Design 3 Capture to Print
Professor Terry Towery terryt@mac.com
Description:
this course will focus on intermediate to advanced Adobe Photoshop. You should have some familiarity with Photoshop and photography before entering the course. Course Description: Capture to Print is an introductory digital imaging course using PhotoShop. We will focus on the entire workflow from capture to edit to output. By the end of this course, students should have a better more comprehensive knowledge of the following :
  1. Scanning
  2. Understanding the Dynamic Range of Digital Cameras.
  3. Color Temperature vs. Auto White Balance
  4. Seeing Color
  5. File formats
  6. Basic File Management
  7. Color Management, ICC profiles.
  8. Non destructive editing and understanding tools in PhotoShop
  9. Scaling and Sharpen Criteria
  10.  Basic Masking techniques
  11. Printing protocols: Media and Viewing conditions

Materials required for course:
Cdr and/or DVDr or flash drive etc for storage
Film and processing
Disposable digital camera
manually operated Camera (digital or analog) prosumer or better digital camera
A variety of high quality inkjet papers
Large transportable Hard drive, ipod, flash drive or other means of transporting digital image files
intellect wit and creativity

Textbook:
Martin Evening's Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers rtfm Learn to use the online photoshop help and Adobe.com

Recommended reading:Real World Photoshop, Robert Hirsch's Photographic Possibilities: the Creative use of material and processes, Photoshop WOW, Master course in adobe Photoshop, Real world color management,

Evaluation Criteria:
assignments
Midterm Critique
Oral Presentation
Final Portfolio = 40%
Class participation in critiques and lectures
Grading:  Participation and attentiveness in class makes up a good portion of your grade (30%). Students actively involved in class, as well as in discussions and critiques, are highly regarded by the instructor. The interaction with other students will improve your understanding of both influence and community in the making of art.70% assignments: Assignments must be turned in on time or 1 grade level will be subtracted.

Attendance Policy
Attendance is mandatory. Please be prompt for class.  Anyone arriving more than fifteen minutes past the start of class will be counted as late. Three lates equal one absence. If you come to class more than 15 minutes late, it will be counted as an absence. According to the school policy on attendance in the Student Handbook: More than 3 absences may result in a failing grade for the course.

In Class: No phones, no beepers, no e-mailing, no surfing the net.

Photoshop Video Podcasts:
Creative Photoshop with John Reuter
Russel Brown Russel Brown
Adobe creative suite
photoshop TV
Peachpit author tips
http://www.photoshopkillertips.com/
Lynda.com Pay and free tutorials
Photoshop external links:
Adobe Professional photography resources
MAKE imaging
DIY Photo
Top Ten Disposable digital camera MODS
Nikon Resources page

http://www.russellbrown.com/cool_links.html

Celebrities photoshopped to look like normal people
How to spot a fake
Photoshop disasters

Weekly syllabus

Topic In class Assignment

week 1

9/2

Chapter 1

whats new in cs3
What's new in CS3? pdf
New features from adobe

Look at student work

slide show

Set up a still life - using on NATURAL light shoot it with 35mm film, Prosumer digital camera and a high end digital camera. Include a macbeth or xrite color checker card and an egg in your still life. Bring PRINTS of this to the next session in 2 weeks.
week 2
9/9

Imaging chain lecture

CRITIQUE student projects

look at student past work

Midterm book assignment -
This project is for the midterm critique. You can either hand bind your book or have it done for you professionally. It should demonstrate your photoshop skills. Go to Printed Matter in Chelsea
week 3
9/16

Chapter 5 Capture and input

Scanning Imacon etc...

Camera RAW

Wikipedia on RAW and
Adobe on digital negatives

File Formats - RAW, jpeg, gif, png, tif, eps also pdf etc...

Bridge
adobe.com/designcenter and other bridge home tutorials

 Research digital image makers for short presentation in class. Find 2 inteersting digital imaging artists and at least one bad one.

oral projects Research your imagemaker and email me their name and any information you have for approval. First come first served...

week 4
9/23

Chapter 2

Focus on Photoshop tool pallette and their options in depth

look at image makers and discuss Semester long project Proposals due next class
Holiday Rosh Hashonah: Wed.–Thurs., Sept. 29eve*–30
week 5
10/7

Chapter 4 and 8

Image adjustments
Curves, Channels masks and levels

   
week 6
10/14

chapter 12

COLOR!

Non desturctive image editing - Blending Modes, masks, transparency etc...

RGB LAB CMYK Color
Color calibration vs Color profiles

look at jeff curto's collection of color info at http://www.cod.edu/photo/curto/1201/index.htm
Especially
this handout about color

EXCELLENT COLOR RESOURCES
http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.htm

week 7
10/21
Catch up day   get lost for hours
week 8
10/28
Midterm Critique Critique Books.  
week 9
11/4

Chapter 13

Output - Printing In depth

   
week 10
11/11
Panoramas, Multiple imaging, QTVR HDR ...    
week 11
11/18
Oral projects given in class Oral projects given in class  

On Tuesday, Nov. 25, classes follow the Thursday schedule.

week 12
12/2
In process crit for final projects    
week 13
12/9
Focus on Web and device central applications of photoshop    
week 14
12/16
Work day Lab  
week 15
12/23
Classes end
FINAL Critique Critique Final Critique The final portfolio should consist of at least 15 pieces. High quality prints along with support materials of the works must be submitted at THE BEGINNING OF CLASS for you to pass the course.

Homework assignments must be ready for grading on time.  Every session an assignment is late will count as a grade markdown. If you are absent, I must see your assignment the following class. All of the work you submit for grading must be your own. You may not download images, annimations, or any other material/graphics/text off of the web. As well, you may not scan material from books or magazines to use in your assignments. Any assignment containing any such material will automatically receive a failing grade. I may request evidence of your creative process - therefore, save and have available any source material that you produced - photographs, sketches, items that you scanned, etc, as well as any intermediate digital files. By doing so, you protect yourself from undue scrutiny.
Papers: do not plagarize your work. The bulk of your papers must be your own words/thoughts. You may quote source material, but this may not comprise more than 20% of your paper. You must provide footnotes and a bibliography if you reference any outside sources. If I catch you plagarizing, you will automatically fail the entire course.

Suppliers:
B&H
lazertran papers
Anaglyph glasses
ny central art
The Art store
Dick Blick has gesso boards and other great materials
Gesso Boards also from ny central
Art Boards also from ny central
Pearl Paint
Lazertran Paper for making laser printed transfer prints
Epson Maker of high quality, reasonably priced photo printers.
Luminos Maker of "archival" quality of inks for a variety of printers
inkjetmall and cone editions makers of ink and fine paper for printing