Pearl for inkjet printer (11×17″ – matte or glossy your choice). Maybe you can pool together and share costs – let’s discuss in class.
Make sure to include all the required elements that go within the poster (see ProjectOverview handout from Week3)