Photoshop Project 1, Part 1

Project Description
From August 25th (the first class) until September 1st, you are to take 5 or more photographs and collect 1 or more small objects (small enough to fit on the flatbed scanner) every day. This totals 35 or more photographs and 7 or more small objects due at the start of class on September 1st.
Your photographs should be more or less evenly distributed between people/animals, locations, inanimate objects and textures. If you have a digital camera, make sure it is at least 3 mega pixels and that your photos are the highest (largest) quality. If it’s less than that, you’ll want to shoot film instead. If you don’t have any camera, a disposable camera is fine! If you shoot your images on film, make sure the developer puts the images on a CD. Just make sure they are as large and high quality as possible. You must scan in your objects on the flatbed scanner in the lab BEFORE class on the 1st. Bring all photographs and scans of your objects with you to class that day.


Schedule
The assigned Lynda.com readings must be done by the beginning of class. I strongly recommend taking notes and covering all the readings over the weekend. You are encouraged to watch the other videos not assigned. There may be a quiz at the start of class to verify that you have completed this critical work. Quizzes may or may not be open notebook.

8/27 Photoshop CS3 for Designers
3. Understanding Resolution >all headings
4. Making Good Selections> Making selections in Quick Mask mode, Making Color Range selections
5. Working with Brushes> Brush presets> Choosing the right brush for the task, Editing and saving brush settings, History painting
6. Applying, Replacing and Removing Color> Replacing color: Hue/Saturation vs. blend modes, Colorizing grayscale image, converting color to grayscale

9/1 Photoshop CS3 for Designers
7. Combining Image Layers> Gradient blending w layer masks, Utilizing blend options, Creating a clipping mask
8. Making Tonal and Color Corrections> Image adjustment fundamentals, Levels vs. curves
9. Retouching> all headings

HW - Photos and scans due today

9/3 Photoshop CS3 for Designers
10. Layer Styles and Filter Effects> Using the Layer Style dialog box
11. Automation> Utilizing built-in actions, Recording an action
12. Saving Images for Output> Saving for high-resolution printing, Saving for the web
Work on Project 1
HW - Three rough composition sketches of Project 1 due. (These should be three seperate ideas as well as compositions.)
Work on Project 1

9/8 Work on Project 1

9/10 Work on Project 1

9/15 Project 1 Critiques