# Brand Foundations - Source Notes

## Curriculum

- 1.4: Create electronic communication solutions that persuade or entertain an audience.
- 1.5: Understand social and environmental impacts of communication technology.
- 4.1: Apply principles and elements of design.
- 4.3: Use typography appropriately in graphic design.
- 4.4: Communicate a message by manipulating images and words.
- 4.5: Use appropriate settings for web-image output.

## Teaching references

See the repository-level SOURCE_MATRIX.md. Source books informed sequence and terminology; their copyrighted text and artwork are not redistributed.

## External resources

- [Adobe Photoshop workspace](https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/desktop/get-started/learn-the-basics/workspace-overview.html)
- [Adobe type layers](https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/editing-text.html)
- [Adobe layer masks](https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/desktop/create-masks/layer-masks/add-layer-masks.html)
- [Adobe web export](https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/desktop/save-and-export/export-files-to-different-formats/fine-tune-your-export-settings-using-the-export-as-option.html)
- [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines contrast](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/contrast-minimum.html)

## Evidence boundary

Teacher-created questions, exemplars and analytic descriptors remain classroom material. The teacher confirms assessment decisions.