Week | Dates | Schedule | Assigned Chapters | Assignments |
1 | 1/20 | Intro | Get the book - Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques | 1 - Personal Collage/Portrait (50) |
2 | 1/25 - 1/27 | PS Features, Tutorials | intro, 1, 2, 3 | 2 - Features & Tutorials (50), Keyboard Shortcuts Quiz (25) |
3 | 2/1 - 2/3 | PS Working Foundations | - | Start Project 1 - 8x10 Painting (100) |
4 | 2/8 - 2/10 | Resolution, Scanning, Grayscale Images. | Video 1 & 5, Line Art pdf, Chapt. 7 James |
Project 1 due. 3 - Line Art & Grayscale (100) |
5 | 2/17 | Understanding Curves. | 3, 8 - Jesus |
Line Art & Grayscale due. |
6 | 2/22 - 2/24 | Color Correction, Manipulation & Adjustment Layers | 5, 7 - | 4 - Color Correction (100) |
7 | 2/29 - 3/2 | Camera Raw | 4 - |
Color Correction due. |
8 | 3/7 - 3/9 | Video & 3D | - Zack |
5 - Video & 3D (100) |
9 | 3/14 - 3/16 | Enhancement & Masking | 9 - Crys |
Work on assignments |
10 | 3/28 - 3/30 | Sharpening, Shadows | 6, Video 3, Shadows pdf. - Joey |
Channels due. Project 2 - Thematic Posters (100) |
11 | 4/4 - 4/6 | Collage | 10 - |
Continue Thematic Posters. |
12 | 4/11 - 4/13 | Retouching, Type & Background, Workflow | 11, Video 4, Type & BkGrnd pdf, 16 CS3 - |
Thematic Posters due. Usability Report -(100) Project 3 - Interface Design (100) |
13 | 4/18 - 4/20 | Interface Design, Slices, Rollovers, Optimizing Graphics | - Elijah T |
Work on assignments |
14 | 4/25 - 4/27 | Interface Design work | - Ruben |
Usability Report due. |
15 | 5/2 - 5/4 | Final Project | Student choice - | Interface due. Final Project - Student Choice (100) |
16 | 5/9 - 5/16 | Final Project Work | - | Final Project work, Keyboard Shortcuts Quiz (25) |
Finals | 5/23 | Final Projects Due, Monday 11AM! | - | Feedback (extra 25) |