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Syllabus,
Digital Imaging and the digital revolution, Ethics and copyright,
Introduction to desktop computers and the Macintosh lab, Overview of Photoshop,
Raster (bitmapped) graphics, Composition and color theory basics

www.ncc.edu,
www.worqx.com,
www.pantone.com,

Color.ppt, Composition.ppt

Purchase Storage Device

Experiment with Tools of Photoshop

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2 Photoshop interface, Colorizing in Photoshop, ch06, Restoring tutorial www.adobe.com ch06.pdf Experiment with Tools of Photoshop Colorize Black & White Image
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3 Tools and menu commands, Palettes, Filters (sharpen, blur, noise),
Input devices such as flatbed scanner, Scanning, Resolution and printing
  Colorize handout Colorize Black & White Image

Animal/Reptile/Fish/
Bird/Insect

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4 Cloning, Cubism   Cubism.ppt Animal/Reptile/Fish/
Bird/Insect

Self Portrait

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5 Working with selections and alpha channels  

 

Self Portrait

Image Focusing on Scale

Term Paper Due Next Week

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6 Typography, BA Logo of Letters  

BA0363LogoOfLetters.pdf

Image Focusing on Scale

Typography

Term Paper Due

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Review for Mid-Term

 

  Typography

Review for Midterm

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8 Take Mid-Term      
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9 Composite methods

 

    Create a Clipping Path
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Creating and using gradients, Creating and using patterns, ch08, Dreamcatcher tutorial

  Dreamcatcher tutorial Create a Clipping Path

Realistic Photomontage

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    Realistic Photomontage

Do Your Own Thing

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Photoshop for the world wide web (GIF, PNG and JPG), BA PixTrix,
BA Picture Your Group

    Do Your Own Thing

Two Page Web Site Design

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    Two Page Web Site Design

Final Project

 

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Work Day

    Final Project in Progress

Final Project

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Final Project CD Artwork Due Completed

    Final Project

 

 

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Final Meeting for Final Grades