Instructor: Doug Bocaz-Larson Email: dbocaz@nmsu.edu
Meeting Time: Tu/Th 6:45-8pm Room: 124
Lab Times/Office
Hours: M/W 6:45-8:15 and Tu/Th 5:30-6:45/8:00-8:15
Phone: 290-1331 Office: 124
Suggested Supplies flash drive (preferred) or floppy disks (High density 3.5” 1.44 Mb PC-IBM) or Zip Disk
Course Description:
From catalog -
Work with basic concepts, tools, and vocabulary of Adobe Photoshop to create
effective visual communication. Includes selection tools, cloning, copying, and
pasting, color correction, image restoration, filters, and special effects.
Instructor
Availability:
I will be happy to meet with you any time to answer questions. Please call or email me. Feel free to ask questions anytime. Most importantly, don’t miss class. That’s where I can answer your questions the best. Email and telephones just aren’t the same as helping you in person.
Attendance:
Your attendance directly affects your grades. Again and again, I see that students with
high attendance learn more and achieve higher grades than students with low
attendance. The most successful student
will be at every class meeting. Students
not following the NMSU attendance policy will be dropped from the course. Make-up assignments will not receive full
credit. 10% will be taken off for each
class period the assignment is not completed.
Evaluation:
Attendance 50%
Assignments/Homework
50%
Grading scale:
100-90%
A
89-80%
B
79-70%
C
69-60%
D
>59%
F
Important Notes to Students (the fine print):
If
you have, or believe you have, a disability that interferes with your
performance as a student in this class, you are encouraged for academic reasons
to discuss this on a confidential basis with your instructor and/or The
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator in the Main Office or by
calling 287-7981. If you have a
condition that may affect your ability to exit from the premises in case of an
emergency, you are urged, for safety reasons, to notify the ADA coordinator.
Any
student found guilty of academic misconduct shall be subject to disciplinary
action. Academic misconduct includes,
but is not limited to, the following actions: cheating; plagiarism;
unauthorized possession of examinations, reserve library materials or
laboratory materials; unauthorized changing of grades on an examination,
instructor’s grade book or grade report; nondisclosure or misrepresentation in
filing out applications or other college records; or violation of computer use
policies. The following disciplinary
actions and sanctions may be imposed for any of the above infractions of
regulations: disciplinary probation, disciplinary suspension, dismissal,
expulsion.
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Class Dates |
Topics Covered |
|
Jan. 13 |
Introduction to
Course A look at Adobe
Photoshop Elements
Homework: Take
pictures over weekend, have them developed and bring them in or have pictures
scanned in by start of class (come to lab times to scan Monday or Tuesday) |
|
Jan. 18 |
·
Color
enhancement p. 42-3 ·
Cropping
p. 44 (HANDOUT) ·
Cloning
p. 45 (HANDOUT – creating aliens – extra eyes, arms) ·
Pattern
cloning p. 46 Homework: Find and
scan photos (landscapes, redeye, people) |
|
Jan. 20 |
·
Rotating
p. 47-9 ·
Transforming
50-3 ·
Burn
and Dodge 56 ·
Sponge
57 ·
Eraser
58 Homework: Bring in
a picture with red eye and scan before class |
|
Jan. 25 |
·
Removing
red eye p. 60-3 ·
Straight
eye for the queer picture p. 64-5 ·
Quick
Fix p.66-7 ·
Create
grayscale image (black and white) p. 69 Homework: Take
pictures of landscapes/landmarks |
|
Jan. 27 |
·
Panoramas (HANDOUT) p. 70-3 ·
Landscapes
and Landmarks (these pictures focus on a natural area or a famous object –
use filters to enhance them) Homework: Take
pictures of people, develop, bring in |
|
Feb. 1 |
·
Hue
and saturation p. 78-9 ·
Invert
p. 86 ·
Posterize p. 87 ·
Sharpening
p. 88 |
|
Feb. 3 |
·
Selections-marquee
tools p. 90-100 ·
HANDOUT
Photo Manipulation (select tool – you were there and body switching) ·
Improving
lighting p. 74-6 |
|
Feb. 8 |
·
Layering
p. 102-112 ·
Adding
and formatting text p. 114-128 |
|
Feb. 10 |
·
Create
logo (HANDOUT) |
|
Feb. 15 |
·
People’s
inner thoughts p. 120-1 (thought bubbles HANDOUT) |
|
Feb. 17 |
·
Effects
and filters p. 130-142 |
|
Feb. 22 |
HANDOUT Abstracts
(These pictures take something that is real and adds an element that makes it
beyond reality) |
|
Feb. 24 |
·
Removing
unwanted items p. 172-179 |
|
Mar. 1 |
·
Photo
restoration p. 168-71 |
|
Mar. 3 |
LAST DAY TO DROP –
NO CLASS – catch up on assignments |
|
Mar. 8 |
·
Creating
collages p. 180-3 ·
Creating
speed p. 184-5 ·
Simulating
depth of field p. 186 Homework: select
pictures for webpage/photo gallery |
|
Mar. 10 |
·
Images
for the web p. 144-6 ·
Create
web photo gallery p. 149-52 ·
Post
pictures on website template |
|
Mar. 15 |
·
Creating
Web buttons p. 153 ·
Creating
a PDF file p. 154 ·
Creating
Web animations p. 155-6 ·
Printing
a contact sheet p. 163-4 |
|
Mar. 17 |
The Art of
Advertising Critique Ads from
Magazines (HANDOUT) Design an
advertisement for a product you are selling |
|
Mar. 22/24 |
SPRING
BREAK |
|
Mar. 29 |
Create
advertisement |
|
Mar. 31 |
Create a business Design logo and sign |
|
Apr. 5 |
Finish logo and sign |
|
Apr. 7 |
Create business plan with logo and sign on PowerPoint |
|
Apr. 12 |
Vote for best movie posters Movie poster – cast a movie |
|
Apr. 14 |
Create movie poster |
|
Apr. 19 |
Dogzilla and Kat Kong Make picture books, comic books or graphic novels |
|
Apr. 21 |
Start a picture books, comic books or graphic novels |
|
Apr. 26, 28 and May 3 |
Final project
(your choice – create a poster, finish picture/comic book, website of
pictures, etc.) |
|
May 5 |
Turn in final
project |