Past Student Work Examples
Schedule:
June:
6/11 - First Day
- Syllabus / Course Review
- Work on Exercise #1
- Practice Downloading images / Browsing through Bridge / File Management
- Course Server Space (practice uploading - and alternative storage i.e., Google Drive)
- Check-Out Policies / Lockers / Lab Sections (enroll in Lab by 6/17)
- Using Canvas
6/12 - Tutorials: Resolution & Pixel Size, Bridge interface, Photoshop interface, Image size, Canvas size, the Crop Tool, the Move Tool, Guides, Layer management, Save As & file formats.
Work on Exercise #2
6/13 - Complete Exercise #1 & / Exercise #2 - Turn into Dropbox
Tutorials: Using a Tablet and Stylus, Opening 2 images as layers from Bridge, Masking using a Paint Brush, Adjustment layers
(Curves, Hue & Saturation), clipping masks
Begin Exercise #3
6/14 - Exercises Due for this week: Exercise #1, Exercise #2, Exercise #3
Tutorials: Scanning, Adjustment Layers, Healing Tools, Dodge & Burn - as it relates to the Restoration Workflow of Black&White images.
6/18 - *Bring 2 Black & White printed photographs to scan
Begin work on: Assignment #1 - Restoration 
6/19 - Tutorial: Working with Color - Toning & Painting
Use new Color/Painting skills on your own image ONLY after you complete Restoration
6/20 -Tutorial: Creating a tiled image using Bridge - Contact Sheet II, use of the Text Layers / Final Print-Ready Image, Printing & Mounting Demo
Independent work for the rest of the time
6/21 - PRINT & MOUNT
Print 1 of your Restoration Painted images (each 8.5" x 11" print is $1.00)
Purchase and bring 1 mat board (black/white) and 1 mounting tissue (about $1.60 in the bookstore on SWC campus. I recommend purchasing 2 - in case you need 2)
Finish Assignment #1
6/25 - Critique Assignment #1: Restoration
6/26 - Design Topics (Color.pdf 
- optional reading)
Tutorials: Color Correction / White Balance, Adjustment Layers
Color / Exercise #4
6/27 - Skin Touch-Ups, Selection Tools & Methods
Transform (Smart Objects)
6/28 -
Advanced Masking (Select & Mask, Blend If) , Blend Modes (Texture Layers), Gradient Masks, Displace Map
7/02 - Tutorials: Layer Styles (drop shadow) and other Shadow creation methods, Lighting, Reflections
7/03 - Lecture: Compositing
Exercise #5 - Composited Object
7/04 - Holiday - NO CLASS
7/05 - Shape Creation, Vector tools and methods,
Working with Color Palettes and Gradient Colors
Assignment #2
7/09 - Advanced Transformations / Independent Work
7/10 - Finish Assignment #2 / Print & Mount
7/11 - Assignment #2 Due: Critique
7/12 - Tutorial: Text
7/16 - Exercise #6: Text Effects
7/17 - Lecture: Layout
Netflix: Abstract w/ Paula Scher
Exercise #7: Film Festival Layout
7/18 - Tutorial: Custom Brushes, Patterns / Templates & Pre-Press /
Color: RGB, CMYK, Pantone, Spot, Duotone, Halftone
Lecture: Poster Art,
Assignment #3
7/19 - Tutorials illustrator - Live Trace & Linking with Smart Objects
7/23 - Tutorials: Automation, Web Output
7/24 - Assignment #3 Due: Critique
7/25 - Gif Animation: Lecture / Tutorial
Independent Work: Exercise #8
Back-Up all work (Servers will be erased after the end of the Summer Session)
Review for final (20 question short answer written & practical)
7/26 - Gif Critique
@ 9:30am - 10:30am - FINAL WRITTEN
@ 10:30am
- 11:30am - FINAL PRACTICAL
Final:
7/26 (Th) 9:30am - 11:30am
