Photoshop Calendar

The Graphic Arts calendar is a great way to view everything you have to do for Photoshop in one place. You can view daily calendar events and scroll to review past calendar postings. The calendar also includes video instructions and project links.

Friday, March 14, 2025

Smart Filters
34 - Smart Filters - Download any lesson files. A smart filter is really just a normal Photoshop filter, but one that's been applied to a smart object.

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Smart Objects
32 - Smart Objects- Download any lesson files. In Photoshop there is a smart way of working with images to help maintain quality and a well organized document.

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Actions in Photoshop
31 - Actions in Photoshop - Download any lesson files. Photoshop can speed up your workflow by recording and playing application tasks.

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Blending Modes
29 - Blending Modes- Download any lesson files. Photoshop has the ability to blend different layers together for greater creativity.

Monday, March 10, 2025

Layer Effects and Styles
30 - Layer Effects and Styles- Download any lesson files. Layer styles offer a range of visual effects that you can be applied to layers within the layers panel.

Friday, March 7, 2025

Blending Modes
29 - Blending Modes- Download any lesson files. Photoshop has the ability to blend different layers together for greater creativity.

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Manage Paths
28 - Adjustment Layers - Download any lesson files. Photoshop has a non destructive way of applying effects to specific layers.

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Manage Paths
27 - Manage Paths - Download any lesson files. When you create a path in Photoshop, it appears in the Paths panel as a temporary and unsaved working path.

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Paths & the Pen Tool
26 - Paths & the Pen Tool - Download any lesson files. The Pen tool and the concept of paths in Photoshop is a very important task to know and master.

Monday, March 3, 2025

Paths & the Pen Tool
26 - Paths & the Pen Tool - Download any lesson files. The Pen tool and the concept of paths in Photoshop is a very important task to know and master.

Friday, February 28, 2025

Paths & the Pen Tool
26 - Paths & the Pen Tool - Download any lesson files. The Pen tool and the concept of paths in Photoshop is a very important task to know and master.

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Paths & the Pen Tool
26 - Paths & the Pen Tool - Download any lesson files. The Pen tool and the concept of paths in Photoshop is a very important task to know and master.

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Eraser Tool
24 - Eraser Tool - Download any lesson files. One of the easiest ways to remove a background or part of an image in Photoshop is to use the Eraser Tool.

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Using Brushes
22 - Using Brushes - Download any lesson files. In Photoshop you will find the brush tool being used in all sorts of creative scenarios such as drawing, painting, erasing, refining, creating textures and masks.

Monday, February 24, 2025

Transform Tools
21 - Transform Tools - Download any lesson files. When creating in Photoshop there will be occasions where you will want to change the size, shape and form of objects in your composition.

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Shape Tools
20 - Shape Tools - Download any lesson files. Photoshop has specific tools used to create simple and complex shapes.

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Channel Basics
18 - Channel Basics - Download any lesson files. Photoshop uses channels to store color information about an image or to store selections.

Monday, February 17, 2025

Create and Edit Gradients
17 - Create and Edit Gradients - Download any lesson files. A gradient is any of several methods for achieving a smooth transition between two adjacent colors, including black and white.

Friday, February 14, 2025

Color Range in an Image
15 - Color Range in an Image - Download any lesson files. The Color Range command creates a selection based on tonal and color values within the image.

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Color Range in an Image
15 - Color Range in an Image - Download any lesson files. The Color Range command creates a selection based on tonal and color values within the image.

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Color Range in an Image
15 - Color Range in an Image - Download any lesson files. The Color Range command creates a selection based on tonal and color values within the image.

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Color Range in an Image
15 - Color Range in an Image - Download any lesson files. The Color Range command creates a selection based on tonal and color values within the image.

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Color Range in an Image
15 - Color Range in an Image - Download any lesson files. The Color Range command creates a selection based on tonal and color values within the image.

Friday, February 7, 2025

Select with the Lasso Tools
13 - Select with the Lasso Tools - Download any lesson files. The Lasso Tools is essentially a manual selection tool that relies heavily on your own drawing skills, as well as on the accuracy and performance of your mouse.

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Making Selections
12 - Making Selections - Download any lesson files. The selection tools allows you to make and control particular selections in your canvas area.

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Color in Photoshop
11 - Color in Photoshop - Download any lesson files. Understanding how the color panels work, demonstrate some of the color tools and talk about using the right color format.

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Crop and Straighten
10 - Crop and Straighten - Download any lesson files. Cropping is the process of removing portions of a photo to create focus or strengthen the composition.

Monday, February 3, 2025

The Layers Panel
09 - The Layers Panel - Download any lesson files. The layers panel, is the most important panel in Photoshop, Its from this panel that you will coordinate your entire composition.

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Photoshop Artboards
08 - Photoshop Artboards - Download any lesson files. The artboards feature in Photoshop works much like its Adobe Illustrator counterpart in that each artboard is treated as a separate layered document.

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

File Formats & Saving
06 - File Formats & Saving - Download any lesson files. Photoshop can open and save multiple file formats.

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Raster Image Principles
03 - Raster Image Principles - Download any lesson files. Review and discuss key principles that go into raster based images.

Monday, January 27, 2025

Tool Bar, Panels & Workspaces
02 - Tool Bar, Panels & Workspaces - Download any lesson files. How to customize the panel layout to create a more comfortable workspace.

Friday, January 24, 2025

Interface Introduction
01 - Interface Introduction - Download any lesson files. An overview of the interface and customization features found in Photoshop.

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Adobe Accounts
Setup Adobe Account on the computer.

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Adobe Accounts
Setup Adobe Account on the computer.

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

First Day S2
First Day of 2nd Semester: Computer setup.

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Computer - Adobe
Computer and Adobe Account for Graphic Arts.

Monday, August 19, 2024

First Day
First Day of School.

Friday, March 2, 2018

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