US News ranks Walnut Hills 65th and Newsweek ranks Walnut Hills 66th among U.S. high schools

Out of more than 18,000 public high schools in the USA, US News ranks Walnut number 65 in the USA andawards WHHS Gold Medal status.

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Each year, Newsweek picks the best high schools in the country based on how hard school staffs work to challenge students with advanced-placement college-level courses and tests. Just over 1.600 schools—only 6 percent of all the public schools in the U.S.—made the list.

Newsweek has ranked Walnut 66th in the nation and #1 in Ohio.

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Computer Applications II

Unit:  Photoshop, Branding, Design Basics

Photoshop CS2 iconMaterials.  Web resources and articles, Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft FrontPage.

Overview.  Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard for image development and manipulation.  We will use Photoshop to create and manipulate images for web sites and as a prototyping tool to create web user interfaces.

Pacing:  This unit  is paced to take approximately 6.0 weeks (30 class days).  This includes time for students to work on the Lab Exercises during class.

Objectives:  To create web design elements in Photoshop including animation, buttons, color, design, drawing, photo effects, text effects, textures, and photo manipulation.

Grading Standards:  Students' work  will be evaluated on the following

  • Completeness of the Assignment, Creativity, Was the work done on time, Is it as good as or better than the sample project
     

Class Rules

  • Be On Time
  • No Restroom Passes
  • Stay In Your Seat
  • Pay Attention - I will explain topics only once
  • Ask Questions
  • Stay On Task

How to Hand In Your Work.

Save all work to my drop box in the format LastName-ProjectName.  Any work not saved in this format will not be graded.

Student Deliverables (What You Need To Do):

 

» PhotoShop toolbox overview

» PhotoShop toolbox tutorial

» Free photo images

Free Spyware and AntiVirus Downloads


Click here to download Avira anti-virus

Click here to download Super Anti Spyware
 

Final Web Project.

We will take your Photoshop prototype and create a web site using the following files:

Main html file click here

Main css file click here

 

Mon Mar 7.  Web Protype: Developing a protoype in PhotoShop.

Create a Photoshop file of espn.com.  You can use any photos you like.  Use folders and multiple layers.  No credit will be give to copy-paste versions.  Save it as lastname-espn to my dropbox.

Thu Feb 23. Business: Developing a business plan.

Read the following on business plans.  Select and modify a template from bplans.com and modify it for your business (you can leave out the irrelavant parts).  Save it as lastname-bizplan to my dropbox.

Wed Feb 22. Business: Developing a product or service.

Fill out this questionnaire in PowerPoint using one slide for each question. Save it as lastname-20questions to my dropbox.

Wed Feb 15. Photoshop: Product Design w/ Blackberry.

Do this tutorial. Save it as lastname-blackberry to my dropbox.

Thu Feb10. Photoshop: Realism & PS3 Joystick.

Do this tutorial. Save it as lastname-ps3 to my dropbox.

Tue Feb 08. Photoshop: Product Shot with Visual Effects.

Do this tutorial. Save it as lastname-shoes to my dropbox.

Mon Feb 07. Photoshop: Abstract Valentine's Day Illustration..

Do this tutorial.  Save it as lastname-hearts to my dropbox.

Mon Jan 30. Photoshop: Movie poster project.

It is your job to design a movie poster for the sequel to your favorite movie. You will need all of the PS skills you have learned. Visit this site to see some samples of movie poster design

Thu Jan 27. Photoshop: working with layers.

It is your job to design a movie poster for the sequel to your favorite movie. You will need all of the PS skills you have learned. Visit this site to see some samples of movie poster design.

Mon Jan 24. Photoshop: working with layers.

Do this tutorial on abstract photo manipulation. Use your own style for the end result and save in my dropbox as lastname-abstract-photo1.psd.
 

Mon Jan 24. Photoshop: abstract photo manipulation.

Do this tutorial on abstract photo manipulation. Use your own style for the end result and save in my dropbox as lastname-abstract-photo1.psd.

Tue Jan 18. Creating Buttons.

Your assignment is to create two buttons using different styles that say "Visit Us on Twitter".  Use this tutorial as a guide. Save both in my drop box as lastname-button1 and lastname-button2.

Thu Jan 6.  Beginning Photoshop.

 

 

Events Calendar

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Upcoming Sporting Events

Questions? Contact Our Athletic Director Want to volunteer? Want to make a donation or contribution to athletics or a particular team? Want to be part of our march to excellence? Please contact Tom Donnelly at 363-8602 or send Tom an email.

Is today's game still on? Call the sports hotline @ 363-8604

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Upcoming Music and Fine Art Events

Marching Band season is beginning. Guard and percussion camp is the week of July 26th. Home camp is the week of August 2nd and away camp is in Ripley, WV the week of August 9th

Upcoming Guidance Events

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