College of the Canyons

The Project

College of the Canyons

GMD 047 Intro to Photoshop

Fall 2004
Section: 37130

Meeting Time: Saturday 12:00 PM-2:50 PM

Room: M-216

Instructor: Larissa Bank

E-mail: larissabank@hotmail.com

class Website: http://www.larabank.com/photoshop

Office Hours: by appointment

Final Project: Faux-toshop Project

For your final project, you are to create one original printed Photoshop file. Is should have a cohesive theme or concept. You will need at least the last two class periods to work on your project as well as time budgeted outside of class. Plan accordingly. The specifications are as follows:

Students will create one project utilizes compositing, layers, image adjustments, and masking utilizing a theme from the choices below.

For sample files see examples on the class site:

http://www.larabank.com/photoshop/samples.html

Minimum elements:

5 Layers
3 Image adjustment layers
cutting out at least 1 image with a compositing or masking technique
saved in CMYK mode
saved as a PSD file with all layers
another version of the file saved as a flattened file.
Printed

Remember that these are the guidelines and if your project is amazing but doesn’t follow all my rules, that’s fine, but you will be graded according to them. The choice is yours. You will be graded on:

5 layers	50
3 image adjustment layers	50
1 cut out	50
CMYK mode	25
PSD FILE- not flattened	50
PSD FILE- flattened	25
printed	50
Design consideration	50
Creativity	50
Content/thematic consistency	50
Class Participation	50

Your final project is due on September 25^th and is worth 500 points.