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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.
Class 1........Tues., Aug. 26............Introduction, Syllabus, Assign Final Portfolio Project to be done through semester (review past semesters’ samples)
Class 2........Thurs., Aug. 28..........Gallery Lesson 1: Advanced Selection (creating/editing masks; Vanishing Point; Color Range; alpha channels)
Class 3........Tues., Sept. 2 .............Gallery Lesson 1: Advanced Image Editing (tonal adjustments; sharpening; reducing noise; Calculations; Gaussian Blur)
Class 4........Thurs., Sept. 4............Gallery Lesson 2: Advanced Repair (Healing/Spot Healing; Clone Stamp; washed-out images)
Class 5........Tues., Sept. 9 .............Gallery Lesson 2: Advanced Repair (Shadow/Highlight; duotones, gradient maps; placing images into the gallery)
Class 6........Thurs., Sept. 11..........Gallery Quiz; Lesson 3: Working with Vectors, Part I: Vector Clipping Paths; Placing Vector Art as Smart Object
Class 7........Tues., Sept. 16 ...........Lesson 3: Working with Vectors, Part II: Rastering Vectors (and vice versa); Using Vector Masks
Class 8........Thurs., Sept. 18..........Vectors Quiz; Animating Images
Class 9........Tues., Sept. 23 ...........Animating Images cont’d; Animation Quiz
Class 10......Thurs., Sept. 25..........Project 1 Assignment: Create a 30-second Animation
Class 11......Tues., Sept. 30 ...........Project 1 Animation work time
Class 12......Thurs., Oct. 2.............Project 1 Animation work time
Class 13......Tues., Oct. 7...............Project 1 Animation work time
Class 14......Thurs., Oct. 9.............Project 1 Animation work time, due end of class.
Class 15......Tues., Oct. 14.............Animation critique.
Class 16......Thurs., Oct. 16...........Project 2 Assignment: Create a Showcard Incorporating Styled Text and a Vector Object
Class 17......Tues., Oct. 21.............Project 2 Showcard work time
Class 18......Thurs., Oct. 23...........Project 2 Showcard work time
Class 19......Tues., Oct. 28.............Project 2 Showcard work time
Class 20......Thurs., Oct. 30...........Project 2 Showcard work time
Class 21......Tues., Nov. 4..............Project 2 Showcard work time
Class 22......Thurs., Nov. 6 ............Showcard critique.
Class 23......Tues., Nov. 11............Project 3 Assignment: Create and Assemble a Full 3-D Wrap Package Design
Class 24......Thurs., Nov. 13 ..........Project 3 Package Design work time
Class 25......Tues., Nov. 18............Project 3 Package Design work time
Class 26......Thurs., Nov. 20 ..........Project 3 Package Design work time
Class 27......Tues., Nov. 25............Project 3 Package Design work time
**................Thurs., Nov. 27 ..........No class—Thanksgiving Day
Class 28......Tues., Dec. 2..............Project 3 Package Design work time
Class 29......Thurs., Dec. 4 ............Package Design critique.
Class 30......Tues., Dec. 9..............Final Project: Finalizing Portfolio work time
Class 31......Thurs., Dec. 11 ..........Final Project: Finalizing Portfolio work time
Class 32......Wed., Dec. 17, 2–4 ....Final Project Portfolio Critique; Final Exam (tentative)