This document provides instructions for a multimedia technology assignment with three parts. Students are asked to complete Photoshop tutorials on selections and layers, then create a composite image arranging vegetable elements over a desert landscape. They must submit prints of their written responses and image contact sheets, as well as digital Photoshop files organized in a specific folder structure and uploaded online. The assignment aims to develop skills in selections, layers, compositing, and telling a visual story through images.

1. Multimedia Technology IT 3774
Fall semester 2009
Exercise 3: Parts 1- 3
Date: Sept. 9, 2009 Wednesday
Due date: Sept. 16, 2009 Wednesday
Total Points: 10
Introduction/Overview:
Assignments:
Part 1: do the tutorial, Working with Selections, Lesson 3 in Photoshop CS3 CiB.
Part 2: do the tutorial, Layer Basics, Lesson 4 in Photoshop CS3 CiB.
Part 3: applied skill - make a composite image using the veggie man parts image and the dune image.
You will turn in your work in two forms- Prints and Digital files:
Prints
1. One short paper. The paper addresses the questions in Part 3. This paper should be 1 paragraph
long. You can write a paragraph related to each part of the assignment and write only one paper in
total. Print a hard copy. Follow the form previously distributed that defines how to label and
present your paper.
2. Prints of images you have created. To better organize and present the
images of your finished Photoshop files, you should make a contact sheet of
all images created for the four parts and submit that contact sheet print
instead of separate hard copy prints. Print your hard copy in black and
white.
Here is an example:
Digital Files
3. Uploaded completed Photoshop image files for Part 1 – 3 of Exercise 3.
Please follow these directions exactly for uploading your files:
Create a folder hierarchy to organize your assignment files.
a. Make a folder with your last name on it and Ex3.
(for example: harper_ex3)
b. Put your working files inside the folder.
c. For example - Name your working file for:
1) Part 1 “your last name”_selections.psd
2) Part 2 “your last name”_layers.psd
3) Part 3 “your last name”_ veg.psd
Upload your folder and files to:
Multimedia > Harper > 3774 Turnin > Week04 Turnin > 3774_Ex3.
Details follow: Please read and follow all directions carefully and completely.

2. Exercise 3: Tutorials and Activity Parts 1 – 3
Part 1 and 2: Tutorials and applied exercise covering Working with Selections
and Layer basics.
Part 1: Tutorial
1. Do the tutorial in PS CS3 CIB Lesson 3 Working with Selections. Use the assets from the Lesson
3 folder on the CD that came with your book.
2. Use Photoshop CS4 only.
3. Leave all the layers in tact; do not flatten your file.
Part 2: Tutorial
1. Do the tutorial in PS 5 CIB Lesson 4 Layer Basics. Use the assets from the Lesson 4 folder on the
CD that came with your book.
2. Use Photoshop CS4 only.
3. Leave all the layers in tact; do not flatten your file.
Part 3: Applied exercise covering selection techniques, layers and layer styles.
Composite Image Activity – There will be an in class demo detailing this process.
1. Use two image files: 02Start.psd and dune.tif to create your composite image.
2. Download/Copy the necessary files from: Multimedia > Harper > 3774_Resources > Week 3 >
Vegeman assets Ex3.
3. Use the selected elements in the 02Start.psd and arrange them in the image dune.tif to create a
combined image that tells a story about a vegetable being in the desert. You can incorporate other
images into this composite as well. Practice selection techniques to do this.
a. Use selection tools to select parts from the 02Start.psd and move and arrange the parts into
the dune image.
b. Save every veggie being element on its own layer in the Photoshop file.
c. Arrange the stacking order of the layers to enhance the image elements.
d. Play with the image and add/create some graphic elements that tell a story.
e. Transform shapes and change colors of objects.
f. Create the expression for the Veggie being.
g. Add layer styles to change the texture or shape of an object.
h. Name every layer.
4. Important: Leave all the layers in tact; do not flatten your file.
5. Write a paragraph that answers these questions:
a. How long did it take to do this assignments (minutes to hours)?
b. What did you learn about selecting parts of an image, managing layers and compositing an image?
c. Did you encounter any maneuvers that were difficult to work through? Discuss how you solved any problems.

3. Turn in:
1. Evaluation Document: Write your name on the evaluation sheet included with the written
Exercise and place it with the other printed documents in your folder.
2. Prints: You can make one document that includes all the paragraphs asked for in Ex. 3. Follow
the form listed in the handout defining how to label and present your document. Print your word
document. Place your printed files into the folder with your name on it at the beginning of class.
3. Prints: You can make one contact sheet that includes all the images you worked on. Follow the
form listed in the handout defining how to label and present your document. Print a black and
white print of your finished Photoshop files as a contact sheet. Type or write your name at the top
of the print. Place your printed files into the folder with your name on it at the beginning of class.
4. Digital files: Upload all your Photoshop files for Exercise 3 to the appropriate Week and Exercise
folder.
Create a folder hierarchy to organize your assignment files.
a. Make a folder with your last name on it and Ex3. (for example: harper_ex3)
b. Put your working files inside the folder. Name your working files for Part 1-3: for example
“your last name”_ex3p1.psd.
Upload to: Multimedia > Harper > 3774 Turnin > Week04 Turnin > 3774 _Ex3.