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Class Info
- Date: May 3, 2023
- Meeting Info: 6pm – 9:20pm, Room P-121
Homework Due This Class
- Present the sketched ideas for your final project. Along with the backstory as listed above.
- Scan or photograph your sketches and add to a document. In this document include your backstory.
- Save the document as a PDF file and save according to the following naming convention: 12_LastName_alteregosketch.PDF
- Upload your document to the Google Drive.
Topic
Typography in Photoshop and the Combo of Vector and Raster
Today, we will discuss using type in Photoshop.
- Not only can type be created in Photoshop, but it can also be imported from Illustrator.
- Type can be raster as well as vector elements in Photoshop.
Objectives
What you can expect to learn
- How to use type in Photoshop
- How to use several type techniques
- How to use type as a mask
Critique
Each week we will review homework assignments from the previous class. Students will participate in reviewing the sketches and ideas for the Alter Ego project.
Lab
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/browncomd1162sp2023/files/2020/08/Screen-Shot-2020-08-02-at-11.11.03-AM-1024x681.png)
Lab assignments are done during class time.
- Create a New York City postcard promoting tourism in NYC.
- The theme/title: Visit New York City
- Use a collage style design along with an interesting type treatment for the title
- Postcard size = 6in x 4in, 300ppi
- The file should be named 13_Lastname_NYCPostCard.PSD (Photoshop file with layers).
- Upload the file to the Google Drive folder for today’s in-class work.
Discussion
Each week you will need to respond to two questions posted. This is a requirement for participation part of your grade.
Homework Due Next Class
- All work should be submitted by 11:30 pm the day before class.
- Each file should be saved according to the following naming convention: 13_LastName_AlterEgoFinal.psd (Photoshop).
- Upload the final file to the appropriate Google Drive folder.
Vocabulary
- Transparency
- Masks
- Working Non-Destructively
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