weekly schedule
week 1
MON. MAY 13
LECTURE/DEMO:
Course Introduction
Keyboard Shortcuts
File Types
Illustrator Intro - workspace, view menu, window menu, zoom, panels
Illustrator tools - zoom tool, hand tool, select tool, primitive shapes, rotate, scale, transform, stroke and fill
Practice File for Assignment 1
ASSIGNMENT
Install Adobe Creative Cloud - Illustrator and Photoshop
Install Zoom
KEYBOARD CONTSTRAINTS:
Shift + Click - add all items to selection
Command + Click - add individual items to selection
Control + Click - same as Right Click
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS: MAC AND ILLUSTRATOR
Command + A = select all
Command + C = copy
Command + V = paste
Command + X = cut (moves selected item to the 'clipboard')
Command + Z = undo
Command + S = save file
Command + O = open file
Command + W = close file
Command + Q = quit
TUE. MAY 14
LECTURE/DEMO:
Intro - Assignment 1
Illustrator - Copying and repeating transforms, grouping, arranging, and layering objects
Illustrator - Repeat Menu Command
Q&A ZOOM
- 10:00 am
WED. MAY 15
LECTURE/DEMO:
Illustrator Tools- direct select tool, pen tool, anchor point tools, pencil tool,
Pen Tool Intro (illustrator file from lecture)
Intro - Assignment 2
RESOURCES AND LINKS
THU. MAY 16
Q&A ZOOM ZOOM
- 10:00 am
LECTURE/DEMO:
Illustrator Features - swatches panel, layers panel, color panel, color guide
Intro - Assignment 3 - Animal
Warp tool, other distortion tools, align tool, pathfinder, blend, appearance, effects - feather, artboard tool
WORKTIME:
Assignment 3 - Animal
FRI. MAY 17
DUE TO DROPBOX BY 9:00 AM:
- Assignment 1
- Submit digital file to D2L
DUE TO DROPBOX BY 9:00 AM:
- Assignment 2
- Submit digital file to D2L
LECTURE/DEMO:
Illustrator: additional tools for assignment 3
WORKTIME:
Assignment 3-4 - Animal and Stamp
week 2
MON. MAY 20
LECTURE/DEMO:
Illustrator: pathfinder tool, stroke panel, drop shadows, type tools
WORKTIME:
Assignment 4 - Stamp
TUE. MAY 21
DUE TO DROPBOX BY 9:00 AM:
- Assignment 3- Animal
- Submit digital file to D2L
WED. MAY 22
DUE TO DROPBOX BY 9:00 AM:
- Assignment 4 - Stamp
- Submit digital file to D2L
LECTURE/DEMO:
Introduce Assignment 5 - Gradient Illustration
Working with gradients, gradient tool, gradient panel - practice file
WORKTIME:
Assignment 5 - Gradient Illustration
THU. MAY 23
GROUP ZOOM MEETING STARTS @ 10 am
Assignment 5 - Gradient Illustration
FRI. MAY 24
WORKTIME:
Assignment 5 - Appliance
week 3
MON. MAY 27
Happy Memorial Day
TUE. MAY 2 8
DUE TO DROPBOX BY 9:00 AM:
- Assignment 5 - Appliance
- Submit digital file to D2L
LECTURE/DEMO:
Intro: Pixel-based imaging
Intro: Photoshop Selection Tools
Intro: Assignment 6 - Photo Collage
WORKTIME:
Assignment 6 - Photo Collage
WED. MAY 29
WORKTIME:
Assignment 6 - Photo Collage
THU. MAY 30
DUE TO DROPBOX BY 9:00 AM:
- Assignment 6 - Photo Collage
- Submit digital file to D2L
DEMO:
Photoshop: Adjustment layers, photo retouch tools, crop tool
WORKTIME:
Assignment 7 - Image Correction Challenge Files
FRI. MAY 31
LECTURE/DEMO:
Photoshop: masking and compositing tools, clipping layer masks, blur gallery, lighting gallery, liquify filter
WORKTIME:
Assignment 8 - Digital Matte Painting
week 4
MON. JUNE 3
LECTURE/DEMO:
Photoshop: Importing RAW files, HDR, Photomerge, Puppet Warp Tool, Layer Comps
WORKTIME:
Assignment 8 - Digital Matte Painting
Final Project
TUE. JUNE 4
DUE TO DROPBOX BY 9:00 AM:
- Assignment 7 - Image Correction Challenge Files
- Submit digital files to D2L
Q&A ZOOM ZOOM
- 10:00 am
LECTURE/DEMO:
Photoshop: Working with Layer Styles, Filter Gallery, Photoshop Paths, Smudge Tool, Actions, Photoshop 3D
WORKTIME:
Assignment 8 - Digital Matte Painting
WED. JUNE 5
LECTURE/DEMO:
Photoshop: Color Profiles, Gamuts, Adobe Bridge Intro
WORKTIME:
Assignment 8 - Digital Matte Painting
THU. JUNE 6
GROUP ZOOM MEETING STARTS @ TBD
DUE TO DROPBOX BY 9:00 AM:
Assignment 8 - Digital Matte Painting
- Submit digital files to D2L by 9:00 am
FRI. JUNE 7
No Class - Have a Great Summer!