Reference text and tutorials:
• Textbook: Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom In A Book
• Review Chapter: 7: Typographic Design.
• Lesson Files: Lesson07.zip.


Turn-in:
• Please turn in your .psd file for your image, as well as a high quality 1024x768 jpg to the location designated by Prof. Olsen.
• Be sure to name your files: "lastname_firstname_projectname".psd, "lastname_firstname_projectname".jpg

• What to do:
  • Combine imagery and text to create your own propaganda.
  • For full credit, image should be:
    • at least 11"x17" inches
    • 300dpi
    

• Tools and Techniques in Photoshop (to get more detailed information about these tools use Photoshop > Help):

  Creating type	You can create horizontal or vertical type anywhere in an image. Depending on how you use the type tools, you can enter point type or paragraph type. Point type is useful for entering a single word or a line of characters; paragraph type is useful for entering and formatting the type as one or more paragraphs.
  Font	A font is a complete set of characters--letters, numbers, and symbols--that share a common weight, width, and style. When you select a font, you can select the font family and its type style independently. The font family is a collection of fonts sharing an overall typeface design: for example, Times. A type style is a variant version of an individual font in the font family: for example, Regular, Bold, or Italic. The range of available type styles varies with each font. If a font doesn't include the style you want, you can apply faux styles--simulated versions of bold, italic, superscript, subscript, all caps, and small caps styles.
  Type color	The type you enter gets its color from the current foreground color; however, you can change the type color before or after you enter type. When editing existing type layers, you can change the color of individual, selected characters or all type in a layer.
  Warping type	Warping lets you distort type to conform to a variety of shapes; for example, you can warp type in the shape of an arc or a wave. The warp style you select is an attribute of the type layer--you can change a layer's warp style at any time to change the overall shape of the warp. Warping options give you precise control over the orientation and perspective of the warp effect.
  Rasterizing type	Some commands and tools--such as filter effects and painting tools--are not available for type layers. You must rasterize the type prior to applying the command or using the tool. Rasterizing converts the type layer to a normal layer and makes its contents uneditable as text. A warning message appears if you choose a command or tool that requires a rasterized layer. Some warning messages provide an OK button that you can click to rasterize the layer
  Creating text on a path	You can enter type that flows along the edge of a work path created by a pen or a shape tool.
  Work path	A work path is a temporary path that appears in the Paths palette and defines the outline of a shape. You can use paths in several ways: • You can use a path as a vector mask to hide areas of a layer. • You can convert a path to a selection. • You can edit a path to change its shape. • You can designate a saved path as a clipping path to make part of an image transparent when exporting the image to a page-layout or vector-editing application.

• Tips:
  • Be sure to start early so you can bring your questions and problems to office hours.
  • Name your layers as soon as you create them. It'll be much easier than changing them all later. Make sure the names you choose are simple and easy to type. When you need to pick one little part of a complex image, it is MUCH easier to pick it by name than with the mouse.
  • Take the time to learn the keyboard shortcuts.
  • Last but not least - save EARLY and save OFTEN!
  •Look at other examples of propaganda posters, especially from WWII and the cold war era. Try to create an image that involves a topic that you care specifically about. It will mean much more if you have a stronge understanding of the subject matter. Look at artists Barbara Kruger, Shephard Fairey, AdBuster, and Ed Ruscha.