Graphic Design and Illustration

Chapter 2 teaches us how to use selection and layering tools that let you choose and combine parts of different images and try on a variety of professional quality effects, all without undoing the original image. Chapter 2 includes Lesson 3 and Lesson 4.

The students will be introduced to Adobe Photoshop CC

TEKS – 1A-B, 2A-G, 3, 4, 5, 6A-B, 7A-D, 8A-E, 9A-E, 10, 11A-H

Activity – Lesson 3: Key skills include selecting, moving, resizing, duplicating, and deselecting items, using keyboard shortcuts and the arrow keys to nudge a selection, and cropping unwanted area out of an image. The lesson concludes with an overview of training, education, and certifications for graphic design professionals. Lesson 4: Key skills include navigating the Layers panel, copying, renaming, arranging, and flattening layers, and applying a variety of styles and effects within an individual layer

Materials – Learning Graphic Design and Illustration by Andrew Faulkner, Conrad Chavez, and Brian Wood

Evaluation – Lesson 3 Projects, Lesson 4 Projects, and Chapter 2 Test