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Digital Imaging I

Business Card, Kayla C., 2008

Animated Self-portrait, Heather B.

 

Digital Imaging II

Silhouette, by Zari C.

Photo Scavenger Hunts

All classes are assigned photo scavenger hunts throughout the semester.

Category: Teeth
Maddie T.

Category: Tear
Miranda M.

Category: Cool Beans
Phoenix D.

Check out some scavenger hunts from previous years.

Senior Project

Tarayl Stewart, Digital Manipulation

Lindsay Crull, Digital Manipulation

Sydney K.

McKenna H.

Digital Imaging I

2 semesters (Full year) (1 credit)
Prerequisite: None

This course is an introduction to digital photography and image manipulation. Students will learn the basics of photography, including lighting techniques, exposures, and focal lengths. Students will learn basic Photoshop techniques including color correction, selections, layers, transparencies, and the basics of file formats. Projects include composition theory, working with aperture settings, working with shutter speed settings, a photo scavenger hunt, vector based projects, as well as occasional studies of corporate style graphics, including business cards and brochures.

Equipment: Your own digital camera – preferably with the ability to set aperture and shutter speeds manually.

Digital Imaging II

2 semesters (Full year) (1 credit)
Prerequisite: Digital Imaging I or Permission of Instructor

This is an intermediate level class which will give students an in-depth knowledge of Photoshop techniques. We will be looking at web versus print issues (file formats, resolution, type styles, bitmap vs. vector images, and color systems). In addition, we will be working with the pen tool, work paths, kerning, and color channels. We will have projects related to the display of statistical data, annual reports, and identity packaging. The major project for the Graphics II class is a personal book project. We will also study composition theory and marketing techniques, and periodically look at the work of contemporary artists. In the spring, after the yearbook is submitted, we will have a short animation project to prepare students for animation work in the following year.

Multimedia Design I

2 semesters (Full year) (1 credit)
Prerequisite: Digital Imaging II or Permission of Instructor

This class will combine advanced photoshop techniques with multimedia production and web design. Students will gain a foundation in html coding as well as web design theory. Students will begin learning the basics of Animation, including storyboarding, stop motion animation, Macromedia Flash Animation and video editing. Students will also use be experimenting with traditional black and white film photography in the darkroom.

Multimedia Design II

1 semester (1/2 credit)
Prerequisite: Multimedia Design I or Permission of Instructor

This class will combine advanced Photoshop techniques with multimedia production and web design. We will study how media and marketing techniques are used to sway public opinion and form cultural trends. Students will examine race and gender issues as portrayed through the lens of a camera. Hands-on projects in a variety of formats will give students an opportunity to use these concepts in practical applications. Students will also be working in the darkroom with traditional film photography during this class.

Senior Project

During the senior project, students will assemble a portfolio of past and current work or design a major project of their own. The portfolio can be digital (on a CD-ROM) or a print and bound work.