This is a three (3) page handout with basic instructions needed to complete a Photoshop Computer Hardware Project. This is not a step-by-step lesson but rather a practice activity with some pointers that can be completed with any version of Photoshop.

Your students will create a “flyer” that shows an open computer with labeled hardware. They need to research computer hardware as well as find images and then create the Photoshop image. They will also research the 10 hardware components and look up pricing for each to include in the student chart.

This is a ten (10) page handout with step by step directions needed to convert an image into a coloring page as well as the elephant image used in the CC lesson; there is a cover page, then seven pages include instructions and the last page shows examples of what is possible with Adobe Photoshop and some images from Google.

The file is in Adobe PDF. My students really enjoy this project and they learn how to desaturate, invert, and move images as well as add text.

Double Stroke Effect with Photoshop CC – free no prep graphic design lesson

Layer styles are one of the most versatile functions in Photoshop. You will use layer styles to add a double stroke as you see in the example above. You will receive a 9 page PDF file with step by step instructions and two “Brain Challenges” for your students to practice independently.

Haunted castle with Photoshop CC- a step-by-step no prep lesson!

In this project you will take a picture of a castle and turn it into spooky haunted-looking terror castle using Photoshop. Updated 10/2020, includes a video now 🙂

Students will open files, use selection tools, the transform function and blending modes to complete their haunted, terror castle.

Haunted Castle CC contains 4 files:

1. Completely re-imagined 11 page PDF file with complete CC instructions for your students. These can be printed out or you can have them on a network so the students can open the file and read it from the screen with CC screen shots.

3. Terror Castle Components (3 images) your students will need this file available to them so they can complete the lesson. It includes a castle, moon, bats, and lightning images which are used to complete the castle.

This lesson will have your students use brushes and layer styles to write their name in jelly beans. My students love this lesson, I recommend it comes after my Super Hero Palette Colors lesson as it reviews the use of color selection with the jelly beans.

You will download a zip file with the following items:
*A 25 page step-by-step guide to achieving the jelly bean effect and 2 challenge activities for your early finishers that can extend the skills learned in the lesson.
*A completed PSD file so you can view the layers and layer styles used in the lesson (scary file)
*4 sample images using the effect (same as files you see in the cover image)
*An image with the colors used in the lesson
*Of course, the jelly bean image to create the brush with!

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