Class Schedule

*Subject to change at any time.  Always check with me if you have missed a class.


Week 1: September 8
Review Syllabus, Set up Blogs, File Management
Assignment: Set up blog and link to all classmates’ blogs

Week 2: September 15
Photoshop Tools: Raster vs. Vector, Workspace, Palettes, Tools: Painting, Drawings, Selecting, Move, Zoom, Saving
Assignment: Blog background & Constructed Image, Due: 09/22

Week 3: September 22
Due: Blog background & Constructed Image
Photoshop Tools: Scanning (Bring in objects to scan), Quick Dust Removal, Layers, Cropping
Assignment: Scanograms, Due: 10/06

Week 4: September 29
Photoshop Tools: Adjustment Layers and Adjusting Layers: Tones, Color Casts, Saturation, Sharpening,
Demo: Basic Printing, BRING YOUR PAPER!
Assignment: Restoration, Due: 10/20

Week 5: October 6
Critique: Scanograms, 5 on blog, 2 print
Photoshop Tools: Retouching & Repairing: Clone Tool and Healing Brush
Work on Restoration Assignment

Week 6: October 13
Scanning Film
Work on Restoration Assignment

Week 7: October 20
Critique: Restoration, 3 Prints, All Before & After Images on Blog
Photoshop Tools: Converting Color to Black & White
Assignment: B&W Digital Print, Due: 10/27

Week 8: October 27
Critique: Black & White Digital Print
Photoshop Tools: Masks
Assignment: Composite Image, Due 11/17

Week 9: November 3
Work on Composite Image

Week 10: November 10
In class help with Composite Image Assignment

Week 11: November 17
Critique:Composite Image
Proposals for Final Project Due, Individual Meetings on Proposals

Week 12: November 24
No Class - Thanksgiving Break

Week 13: December 1
Quick Crit: In Progress Final Projects
Work on Final Projects

Week 14: December 8

Work Day: Final Projects
(Printing Final Projects)

Week 15: December 15
Final Critique