photoshop syllabus: january/february

Instructor: Christina Freeman

christinahfreeman@gmail.com

class blog: www.universitysettlementphoto.blogspot.com

University Settlement Photoshop:

The focus of this course will be improving straight images, particularly images you have already taken and have problems with that you would like to resolve.

This is a great course for orienting yourself with Photoshop and also if you want to improve on the skills you already have.

It is highly recommended that you have access to a computer with Photoshop to practice.

There will be weekly lessons posted on the class blog, and I would like everyone to practice the lesson at home and bring in an example of their work each week.

Keyboard shortcuts will also be on the class blog.

Week 1 (January 5)

Introduction to Photoshop:

Tools Palette, Opening files, Undo (History), Cropping, Straighten, Rotate, Flip, Layers Palette

Save, Save As

Week 2 (January 19)

Brushes, Stamp Tool, Zoom, Hand Tool, Burn, Dodge, Sponge, Eraser

Week 3 (January 26)

Automatic Adjustments, Exposure, Saturation, Black & White, Contrast, Levels, Curves,

Week 4 - (February 2)

Marquee Tools, Magic Wand, Lasso, Feather Selection, Move, Blur, Sharpen, Smudge,

Week 5 (February 9)

Paint Brush, Paint Bucket, Eye Dropper, Default colors

Week 6 (February 16)

Adjustments to selections, Copying selections, Merge Down, Flatten Image

Week 7 (February 23)

Masks and Channels, Free Transform

Week 8 (March 2)

Filters, Healing Brush, Patch Tool, Pen Tool

Preparing the image for print, Image Size, Border, Canvas