Course
Description

Improve your pictures and create special effects and simple animation for the Web using Photoshop software, the industry standard tool for photographers, graphic artists, and web designers. You’ll explore the basics of image manipulation while designing fun projects.

Emphasis

Through hands-on lessons and projects, students will be introduced to Photoshop's powerful tools for image manipulation and creation. Design and technical issues related to Photoshop will also be covered. All students will publish their work on the web for the world to see.

No prior Photoshop knowledge is required, although familiarity with personal computers and browsers will be helpful.

Topics

Using hands-on lessons, we will focus on the following basic skills:

• Retouching
• Image enhancement
• Special effects
• Typography
• Web animation
• Design principles and color theory
• Internet resources for further learning

Etiquette

It is expected that all students respect the following workshop guidelines:

• Courtesy (treat others as you would like to be treated)
• Promptness (arrive on time and don't leave early)
• Be helpful (interaction and collaboration among students is encouraged)
• Honesty and integrity (don't cheat, don't steal)
• Ask questions (don't don't be embarrassed if you don't know something)
• All cell phones and beepers turned off
• No games, IM or email during class (unless it's related to course work)
• No excessive noise or talking, please
• Have fun (graphic design is a very creative endeavor!)

Materials

The following materials are recommended to succeed in the workshop:

• Paper or notebook, pen or pencil (to take notes)
• Blank CD-Rs and/or USB flash drives (to copy files between lab and home)
• Gamil account (to access web publishing features)

Macs vs. PCs

Macintosh and Windows computers are almost identical once you are inside a program. However pay attention to the following keyboard equivalents:

Windows	alt	ctrl	(example: ctrl+S)
Mac	opt	cmd	(example: cmd+S)