LESSON PLAN IN VISUAL GRAPHIC DESIGN

PARALLAX EFFECT

I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1.) define the word parallax effect;
2.) narrate the process in making a parallax effect; and
3.) make his/her own parallax effect image.

II. Subject Matter:

Topic: Parallax Effect
Materials: PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop and After Effects, laptop and projector
Resources: How to Give Your Still Photos a 2.5D Parallax Effect in Photoshop
Retrieved from https://goo.gl/A2M7UX

III. Procedure:
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Drill
a) Opening prayer
b) Review
c) Motivation
Ask the students to give some scenarios (Students answer and respond vary)
or acts that they think is/are impossible
to happen.

B. Lesson Proper
The Parallax Effect: Make an Image
Move
What is parallax effect?

It is a panning and
zooming effect that is used to
create something like a video from
still images.

To further understand, the students will

watch a video that shows parallax effect
in an image.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=cUfmUPhApJ0

How to make this?

1) Open Adobe Photoshop and then
choose an image that has clear
foreground and background.
2) Separate the foreground image from
the background using the Quick
Selection Tool and Magic Wand Tool.
Cut and paste.

3) Fill the transparent area of the

image. Edit>Fill>Content-Aware

4) Save the file as PSD (Photoshop

Document).

5) Open Adobe After Effect and then

import the PSD.
File>Import>”filename.psd”>Edita
ble layer styles

6) Open the composition and adjust the

scale and positions of the image.

7) Render and watch the parallax effect.

C. Generalization
•What is Parallax Effect? It is a panning and
zooming effect that is used to create
something like a video from still
images.
•What are the steps in making the
Parallax Effect? Enumerate.
[The students narrate the procedures.]
•Make a Parallax Effect (Computer
Laboratory activity).

IV. Assignment:
Read and search the next topic: Character Rigging

Prepared:

JONATHAN LUKE T. MALLARI, LPT, NC III, NC II

Senior High School Applicant