IN CLASS
Critique Woodstock Poster R1
Watch Helvetica Part 2

NEW TOOLS
Halftone Images in Photoshop (see below for detail)

HALFTONING Step-By-Step
1. Open or create your image in Photoshop

2. Convert to Grayscale
Image-Mode-Grayscale in top bar, click Discard color info

3. Optional – Use levels adjustment layer to add contrast

4. Create Bitmap
Image – Mode – Bitmap in top bar
in Pop Up – Select Halftone Screen under Method, click OK
Next Pop Up – Adjust Frequency (lower freq. equals bigger effect, higher freq. equals more detail)
Shape: round, line, diamond – you can play with any of these

5. Undo and retry if you aren’t happy with it

6. Save image as TIFF, and place in Illustrator (where you can scale, change color, repeat, etc.)

WATCH
Next 30mins of Helvetica (trailer)

HOMEWORK
Round 02 of Woodstock Poster
Submit on Dropbox  AND bring Printed & Trimmed poster to next class 4/17

IN CLASS
Critique Printed Gig Poster 01
Type Lecture
Introduce Next Project

WATCH
Next 30mins of Helvetica (trailer)

RESOURCES
PDF presentation of Typography intro

Quick Type tutorial by Adobe

HOMEWORK
Complete a second gig poster. Details below:

• Woodstock (research the show)
  Details here: https://www.woodstock.com/
• Must include: lineup for all 3 days
• Create a logo/lockup for Woodstock 50 (or 50th)
• Imagery & typographySubmit PDF with crop marks & bleed settings, AND print 11″x17″ for next class
  Submit PDF Here

Project Brief here

IN CLASS
Look through Photoshop Exercises
Lecture + Introduce our Next Project

NEW TOOLS
Review Masking + Adjustment Layers in Photoshop
Filtering Images/Layers
Selecting Images with Unsplash.com (very high resolution, creative commons photos you can use)
Review type tools in Illustrator
Using both Illustrator & Photoshop together
Saving PDF with cropmarks

PRESENTATION
You can access the Presentation PDF here

PROJECT 05:
Project 05 Brief here

HOMEWORK
Design 11×17 poster for next class 11/13
Print 11×17 in color with trim marks
Submit PDF in this Dropbox folder