Mr. Sorensen Room 139

Prerequisite: None

Course Description:

This course provides students with the opportunity to create and manipulate images in the world's leading digital editing software program - Adobe Photoshop. Students will explore the many facets of Photoshop, a digital darkroom for use in all types of graphic work including; retouching, filtering, layering, silhouetting, and adding special effects to images. Students will also learn the basics of digital photography and scanning while creating various school projects.

Objectives:

The student will:

· Demonstrate the ability to scan, edit, and manipulate images.

· Understand the operation of a digital camera.

· Demonstrate an understanding of the tools, filters, and pallets used in
manipulating images in Photoshop.

· Understand the Adobe interface and how it interacts with other application programs.

Instructional Methods:

The class will consist of lectures, individual instruction, group demonstrations, hands-on projects and activities.

Instructional Materials:

Students will use; Computers, scanners, cameras, software, printers, paper, related texts and tutorials.

Course Content:

· Origination of images (scans, photos (digital/film), stock, created)

· Understanding Photoshop Work area (menu bar, tool bar, tool options bar and palettes)

· Working with preferences, opening and saving files

· Working with tools (selection, painting, masking, erasing, zoom, etc.)

· Working with pallets (layers, history, color, character and paragraph, etc.)

· Working with color and tone (hue and saturation, color balance and desaturation)

· Working with type (fonts, size, color, shape, rasterizing, embossing and stroking)

· Working with filters (artistic, rendering, etc.)

· Editing (retouching, erasing, painting, resizing, etc.)

· Using Photoshop in conjunction with other application programs ( Image Ready and Dreamweaver)

· Basic Operation of a digital camera.

Suggested Activities

· Colorize black and white line drawings

· Adjust Hue/Saturation of a colored image

· Create image/photo montage

· Create CD/DVD cases

· Create movie posters

· Restore old/damaged photographs

· Edit stock imagery

· Create Advertisements

· Apply Text effects

· Load and use new brushes

· Create greeting cards, envelopes and business cards.

Grading Rubric: 0-10 scale

9-10 Excellent- Student shows complete understanding of what is expected.

8-9 Above Average- Shows a basic understanding of nearly all that is expected.

7-8 Average- Shows a reasonable understanding of the material.

6-7 Marginal- Shows limited understanding of what is expected.

0-5 Shows less then marginal understanding of what is expected.

Instructor:

Mr. Sorensen (203) 238-2334 ext.209

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