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.
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)