Photoshop
11AM-1PM
Digital Photography: Bookmaking
1PM-3PM
Wednesdays, November-December 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
University Settlement Photoshop:
This (8)-week course will cover basic Photoshop concepts and techniques, including introduction to the tools palate, layers palate, adjustment layers, various file formats and creating a work-flow that works for you.
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.
* Note: Students should have access to a computer where they can practice working on Photoshop outside of class.
Students will also need a flash drive or external hard drive for saving their work.
Course Plan:
Class #1
1. Introduction to the course, student and instructor introductions.
2. Introduction to the Tools Palette
3. Opening files
4. Working in Layers/ Adjustment Layers
5. Undo (History),
6. Save, Save As, JPEG, PSD
7. External Hard Drives and Flash Drives
Class #2
1. Review of Week 1
2. Crop tool, Move Tool, Hand Tool
3. Selection Tools - Marquee selection tools, Lasso tools,
4. Free Transform
5. Zoom in/Zoom Out
Class #3
1. Review of week 2
2. Quick selection/Magic Wand tools,
3. Copy and Paste Selections
Class #4
1. Review or week 3
2. Eraser tool, Brush tool
3. Opacity slider/ Blending
Class #5
1. Review of week 4
2. Clone Stamp
3. Dodge & Burn
Class #6
1. Review of week 5
2. Text Tool
3. Borders/Framing
4. Resize / Image Size
Class #7-8
1. Final Presentation of students finished images.
2. Group critique.
3. Review of all topics covered
University Settlement Digital Photography:
Bookmaking:
Making a book is a great way to organize photographs and create a portable work of art. You will choose a theme, select and edit your images, create a sequence, write an artist statement, and then layout your book. Students can purchase a scrapbook-style photo album and insert printed images into it or layout the book on their computer and have it printed. We will discuss which styles and formats best display your images. If students choose to have their book printed online two suggested printers are Blurb.com or iphoto. It is highly recommended that students come to the first class with a series of images or a particular project in mind.
I think it's best if everyone works together on blurb, unless anyone has a strong preference to make their book by hand or in iphoto. Blurb has an online layout system so you can access your book at home and from the computers at University Settlement. If you have a moment you can check it out:
Here is the blurb website:
If you are working on your own laptop and bringing it with you, you can download their software here:
If you want to work with the online system that you can access anywhere you can look at it here:
We will work out the schedule together depending on if we will meet 6 or 8 weeks.
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