Learning Targets:
- I can turn in my License plate design and research assignment
Due Today:
- License plate design. Turn in a .psd or .jpg file and name it lastname_plate
- Turn in a link to your research webpage or slideshow
- Turn in your copyright law document
- Turn in your “vectorize” a raster image. Turn in a .psd or .jpg file and name it lastname_vectorize
How to turn in your work:

- Click on the share button
- Click on publish and share link

Video presentation
Click on the create link button after setting up the share settings

Click on the create link button after setting up the share settings

Click on the blue copy link button or click on the green classroom icon.
Turn in your work by selecting add link to the Google Classroom assignment or go directly to the assignment and turn in your work using the green classroom button.
If you finish your assignments early consider helping other students complete their work, or working on expanding your Photoshop knowledge by seeking out an online tutorial.

Learning Targets:
- I can “vectorize” a raster graphic
Think, pair, share:
- Open up your Adobe Spark advertising webpages, research the difference between vector graphics and raster graphics and record your research. Add graphic representations to your webpage as part of your research.
New Assignment:
“Vectorize” a raster image
- Download the skyscraper image to your F drive folder
- Open the skyscraper image in Adobe Photoshop
- Open layers panel
- Create a new layer (shift+Ctrl+N)
- Name the new layer vector
- Select the pen tool (P)
- Click, or click and drag as needed, to create a vector shape tracing the contours of the largest building
- Make sure to close the path using the pen tool to create a vector shape
- Select the paths panel and click on the upper right (four lines) and choose to fill the path with a color or pattern
- Turn off the background layer to see the vector image you created
- Name your vector image lastname_vectorize and save it as a PSD file to your F drive
- Turn in your final image to the vectorize a raster image assignment
College and Career Fair:
- Freshman: 8:45-9:25
- Sophomores: 9:25-10:05
- Juniors: 10:05-10:45
- Seniors: 10:45-11:25
Learning Targets:
Think, pair, share:
- Can you use any image (photography, paintings, graphics, etc.) music or movies found on the internet or other sources for advertising, marketing or commercial purposes?
Assignment:
- What is copyright law and why is it important?
- What is the public domain?
- Define the four main usage rights found as part of a Google search for images.
- What does non-commercial mean?
- What is the copyright definition of fair use?
- How can you use a copyrighted work legally?
Learning Targets:
- I can research the unique characteristics of a state of my choice.
- Using my research I can produce a presentation about the state of my choice using Adobe Spark page or video.
- I can design (using elements and principles of design) to create a unique license plate.
Think, pair, share:
- What have you discovered during your research about the state of your choice you find most interesting? Is the most interesting thing about your state visually interesting and work as a graphic element for your license plate design?
Your research needs to include:
- What is the capital of the state?
- What is the state motto?
- When did the state officially become part of the United States?
- What is the state bird or mammal?
- What is the most popular travel destination?
- What is the largest city?
- How many people live in the state?
- What is one little known fact about the state?
- What is the number one industry in the state?
- What is the state most known for?
- What kind of wildlife lives in the state?
- How many parks are in the state.
- Who or what is the most famous icon/person recognized by the state?
- Who is the state’s poet laureate?
- Add the state flag to your research.
Use your research to help guide you in your license plate design. Choose two or three visuals based on your research you believe might make for a good license plate design.

- You may pick any state (Only one state per student, please).
- Research the state of your choice. Use Adobe Spark page or video to present your research.
- Your license plate design needs to include a color scheme that reflects the state or illustrative direction of the design.
- Your license plate design needs to include a vector graphic made from a raster image (pixels) that is unique about the state.
- Please use the elements and principles of design to help guide your design.
- Use Adobe Photoshop and the template for your license plate design.
Deadline: Friday, March 13, 2020.
Think, pair, share:
You have been hired to produce a license plate to advertise and promote a state. How will you begin the project?

You may pick any state. Only one state per student, please.
Research the state of your choice. Use Adobe Spark page or video to present your research.
Your license plate design needs to include a color scheme that reflects the state.
Your license plate design needs to include a vector graphic or raster image (pixels) that is unique about the state.
Please use the elements and principles of design to help guide your design.
Use Adobe Photoshop for your license plate design.
Deadline: Friday, March 13, 2020.
Learning Targets:
- I can research the unique characteristics of a state of my choice.
- Using my research I can produce a presentation using Adobe Spark page or video.
- I can design (using elements of art and design) a unique license plate.
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