12/26/2024 4:25:58 PM	CIS 73.31B Course Outline as of Fall 1999	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CIS 73.31B	Title:  INTER ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
Full Title:  Intermediate Adobe Photoshop
Last Reviewed:2/2/1999

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.50	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		8 max.	Lecture Scheduled	16.00
Minimum	1.50	Lab Scheduled	0		4 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	3.50			Contact DHR	28.00
		Contact Total	5.50			Contact Total	44.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  32.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 76.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  CIS 83.12B

Catalog Description:

Intermediate Adobe Photoshop focuses on masks, layers, channels, and paths, and their use in image production and manipulation. This course also examines digital water marking, special effects with type, and plug-in filters.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Completion of CIS 73.31A (formerly CIS 83.12A) with a grade of "C" or better.

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Intermediate Adobe Photoshop focuses on masks, layers, channels, and paths, and their use in image production and manipulation. This course also examines digital water marking, special effects with type, and plug-in filters.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Completion of CIS 73.31A (formerly CIS 83.12A) with a grade of "C" or better.
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1999	Inactive:	Spring 2011
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Students will:

1.      Create at least four multi-layered Photoshop documents

2.      Incorporate a variety of blending modes and opacities into those

       layered documents

3.      Move and copy layers from one document to another

4.      Combine a group of layers into a clipping group

5.      Flatten document layers and change the file's format from

       Photoshop native to TIFF

6.      Export transparent layer(s) from an RGB image into GIF89a file

7.      Differentiate between color channels and alpha channels

8.      Create and use each of Photoshop's masks: Quick Mask, Alpha

       channels and layer masks

9.      Use the adjustment layers to correct an image's color balance and

       tonal qualities

10.     Create and use a path to stroke and fill a document selection

11.     Use the type tool, layers, and the Photoshop filters to produce

       special-effect text

12.     Describe the process required to copyright-protect a document with

       digital watermarking

13.     Experiment with at least 10 of Photoshop's special-effects filters

14.     Explain how to install and remove a third-party plug-in filter

Topics and Scope

Students will do:

1.      Layering

       a.      Create and manipulating layers

       b.      Delete layers

       c.      Merge and flatten layers

       d.      Specify layer options (show/hide, blending modes, opacity)

       e.      Clipping groups

2.      Layers and file formats

       a.      Review file formats (PSD native, TIFF, Gif, GIF89a, JPEG,

               PICT)

       b.      Examine the relationship between layers and file formats

       c.      Use the GIF89a export feature, and its options

3.      Color channels and alpha channels

       a.      Distinction

       b.      Use

4.      Channels and masks

       a.      Quick Mask

       b.      Alpha Channels

       c.      Layer masks

5.      Use adjustment layers for color and tonal adjustments

6.      Paths: pen tools and bezier curves

       a.      Path components: segments, anchor points, and end points

       b.      The path palettes

       c.      Paths and subpaths

       c.      The relationship between paths and selections

       e.      Stroking the filling paths

7.      Special effects with type

       a.      Raised type

       b.      Drop shadows

       c.      Filled type

8.      Digital watermarking to copyright-protect graphical documents

9.      Exploring plug-in filters

       a.      Included with Photoshop

       b.      Third party

       c.      Installation, use, and removal of select filters

               (public-domain or shareware)

Assignments:

Students will:

1.      Manipulate a layered image to

       a.      Hide and show individual layers

       b.      Duplicate a layer

       c.      Delete a layer

       d.      Group layers

       e.      Merge layers

       f.      Specify layer options (blending modes and opacity)

       g.      Create a clipping group

2.      Manipulate a color image that has been scanned into Photoshop

       a.      Correct the images color balance and tonal qualities

               using color channels and adjustments layers

       b.      Select and mask different parts of the document using

               quick masks, alpha channels, and layer masks

3.      Create an image with stroked and filled paths

4.      Create two complex text images with the type tool, layers, and

       Photoshop filters

5.      Make an image collage by combining layers from diverse Photoshop

       documents into a new document

6.      Manipulate the Actions palette to export three RGB Photoshop

       native documents into GIF89a documents with transparent

       backgrounds

7.      Describe the processes required to

       a.      Copyright-protect an image

       b.      Install and remove an third-party plug-in filter

8.      Throughout the course, each students should develop a filters log

       which documents the selection, use, and results of at least 10

       special-effects filters.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 10 - 30%
Filters log
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 50 - 80%
Photoshop images and Actions palette group images
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 40%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

"Hands-on PhotoShop", by Clay Andres - IDG Publishing 1996

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