ART 180AP~ Designer's Tools: Photoshop for Multimedia

Advanced Adobe Photoshop techniques for multimedia.   Foundations in imaging for animation, web, graphics, digital video and offset graphics.

Prerequisites: ART180AE Designer's Tools: Adobe Photoshop or permission of instructor.

Book: Adobe Photoshop CS ImageReady CS for the Web Hands on Training
lynda.com books/PeachPit Press
Tanya Staples with Lynda Weinman
ISBN: 0-321-22855-3

Section: 5431
Room: HT1-144
Day: Tuesday
Dates: 10-18-2005 thru 12-06-2005
Time:   7:10-10:10pm
Instructor: Ken Pugh
Class Website:   http://knev.com/gcc/art190ap/

Course Competencies

1. Student will review the basic operational system of Adobe Photoshop and its interface.
2. Student will describe imaging methods for both 2D and 3D graphics, or those related to computer animation principles.
3. Student will develop gif animations for Web using Adobe Photoshop.
4. Student will develop color safe graphics for Web publication using Adobe Photoshop.
5. Students will integrate interactivity of digital video using document preparation in Photoshop.
6. Students will review preparation of graphics for offset printing, using Adobe Photoshop software.

Course Outline

Class 1 / 10-18-2005

      Lecture/Demo
Overview-Multimedia 2005
Photoshop Interface Review

      Assignments
Read Chapters 1 and 2
Complete Exercises 1-9, Chapter 2

Class 2 / 10-25-2005

      Lecture/Demo
Layers in Photoshop
Color for multimedia

      Assignments:
Read Chapter 3
Complete Exercises 1-6, Chapter 3
RGB Color Wheel

Class 3 / 11-01-2005

      Lecture/Demo      
File Types for Multimedia
Optimization of File
 Text

      Assignments:
Read Chapter 4
Complete Exercises 1-13, Chapter 4

Class 4 / 11-08-2005

        Lecture/Demo:
Layers in Photoshop and ImageReady
Type

        Assignments:
Read Chapter 5, 6
Complete Exercises 1-13, Chapter 5
Complete Exercises 1-9, Chapter 6

Class 5 / 11-15-2005

      Lecture/Demo:
Web Graphic Preparation
HTML-img src
Resolution
GIF, JPG and PNG

      Assignments:
Read Chapter 14
Make a Web Gallery with 20 home photographs

Class 6 / 11-22-2005

      Lecture/Demo:
Bitmap Animation
GIF Animations for the Web
FTP-file transfer

        Assignments:
Read Chapter 13
Complete Exercises 1-14, Chapter 13

Class 7 / 11-29-2005

      Lecture/Demo
Vector Animations
Macromedia Flash 3D Animation
3DS Max and Swift 3D

        Assignments:
Read Chapter 16
Editing Animations for Multimedia

Class 8 / 12-06-2005

      Lecture/Demo
Photoshop for digital video
Offset printing preparation

      Assignments:
Two hour final project-Creating GIF animation