Last Updated
12.03.2009

Course Calendar

COURSE WEEK ::

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11

Calendar Notes:

Reading assignments are to be completed before the next class session.
Exercises are homework assignments that are due at a future class period, while Lab Exercises are assignments that should be worked on and completed during the current class period. Both types of exercises have point values and count towards your final grade. Calendar items labeled as Lab are activities we will complete in class.

Week 01 | Color Management

Tuesday :: 09.29.2009

Welcome	Course Introduction and Welcome
Video	Painting with Pixels
Project	Class Presentation Project
Reading	Color Correction For Digital Photographers Only Chapters 1 & 2
Handouts	Project: Class Presentation

Thursday :: 10.01.2009

Lecture	Color Management Revisited: Color profiles, calibration, and best practices.
Reading	Color Correction For Digital Photographers Only Chapter 4 (pages 89-112 only)
Handouts	Week One Class Notes — Notes on Color Management (pdf) Week One Demonstration Images (zip)

Week 02 | RGB Color

Tuesday :: 10.06.2009

Lecture	Image Anatomy 101 Reintroduction to Curves: The Six Basic Curves
Reading	Professional Photoshop Chapter 3 (available online; pdf)
Handouts	Week Two Class Notes — RGB Color Correction (pdf)

Thursday :: 10.08.2009

Lecture	RGB Color Correction by the Numbers
Exercise	Color Correction in RGB
Reading	Color Correction For Digital Photographers Only Chapter 4 (pages 113-137 only)
Handouts	Exercise: 01 Color Correction in RGB

Week 03 | RGB Color

Tuesday :: 10.13.2009

Due	Color Correction in RGB Exercise
Lab	Review Color Correction in RGB Exercise

Thursday :: 10.15.2009

Quiz	Over all course class demonstrations, labs, and exercises
Lecture	Alpha Channels, Layer Masks & Vector Masks
Exercise	Advanced Masks
Reading	Photoshop LAB Color Chapter 2 (available online; pdf)
Handouts	Week Three Class Notes — Layer Masks (pdf) Exercise: 02 Advanced Masks

Week 04 | LAB Color

Tuesday :: 10.20.2009

Due	Advanced Masks Exercise
Lecture	Introduction to the LAB Color Space
Reading	Photoshop LAB Color Chapter 3 (available online)
Handouts	Week Four Class Notes — LAB Color Space (pdf)

Thursday :: 10.22.2009

Lecture	LAB by the Numbers Four-Step Image Enhancement Using LAB
Lab	LAB Color Identification
Exercise	Saturation and Contrast Adjustments in LAB
Handouts	Exercise: 03 Saturation and Contrast Adjustments in LAB

Week 05 | LAB Color

Tuesday :: 10.27.2009

Due	Saturation and Contrast Adjustments in LAB Exercise
Lecture	Color Cast Removal in LAB
Exercise	Identifying and Removing Color Casts
Handouts	Exercise: 04 Identifying and Removing Color Casts

Thursday :: 10.29.2009

Midterm Exam	Over all course class demonstrations, labs, and exercises
Reading	Color Correction For Digital Photographers Only Chapter 5 (pages 139-150 only)

Week 06 | LAB + CMYK Color

Tuesday :: 11.03.2009

Due	Identifying and Removing Color Casts Exercise
Lecture	Image Sharpening and Blurring
Exercise	Sharpening and Noise Removal in LAB
Handouts	Week Six Class Notes — Image Sharpening and Blurring (pdf) Exericse: 05 Sharpening and Noise Removal in LAB

Thursday :: 11.05.2009

Due	Sharpening and Noise Removal in LAB Exercise
Project	Introduction to Group Book Project
Reading	Color Correction For Digital Photographers Only Chapter 11 (pages 366-371 only)
Handouts	Project: Colorful World Book

Week 07 | CMYK Color

Tuesday :: 11.10.2009

Lecture	Introduction to CMYK: Plates, Inks, Numbers, and Separations
Lab Exercise	CMYK Color Chart Creation
Handouts	Week Seven Class Notes — Re-Introduction to CMYK (pdf) Exercise: 06 CMYK Color Chart Creation

Thursday :: 11.12.2009

Guest Speaker

Jim Dittmer
Founder, JDA Creative Color (Portland, Oregon)

Week 08 | CMYK Color / Camera RAW

Tuesday :: 11.17.2009

Lecture	The Power of the Black Plate: Understanding GCR and UCR
Lab	Restoring Shadow Detail Using the Black Plate
Exercise	Creating Custom Color Separations
Reading	Color Correction For Digital Photographers Only Chapters 3 & 5 (pages 156-166 only)
Handouts	CMY, K, and Composite Print Examples (pdf) Black Limit Comparision Examples (pdf) Exercise: 07 Creating Custom Color Separations

Thursday :: 11.19.2009

Due	Creating Custom Color Separations Exercise
Lab	Creating Cast Shadows
Project	Introduction to Individual Final Project In-class time to work in groups on the Group Book Project
Reading	Color Correction For Digital Photographers Only Chapter 9 (pages 283-296 only)
Handouts	Project: Individual Final Project

Week 09 | Group Project

Tuesday :: 11.24.2009

Due	Group Book Project Page Proofs
Quiz	Over all course class demonstrations, labs, and exercises
Project	In-class review of Group Book Project page proofs & photos

Thursday :: 11.26.2009 | No Class — Thanksgiving Day

Week 10 | Dead Week

Tuesday :: 12.01.2009

Due	Group Book Covers Due
Lecture	Color-to-Grayscale Conversion Methods Duotones Revisited
Project	In-class time to work on Group Book Project
Handouts	Week Ten Class Notes — Duotones Revisited (pdf)

Thursday :: 12.03.2009

Due	Completed, Corrected Group Book Project Pages
Lab	Production and Completion of Group Book Project
Review	Of all class material and techniques in preparation for final exam

Week 11 | Finals Week

Monday :: 12.07.2009 (10:00 AM – 11:50 AM)

Final Exam

Over all course class demonstrations, projects, labs, and homework assignments

Wednesday :: 12.09.2009 (4:30 PM)

Due	Completed Individual Final Project