Design 4
Professor Terry Towery terryt@mac.com

Description:
The last course in the required digital sequence allows students to delve deeper into Photoshop as well as learning; digital asset management and how to create a better personal workflow. Web sites and use of imagery on the web will also be explored.

Class Objectives
Upon the completion of the class you should:
1) Acquire a greater depth of knowledge and fluidity in the use of PhotoShop.
2) Understand and apply the vocabulary and definitions used in UPDIG
3) Begin to set-up a personal work flow and method of Digital Asset Management.
4) Create and upload a personal web site, giving each student a web presence.

Students will develop the following skills
1) The technical skills necessary to create the
images desired for a portfolio or exhibition
2) The language to manifest and communicate content and to express a personal sensibility or point of view to an audience
3) Collaborative skills for working with individuals both within and outside of the
art , advertising, editorial and design fields
4) Attention to detail, accuracy and precision
5) Professional attitude, habits and work ethic

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: The DAM Book, Digital Asset Management, Peter Krogh, OÕReilly Press, 2006

Online Resources
UPDIG.org Read the executive summary
Adobe video workshop resources

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, etc there are dozens of specialized photoshop books

Evaluation Criteria:

Midterm Critique = 20%
Oral Presentation = 10%
Final Portfolio = 40%
Class participation in critiques and lectures = 30%
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 for each late week.

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.  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:
photoshop help (it says help on the file bar in photoshop – use it!)
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
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.

 

  Topic In class Assignment
week 1
1/24

Introduction to course, materials required introductions, etc...

Introduction Review grading and attendance guidelines,
discuss goals for the semester, review students
work.

Your midterm project

Your Final will consist of a website entirely of your own design that has at least 5 different hyperlinked sections or pages. THere should be at least 20 images in one of the sections. You must include: contact info, portfolio,

 

Read this Getting your designs from Photoshop to the browser

Customizing Photoshop Web Photo Gallery HTML Styles

week 2


1/31

UPDIG
http://www.pdnedu.com/pdf/UPDIG.pdf

Look at past student work

My updig summary

Do UPDIG We will be using the UPDIG vocabulary as the standard in the BFA program and all of our digital classes.
week 3
2/7

Attend the UPDIG lecture tonight

UPDIG.org

 

 

UPDIG Lecture tonight at 7 pm ALL D4 Students are required to attend. Location TBA
"A few months ago, Richard Anderson, an ASMP board member, received a four hundred and fifty thousand dollar grant from the library of congress to further the creation of "The Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines" for use by image creators and users in all industries. The work is being done through The UPDIG Working Group, an international ad-hoc industry consortium of nonprofit associations."

Find 2 examples each of good and bad photo based websites. Bring URLs of examples to class next week.

week 4

Internet basics
4 Is of new media Design
Interface Interaction Identity and Information

Advanced Photoshop

Slice tool and Device Central
Jpeg V Gif

html basics

Discuss merits of good and bad sites.

http://www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer/
lynda.com Episode 80 9/21/07 Photoshop CS3 for the Web Essential Training

Get your account from your chosen server source. New School , Livebooks, etc...

DUE NEXT WEEK - Create your site proposal - It must include the 4 Is of new media as discussed in class.

Using Bridge in a web design workflow
Designing websites with Photoshop and Dreamweaver

week 5
Advanced Photoshop
Links and tables
Photoshop CS3 Channels and Masks: Advanced Techniques

lynda.com Episode 59: Photoshop CS3 One-on-One: Advanced Techniques 4/20/07 Photoshop CS3 Channels and Masks: Advanced Techniques

Using Zoomify
Using the animation palette in photoshop

week 6

Advanced Photoshop
Bridge and the web Bridge web designs
  Advanced Sharpening techniques
week 7
Dreamweaver
Uploading FTP and troubleshooting
  MAsk details no bigger than a hair
week 8

Catch up day   Advanced MAsks for color correction
week 9

Midterm Critique

Web sites are Due at the beginnning of class THey must be on the server of your chioce and functioning remotely. NO disk based sites allowed.

  Assignment: Begin end of Semester Project. This is a series of images on
a topic and subject matter of your choice. At the end of the semester
you will need to present 15 final images. All printed as final prints, in
a size appropriate to the work.
week 10

DAM

 

Advanced background extraction R Brown
Rating and labels in Adobe Bridge
Display metadata in Bridge
BAtch processing, applying keywords and metadata in Bridge

week 11

DAM

  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 12
DAM   digital negatives DNG
Applying metadata in Bridge
week 13
Oral projects given in class    
week 14
Work day Lab

CS3 Printing reminder for color settings http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/?id=vid0015

week 15
Classes end
FINAL Critique
Students must turn in End of Semester DVDs
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. Presentation always matters. Label all materials with your name. Be sure to provide me with a way to return your materials.

WEb PResence
Q: What's WebSpace?
A: WebSpace is space on a Web server where degree students can upload files for their personal Web sites which are viewable by the public. Information on how to set up and use WebSpace is available to degree students only. Information about WebSpace is in MyNewSchool, the "single sign-on" portal, under the "Student" tab.
Q: How do I upload files?
A: The site is secure, so you need to use an SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) client or SSH (Secure Shell Handler) client to transfer files to your WebSpace. You login to server name: webspace.newschool.edu using your NetID username and password. Upload files into the /public_html/ folder. Then, they will be viewable on the Web.
Q: What is the URL of my public Web site?
A: webspace.newschool.edu/~yourusername.
Q: How muBridge web designsch data may I store on the server?
A: Up to 100MB, the hard quota.

More iNfor on WEb design

Sharpening Tips:

  • Smart Sharpen - Is it really all that smart? Check out this Creative Pro article
  • Unsharp Mask - A great overall primer on sharpening by Bruce Fraser at Creative Pro
  • A Sharpening Workflow - Bruce Fraser's suggestion for sharpening images in Photoshop
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Scanning & Digital Cameras: