KCAI Certificate Program - Digital Imaging II
- Class 8//Last Class
In our last class we will review the final poster assignment and turn in our CD’s and a disk with all the final assignments. I have one more demo to provide on the Vanishing point filter.
- class 7// Almost there
Hard to believe are final class is next week! As I scurry to add more knowledge to you knowledge base before you jump off the deep end we’ll cover some hidden gems
Our last assignment will be an 8.5 x 1 poster based on your CD cover.
- Class 6//additional info - spot channels tutorial and notes
Channel tutorials
Not much out there on channels - but these two cover the basic things to remember
http://www.planetphotoshop.com/working-with-spot-color-channels.html
Using a channel to isolate complex edge such as hair
http://www.youthedesigner.com/2008/03/10/adobe-photoshop-cs3-tutorials-extract-complex-shapes/
For the CD template click here
Actual CD template
From our class demo we started with a color file with multiple layers– then we converted that to gray scale WITHOUT merging [...]
- Class 6//Channels - a mystery solved
Today’s class will include a demo of channels in use as a method of creating spot colors and highly crafted selections. Channels are a highly accurate way to manipulate images and create accurate selections.
- Class 5// Layer Effects and styles the extended version
So far we have covered the following: Color correction, Resolution, Layer compositing, Masks and clipping groups. Today we will get more in-depth with Layer styles.
In class we will cover layer styles and the styles palette layer style blending options, copying and pasting layer styles.
Our next assignment is CD cover
Project Parameters: CD cover — use the [...]
- Class 4//Banner design
Web Banner- yipee
Specifications for web banner : 730 px x 90 px
Format: gif
Maximun file size: 32K
Color: 256, Web color palette
In Class demo on web and optimization
Definition: GIF, short for Graphics Interchange Format is a file format for storing graphical images up to 256 colors. It uses LZW compression which is a lossless compression method. Until [...]
- Class 3//The trickey stuff
As we start into finishes with our Menu cover design we will revisit those gnarley clipping groups and masks.
Links to decent tutorials
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/create-a-shadow/photoshop-shadows.html
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/cs3-photoshop-10.html
http://www.photoshopgurus.com/tutorials/t009.html
http://www.photoshopgurus.com/tutorials/designing-an-image-collage-style-site-header.html
- Class 2// Color me beautiful
In this class we will review color correction tools for all those grubby awful images that come your way. A foundational aspect of Photoshop there are lots of different ways we can skin this color cat.
Some of the highlights will include the following then we’ll drill down the list and get to some retouching tools [...]
- Class 1 \\ DI2 - Real World Photoshop
This class will enrich your photoshop knowledge as we explore complex imaging techniques, color correction best practices and compositional aspects of design.
Session 1 Real World Photoshop
Introductions (brief history of student, their emphasis/focus; goals for the course; instructor expectations)
Overview syllabus, overview photoshop and set expectations about where skill sets should be to tackle assignments
In Class [...]
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