Photoshop 2 Section 4198
Tentative Schedule
Meets Wednesday 6:00-7:50pm in 2928 and 8:00-8:50pm in 2920
| Class | Week | Topics | Reading assignments | Graded work & exams |
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| 1 | 8/24 | Introduction to course and Photoshop Interface Defaults Preferences Troubleshooting and getting help |
Introduction Chapter 1 Getting Started Appendix A: Installing Photoshop CS5 (only if needed) Appendix B: Troubleshooting and Getting Help Appendix D: Photoshop Tools Panel Appendix E: Photoshop Menu by Menu Photoshop Preferences Summary Optional: Practical Photoshop CS5 Level 2, Tutorial 1 Review Questions 1 |
Start Homework 1 - 20 points, due 9/7 |
| 2 | 8/31 | Photoshop and Bridge CS5 basics (mostly review from first course) Opening, viewing and arranging documents Guides, grids and rulers Resolution & resizing Saving for print and web Print and web file formats Adobe Bridge and Mini Bridge including Output to PDF |
Chapter 2 (skip PUC p49, UTS p52, bottom p57-59, UTS p67) pp 236-252 pp 669-682 step 12 (skip UTS p669) pp 711-717 Appendix C: Using Adobe Bridge Optional:Practical Photoshop CS5 Level 2 (see class 1 link), Tutorials 13 & 14 Review Questions 2 |
Continue Homework 1 - due 9/7 |
| 3 | 9/7 | Layer basics and selections Working with layers (review) Align and distribute layers Layer groups Creating and editing selections (review) Puppet Warp |
pp 75-106, 111-112 (skip PUC p81) p 302 (UTS) pp 128-133 (skip WW p129, FAQ p131) pp 135-142 bottom p144-p146 pp 149-184 mid p270-p273 Review Questions 3 |
Homework 1 due Start Homework 2 - 25 points, due 9/21 |
| 4 | 9/14 | Masks Quick Mask mode Creating and editing layer masks Masks panel Clipping masks |
pp 176-177 (again) pp 113-123 bottom p142-p144 pp 629-631 Optional:Practical Photoshop CS5 Level 2 (see class 1 link), parts of Tutorial 3, Tutorial 5 Review Questions 4 |
Continue Homework 2 - due 9/21 |
| 5 | 9/21 | Colors and channels Color theory (review) Image modes Channels panel Alpha channel Selecting with channels |
pp 485-492 p46-top p47 pp 185 -212 In photoshop_cs5_help.pdf, "Understanding color" at the beg. of Chapter 4 Optional:Practical Photoshop CS5 Level 2 (see class 1 link), Tutorial 7, parts of Tutorial 3 Review Questions 5 |
Homework 2 due Inbox for puppet2.jpg Puppet Gallery Start Homework 3 - 30 points, due 10/5 |
| 6 | 9/28 | Draining and changing color Black & White adjustment Channel Mixer adjustment Color Balance adjustment Colorizing images Hue/Saturation adjustment (review) Match Color command Photo filter adjustment Posterize adjustment |
pp 323-329 bottom p331-p348 mid p289-p291, mid p301-p302 p351-top 363 Optional:Practical Photoshop CS5 Level 2 (see class 1 link), Tutorial 10 Review Questions 6 |
Start Homework 4 - 30 points, due 10/19 Continue Homework 3 - due 10/5 Online Exam 1 on classes 1-4 open 9/29 - 10/5 only |
| 7 | 10/5 | Correcting tone and Smart Objects Gradient Map adjustment Shadow/Highlights adjustment Smart Objects Smart Filters |
pp 363-365
pp 377-381 bottom p54-top p55 pp 123-127 p634-top p636 Optional:Practical Photoshop CS5 Level 2 (see class 1 link), pp 99-104, 193-198 Review Questions 7 |
Homework 3 due Continue Homework 4 - due 10/19 |
| 8 | 10/12 | Correcting images in Camera Raw Opening, saving, and viewing files White balance Exposure Other Basic tab sliders Cropping and straightening Processing multiple files |
bottom p57-p59 (skip PUC p59) bottom p381-387 pp 233-236 p 422 Optional:Practical Photoshop CS5 Level 2 (see class 1 link), Tutorial 2 Review Questions 8 |
Continue Homework 4 - due 10/19 |
| 9 | 10/19 | More image correction Setting target colors Levels Curves Project presentations |
pp 367-371 p390-top p413 (skip PUC p394) p418-top p420 Optional:Practical Photoshop CS5 Level 2 (see class 1 link), Tutorial 6, parts of Tutorial 8 Review Questions 9 |
Homework 4 due Inbox for Midterm Project Midterm Project Gallery Start Homework 5 - 30 points, due 11/2 |
| 10 | 10/26 | Local image repair Healing tools Pinch filter Free transform Gaussian Blur filter Dodge and Burn tools Sponge tool Color Replacement tool |
pp 423-438 (skip PUC p428) pp 442-458 Optional:Practical Photoshop CS5 Level 2 (see class 1 link), Tutorial 9, pp205-232 Review Questions 10 |
Continue Homework 5 - due 11/2 Online Exam 2 on classes 5-8 open 10/27-11/2 only |
| 11 | 11/2 | Noise and sharpening Reduce Noise filter Add Noise filter Unsharp Mask filter Smart Sharpen filter Blur and Sharpen tools Sharpening individual channels Using Camera Raw |
pp 459-474 bottom p214-217 p 644 (Noise) pp 480-483 (skip PUC p481) Optional:Practical Photoshop CS5 Level 2 (see class 1 link), Tutorial 9, pp232-252 Review Questions 11 |
Homework 5 due Inbox for beauty.jpg Beauty Gallery Start Homework 6 - 20 points, due 11/16 |
| 12 | 11/9 | Vectors and shapes Fill and shape layers Shape tools Vector masks Rasterizing layers Importing vector data |
p52 (UTS) pp 537-540 bottom p146-148 bottom p551-mid p557 (skip UTS p552) mid p572-mid p574 bottom p110- top p111 bottom p315-top p319 Optional:Practical Photoshop CS5 Level 2 (see class 1 link), Tutorial 12 Review Questions 12 |
Continue Homework 6 - due 11/16 |
| 13 | 11/16 | Type Font types Point vs. paragraph type Editing text Rasterizing text Type masks Warping text Formatting text Special text effects Happy Thanksgiving! |
pp 575-593 pp 597-603 bottom p620-mid p629 Optional:Practical Photoshop CS5 Level 2 (see class 1 link), Tutorial 4 Review Questions 13 |
Homework 6 due Inbox for Vector Art Vector Art Gallery Start Homework 7 - 25 points, due 12/7 Start Homework 8 - 30 points, due 12/14 |
| 14 | 11/30 | Resizing and transforming Image Processor Content-Aware Scale command Transformers |
pp 254-270 Review Questions 14 |
Continue Homework 7 - due 12/7 Continue Homework 8 - due 12/14 Online Exam 3 on classes 9-12 open 12/1 -12/7 only |
| 15 | 12/7 | Actions and automations Actions panel Playing an action Creating and saving a simple action Batch processing Auto-aligning layers Photomerge with Content-Aware Fill Auto-blending layers |
pp 749-760 pp 764-766 (skip FAQ p764) mid p305-mid p310 Optional:Practical Photoshop CS5 Level 2 (see class 1 link), Tutorial 15 Review Questions 15 |
Homework 7 due Continue Homework 8 - due 12/14 |
| 16 | 12/14 | Review for final Project presentations |
Final exam topics
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Homework 8 due Inbox for Homework 8 Final Project Gallery |
| 17 | 12/21 | Cumulative final exam W 6:00-8:45pm in 2926 |
Cumulative final exam open 12/21 only |
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