CISG 201 Advanced Photoshop

Advanced Photoshop builds upon the material presented in Photoshop 1 and Photoshop 2.  Students explore Photoshop's tools and processes for manipulating images for a variety of applications.  Students use layers, channels and a broad variety of filters for creating compelling designs.

Credits

3 Credits

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

15

Semester Contact Hours Lab

60

Prerequisite

CISG 101 and CISG 102 or Instructor Permission

CISG 201Advanced Photoshop

Please note: This is not a course syllabus. A course syllabus is unique to a particular section of a course by instructor. This curriculum guide provides general information about a course.

I. General Information

Department

Information Technology

II. Course Specification

Course Type

Program Requirement

Credit Hours Narrative

3 Credits

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

15

Semester Contact Hours Lab

60

Prerequisite Narrative

CISG 101 and CISG 102 or Instructor Permission

Grading Method

Letter grade

Repeatable

N

III. Catalog Course Description

Advanced Photoshop builds upon the material presented in Photoshop 1 and Photoshop 2.  Students explore Photoshop's tools and processes for manipulating images for a variety of applications.  Students use layers, channels and a broad variety of filters for creating compelling designs.

IV. Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:

• Students will use advanced techniques to adjust color, tonality, and sharpness to images needing such correction.
• Students will utilize advanced selection and masking features, channels, and filters to facilitate image compositing andplacement into a digital gallery.
• Students will create a 30-second animation using Photoshop’s Animation palette.
• Students will create a showcard that contains styled text, at least one scanned or digital photo, and a vector object.
• Students will create and assemble a package design using an original photo, special effects filters, and at least one vector object, along with creative type.

V. Topical Outline (Course Content)

Class 1: Introduction, Syllabus, Assign Final Portfolio Project to be done through semester (review past semesters’ samples)

Class 2: Gallery Lesson 1: Advanced Selection (creating/editing masks; Vanishing Point; Color Range; alpha channels)

Class 3: Gallery Lesson 1: Advanced Image Editing (tonal adjustments; sharpening; reducing noise; Calculations; Gaussian Blur)

Class 4: Gallery Lesson 2: Advanced Repair (Healing/Spot Healing; Clone Stamp; washed-out images)

Class 5: Gallery Lesson 2: Advanced Repair (Shadow/Highlight; duotones, gradient maps; placing images into the gallery)

Class 6: Gallery Quiz; Lesson 3: Working with Vectors, Part I: Vector Clipping Paths; Placing Vector Art as Smart Object

Class 7: Lesson 3: Working with Vectors, Part II: Rastering Vectors (and vice versa); Using Vector Masks

Class 8: Vectors Quiz; Animating Images

Class 9: Animating Images cont’d; Animation Quiz

Class 10: Project 1 Assignment: Create a 30-second Animation

Class 11: Project 1 Animation work time

Class 12: Project 1 Animation work time

Class 13: Project 1 Animation work time

Class 14: Project 1 Animation work time, due end of class.

Class 15: Animation critique.

Class 16: Project 2 Assignment: Create a Showcard Incorporating Styled Text and a Vector Object

Class 17: .Project 2 Showcard work time

Class 18: Project 2 Showcard work time

Class 19: Project 2 Showcard work time

Class 20: .Project 2 Showcard work time

Class 21: Project 2 Showcard work time

Class 22: Showcard critique.

Class 23: Project 3 Assignment: Create and Assemble a Full 3-D Wrap Package Design

Class 24: Project 3 Package Design work time

Class 25: Project 3 Package Design work time

Class 26: Project 3 Package Design work time

Class 27: Project 3 Package Design work time  

Class 28: Project 3 Package Design work time

Class 29: Package Design critique.

Class 30: Final Project: Finalizing Portfolio work time

Class 31: Final Project: Finalizing Portfolio work time

Class 32: Final Project Portfolio Critique; Final Exam (tentative)

VI. Delivery Methodologies