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DOWNLOAD ZIP FILE OF SOURCE IMAGERY: fastfood_tutorial1.zip

Technical Objectives: Students will gain understanding of basic Photoshop tools: text tool, lasso/selection tools, file formats (gifs, jpgs, tiff, psd) , color, layers, palettes (brushes, layers, color), filters. Students will learn how to scan documents.

Tutorial 1: In the folder you downloaded, there is a MSW file called: tutorial1_directions.doc. Open these directions and go through the images making all the images changes as directed.

Tutorial 2: Practice scanning images, adjusting for dust and scratches.

Tutorial 3: Begin making an ad spoof (see example pictured above).

Discussion and screening: Adbuster ad spoofs, Cloaca

Focus questions: What does an advertisement really advertise?

HOMEWORK:

Studio Practice: Begin an ad spoof by modifying two advertisements so that all original text is removed.

Spoof demose MUST BE at least 640 x 480 pixels in size.

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