Digital I Weekly Syllabus

Phone: 312-344-7786
Email: tshirley@colum.edu

Course Name: Digital Imaging I

Course Code:23-2201(02-05)
Class Schedule:Monday/Tuesday 1:00-4:50
Class Location: Room 1109 (600 building)

Course Description, Attendence, Grades Etc.

Course Goals and Objectives

Week:
1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9
10|11|12|13|14|15|16

1	Week One, Sept 3-4 Labor Day

2	Week Two, Sept 10-11 Student Questionaire Introductions, Class Overview, Syllabus,Commitment Needed, Email Working on computers,getting comfortable, tour of lab Storage Options (jump drive, CD’s, etc.) Watch part of Waking Life Movie. Painting Movie. Basic Drawing, Painting, Pencil, (Layers, Color Swatches, Brushes) Brush Dynamics Macintosh Operating System,desktop, finder,viewing files Logging on to User Disk, Burning CD's Where to find HELP
	Assignment Due next week. Waking Life/ Overpainting Self Portrait Description: Using learned painting skills, redraw or paint yourself in the style of an artist of your choice. You should not see any of the original photograph.Examples: Robert Linklater’s Waking Life, Holly Roberts, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, Chuck Close Bring your final file to class, we will print it in class. Learn the names of the tools on the Photoshop Toolbar. Find a digital Artist on the web you really like. Have that name for class next week. You can look on my website Http://www.tomshirley.com Bring your best printed black and white, and color prints to class next week. Read ch. 14, p. 215-224 "Brushes"
3	Week Three, Sept 17-18 Printing to ethernet printers Critique: Overpainting Your Portrait File Management- New Documents, Canvas Size, Save/ Save As Digital Artists Survey Movie Learning how to scan prints using the Epson scanners with Silverfast Software.
	Assignments Scan your black and white and a color prints. Due next week. Read ch. 3, p. 45-62 "acquire, creating and saving files" Read ch. 6, p. 91-102 "pixel bsics"
4	Week Four, Sept 24-25 Due B&W and Color Print Scans (8x10 @ 360 ppi = 30 mb File) In class check digital scans. Demos/ Discussions Scanning film on the Epson Scanners. Photoshop Preferences, Photoshop @ Home, Calibration Units of Digital Storage (kb, mb, gb), Resolution Image Size Naming Conventions Digital Imaging Workflow Basic Image Correction -Adjustment Layers, Color Correction Removing color casts Basic Color correction theory.
	Assignments Scan a black and white, and color negative outside of class. Bring them to class next week with corrected levels,curves, and color casts. Read ch 2 "Color Management" Read ch 11 "Tonal Adjustments"
5	Week Five, Oct 1-2 Due B&W and Color Image Files scanned with threshold,layers, and curves adjustments. Demos/ Discussions • Copy/ Paste, Layer Management • Retouching Skills (Rubber Stamp, Healing,Patch Tool) • Navigation Palette, Hand Tool, Magnification, 100%, Viewing Modes • Removing color casts. Print Demo-
	Assignments 1) finish retouch man, bring the file to class 2) Read Ch. 18 "Retouch" 3) bring your 8 scanned files with adjustment layers, and sized to print on 8.5" x 11" paper
6	Week Six, Oct 8-9 Look at Retouch Man on screen/ work in class to improve him. • Veggie Man to be done in class. • Parts of a Computer • File storage options • In Class Print Color File, Daylight Viewing Booth, Color Filters • In Class Print Color File, Daylight Viewing Booth, Color Filters
	Assignments 1) Retouch man printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper 2) 1 color print on luster and 1 B&W print on 4800 using Matte black 3) Read Ch. 8 "Select", and ch.13 "Color adjustment"
7	Week Seven, Oct 15-16 Due Retouch man printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper Demos/ Discussions Learning to Scan on the Little Imacon Scanners. • FINAL PROJECT INTRO Final Project Guidelines, How to Write a Proposal Assignments Write a Final Project Proposal Due Week 12
	Assignmnets Self Portrait assignment. Next week we will shoot Hockney Assignment. Bring camera if you want to use your own to shoot the Hockney Assignment
8	Week Eight, Oct 22-23 Due Self portrayal project Due Demos/ Discussions • Intro to digital camera’s (In class do Hockney Assignment) • Bridge • File storage options • Backing Up • Navigation Palette, Hand Tool, Viewing Modes, Selection, Adding/ Subtracting to Selection, Quickmasks. Color Spaces/ Models (Hue/ Saturation, Replace Color) • Channels Layer Options, Blending Modes •Final Project Guidelines, How to Write a Proposal Assignments Write a Final Project Proposal Due Week 12
	Assignmnets Shoot Hockey Assignment, due week 9 Read Ch 22 Masks
9	Week Nine, Oct 29-30 Due: Hockney collage Demos/ Discussions Parts of the computer • Layer mask ? • Selection, Adding/ Subtracting to Selection, Quickmasks Lecture on design, type
	Assignmnets Read the Susan Sontag article" In Plato's Cave" Start shooting for your final project
10	Week Ten, Nov 5-6 File Formats/ Compression Film Recorder Filters Sharpening. Unsharp mask Channel Mixer iPhoto and how to make an iPhoto Movie of your work.
	Assignmnets CD case and label designed for your work. Your CD must have the following, Your Name, information on how to reach you,(phone and e-mail) Include a identity logo made with type. Your cd must have a midterm project movie of all your assignments including the cd project itself.
11	Week Eleven, Nov 12-13 Due CD project. Copyright Issues In Class Discussion: Image Appropriation, Websites, Clip Art Review of Getting Images from Web, Trip to the Library Making jpgs, gifs individual meetings Assignments Digital Artist Presentation Due Week 14

12	Week Twelve, Nov 19-20 Demos/ Discussions Archiving for Life Paper/ Output Options Individual Meetings Assignments Have One Final Piece Printed on Paper Choice by Week 14

13	Week Thriteen Nov 26-27 Demos/ Discussions Individual Consultations and Open Work Time

14	Week Fourteen, Dec 3-4 Final Exam Demos/ Discussions Individual Consultations and Open Work Time
	For the final you must have your files with layers downsampled to 72 dpi on a cd. I would also like a web gallery of your work-use the simple one. You must have a written statement about your work "project statement". All prints must look professional (white border on 13x19 paper or matts)
15	Week Fifteen, Dec 10-11 FINAL CRITIQUE You must be present to pass the class.

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