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Recommended
Text:
Adobe Photoshop CS4: Classroom in a Book
Required
Materials:
External Storage, Brains, motivation, and time to wash my car.
Recommended
Materials:
Digital Camera
Course
Description:
This course explores the use of digital imaging applications. Topics such as scanning, image correction and manipulation, resolution and color space requirements, digital painting, and production practices will be covered. Students will become familiar with the tools, palettes, menus, and creative capabilities of the software. This class will utilize lecture, demonstration, discussion, and hands-on experiences.
Cross-credited with ART30600 / ART54600 / COM52000
Prerequisites:
Sophomore standing (sitting sophomores are not allowed) and two semesters of Sesame Street or the equivalent...
Goals and Objectives:
To delve into Adobe's Photoshop while staying grounded in principles of good design.
Course Standards:
To
meet the objectives of this course, students will be expected to:
Graduate Student Addendum:
If you are taking this course for graduate credit please be advised that significant and additional work (30% more) will be required above and beyond your undergraduate classmates. Normally this means you will take the class assignment to a higher, more profession level or in other cases you could propose an alternative project. This alternative project would need to be ambitious and challenging to help you grow as an artist. Your finished assignments will be expected to be refined with greater attention paid to detail. Your class meeting times and critique dates will coincide with the undergraduate class schedule. Lastly, it is very important that you become a vocal leader during critiques and let undergraduates benefit from your knowledge and professional experiences.
Methods of Instruction:
The
principal means of instruction for this class will be guided hands-on work,
discussion, games, critique sessions, and lecture. Demonstration will be used where appropriate
in class, and hands-on practical exercises will reinforce the in-class lectures
and demonstrations. The guided hands-on work will require the use of a computer running Adobe Photoshop, and will be done both in-class with the instructor, and outside of
class under the supervision of lab assistants. Alternative teaching approaches
may include but are not limited to IMAX movies, field trips, stand-up comedy,
and cruises.
Course Work:
COURSE
WORK will consist of four major areas: a Project, Photoshop Tennis, Proficiency Test, and participation.
Reading assignments: TBA
Projects: A final project will take the place of a final exam. The project will allow students to create a composite ad for a company. Additional information will be provided later in the class. Peer review of the projects is to be expected.
Photoshop Tennis: This "game" is a wonderful opportunity for students to interact and learn at the same time. Students will be partnered up and given the rules of the game in class. Game play will be documented in paragraph form by all students involved. Peer assessment will be factored into the scoring of this activity.
Assignments: Assignments in this course will focus on the use of skills previously covered during the class. Each assignment is due at the beginning of class on its due-date.
Participation: All students in the class are expected to participate in class discussions and activities. Critiquing sessions will be used on some assignments. Open critique of student work is beneficial to all that are part of the process. Attendance is also factored in to the calculation of the participation grade.
NOTE 1 : Students should keep all graded work returned to them by the instructor, for two reasons: first because that material should be valuable in reviewing, and secondly, if there should be any discrepancy between the grade you thought you received and the grade I have recorded, we will find it difficult to discuss anything unless you have that graded work available for perusal.
NOTE 2 :all assignments are due at the beginning of the class period of the assigned due date. Ten points will be deducted for each class day late. A zero will be recorded for all late work submitted over 5 class days late.
Evaluation:
Your
grade will be based on the total number of points accumulated during the semester.
The possible points to be earned are:
Composite Project 50%
Photoshop Tennis 20%
Assignments 20%
Participation 10%
TOTAL: 100%
Grading
Scale:
90
to 100 = A
80 to 89 = B
70 to 79 = C
60 to 69 = D
Below 60 = F
Attendance Policy:
If you miss, you will fall behind. If you fall behind you could easily fail the course. Attendance is also factored in as a portion of the participation grade.
Ethical Standards:
CHEATING:
Students should expect to receive credit for their
own work, and none for work done by others. This includes homework, lab work,
quizzes, and exams. Please do not do yourself the disservice of trying to
take costly shortcuts. Cheating will not be tolerated. Students caught cheating,
plagiarizing, or using any unethical means of completing assignments will
be assigned a grade of "F" for the course, have their hands cut
off at the wrist, and be forced to watch Barney reruns for the remainder of
the semester.
Use
of Copyright-Protected Materials:
The
software that is available in the lab is protected by copyright laws, Unless
otherwise instructed (availability of a student version, or of shareware), student
will not copy or otherwise alter any of the software in the labs.
In addition this course requires that students utilize digital images in the creation of a course composite. Copyright-laws should be considered when collecting images for this purpose. Self generated or collected images are recommended, all other images should be approved by the instructor.
Lab Hours:
Computer
labs:
Hours will be posted.
Bibliography/Reference Materials:
Please
contact your instructor concerning any additional reference materials for the
course. You should find all you need in the textbooks selected for the course,
but a special project may require that you access less commonly used features
of one of the software packages
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