One of the keys to mastering Photoshop is efficiently and effectively using the selection tools to select portions of an image that you wish to manipulate. Let’s get started with some basic tools and techniques to select portions of an image.

Objective: Based on their understanding of the capabilities of the selection tools available in Photoshop, students will choose the most appropriate tool for a specific selection purpose.

Student-Friendly Objective: I can effectively select the most appropriate tool for my purpose from the range of selection tools in Adobe Photoshop.

Watch the linked video for an overview of the Selection tools we will be using today.

Using the tools and techniques demonstrated in the video and discussed in class, create a composite image using the Moon image (below) as a background and the Astronaut, Alien and the Cheese in the foreground.

Make sure each of the images has no traces of a white or black background. Name your layers appropriately. Save your file as “YOURNAME Moon Party.psd” and attach a copy to today’s assignment post in our Google Classroom.

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Assigned: October 17th, 2017
Teacher Pacing Due Date: October 19th, 2017

Welcome to our Adobe Photoshop unit! Photoshop is an incredibly powerful image creation and manipulation tool.

Let’s get started with a quick test to see what you already know about Photoshop, and a little bit about what you have to discover about this quintessential digital image editing software.

Then we’ll begin our journey by exploring the Photoshop workspace, and learning about some of the new tools, palettes and control panels that are unique to Photoshop.

Objective:

Students will demonstrate their initial proficiency with Adobe Photoshop through a diagnostic pre-test.

Student Friendly Objective:

I can show what I already know about Adobe Photoshop by taking the Photoshop pre-test.

• Visit our Google Classroom and take the Photoshop pre-test.
• Remember, this is a pre-test, so do your best to answer all the questions, but don’t worry if you don’t have all the answers. That’s what you’re here to learn.
• Submit your test answers before the end of the class period today.
• Make sure you mark the assignment as “Done” when you finish to confirm that you took the test.

Assigned: October 16th, 2017
Teacher Pacing Due Date: October 16th, 2017