Today we allowed the students to work on their Behind the Wheel projects, after a short review with the Jeopardy Game! The students did particularly well, with David answering a lot of questions correctly. Jose asked some good questions after the game, giving Chris the chance to go over some of the basics, like layers and how to use filters.

Once that was finished, the students went to work. This was their last Saturday session to complete their projects, and it was clear they understood that. They all worked hard, ignoring their break time for the most part and asking for help when they needed it, from both the instructors and each other. Diana's splash page came out very nice:



She shows good use of color and photos in this, and she was able to integrate all the pages into a nice uniform concept. When I saw this I told her I could imagine it rotating around a central axis, moving each picture to the foreground as the mouse moved over them, and she said that was exactly what she wanted.

David made a website for his mom, who is a DJ for a local station. He even used a photo of her:



Like Diana’s site, this has a uniform concept that makes good use of color and artwork that is relevant to the subject matter. He’s thinking about making it into a real site, which I told him was a great idea.

All in all, it was a very successful final session for the Photoshop class. The students worked very hard in this unit, and had to learn a number of difficult concepts. They stepped up to the challenge, and learned a lot that they’ll be able to use in future projects. Way to go, everyone!!!