VDES70035
Digital Image Processing (Lightroom and Photoshop)
Sheridan
 
  I: Administrative Information   II: Course Details   III: Topical Outline(s)  Printable Version
 

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Section I: Administrative Information
  Total hours: 42.0
Credit Value: 3.0
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Winter 2023
Prerequisites: VDES70029
Corequisites: N/A
Equivalents: N/A
Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: N/A

Program(s): Digital Photography
Program Coordinator(s): N/A
Course Leader or Contact: N/A
Version: 20230109_00
Status: Approved (APPR)

Section I Notes: Access to course materials and assignments will be available on Sheridan's Learning and Teaching Environment (SLATE). Students will need reliable access to a computer and the internet.

 
 
Section II: Course Details

Detailed Description
This course is designed to provide learners with skills in digital asset management and digital image processing. While working with different applications, students develop the skills to create and process digital images, recognize and manage workflows and implement professional best practices for both print and web environments. Through interactive lectures, demonstrations, projects and practice sessions, students are introduced to RAW processing and explore digital darkroom tools such as Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop.

Program Context

 
Digital Photography Program Coordinator(s): N/A
This is a compulsory course in the Digital Photography Certificate Program.


Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes

  Critical Performance:
By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability to implement digital asset management and Raw processing tools such as Adobe Bridge, Lightroom, and Adobe Photoshop, for both print and web usage.
 
Learning Outcomes:

To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated the ability to:

  1. Customize Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop digital work spaces to allow for efficient workflow.
  2. Create an organized image filing system using Lightroom and Adobe Bridge meta data and keywords.
  3. Create simple and complex selections using Raw processing and core asset management tools offered through Photoshop.
  4. Layer functions, selections, adjustments, retouching, masks, filters, effects, and blend modes to manipulate images.
  5. Navigate Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop tools to create simple actions, smart objects, and grey conversion techniques.
  6. Distinguish file types and file sizes, relevant to their colour management, based on print and web standards.

Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:

 Evaluation Plan: IN-CLASS
 In-Class Assignments (2 x 10%)20.0%
 Home Assignments (4 x 15%)60.0%
 Final Project - In-Class20.0%
Total100.0%

Evaluation Notes and Academic Missed Work Procedure:
TEST AND ASSIGNMENT PROTOCOL The following protocol applies to every course offered by Continuing and Professional Studies. 1. Students are responsible for staying abreast of test dates and times, as well as due dates and any special instructions for submitting assignments and projects as supplied to the class by the instructor. 2. Students must write all tests at the specified date and time. Missed tests, in-class/online activities, assignments and presentations are awarded a mark of zero. The penalty for late submission of written assignments is a loss of 10% per day for up to five business days (excluding Sundays and statutory holidays), after which, a grade of zero is assigned. Business days include any day that the college is open for business, whether the student has scheduled classes that day or not. An extension or make-up opportunity may be approved by the instructor at his or her discretion.

Provincial Context
The course meets the following Ministry of Colleges and Universities requirements:


 

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact (if course is PLAR-eligible) - Office of the Registrar
Students may apply to receive credit by demonstrating achievement of the course learning outcomes through previous relevant work/life experience, service, self-study and training on the job. This course is eligible for challenge through the following method(s):

  • Challenge Exam
    Notes:  PLAR eligible via a Challenge Exam

 
 
Section III: Topical Outline
Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
Instruction Mode: In-Class
Professor: Multiple Professors
Resource(s):
 TypeDescription
RequiredTextbookAdobe Photoshop CC for Photographers, Martin Evening, Routledge, 2018, ISBN 9781138086760, 2018
OptionalTextbookLightroom Transformations: Realizing Your Vision With Adobe Lightroom Plus Photoshop, Martin Evening, New Riders, 1st, ISBN 9780134398280, 2016

Applicable student group(s): Continuing and Professional Studies students in the Digital Photography program
Course Details:

Module 1 – Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

  • The Photoshop CC workspace
  • Navigating panels
  • Working with the panel dock
  • Working with panels and panel groups
  • Navigating and working with the tools panel
  • Tool bar and customization

Module 2- Introduction to Adobe Lightroom

  • The Lightroom CC workspace (Library and Develop Panels)
  • Lightroom Pre-sets (Processing)
  • Export Pre-sets (Saving and exporting)
  • Processing tools
  • Comparison between Lightroom and Adobe Bridge as asset management tools

Module 3 – Asset Management & Introduction to RAW processing

  • Fundamentals of image asset management
  • Photoshop – ACR
  • Lightroom RAW processing
  • File formats
  • Bit depth and colour space

Home Assignment – RAW processing (15%)

Due Module 4 – Must be uploaded to SLATE prior to beginning of class

Module 4 – Creating Selections

  • Tool bar and option bar
  • Saving Selections

In-Class assignment – RAW process and selections in Photoshop (10%) Uploaded to SLATE before end of class

Module 5 – Image Adjustments and Layers

  • Tonal and Colour corrections in Photoshop
  • Adjustment layers and colours
  • Tonality and histograms
  • Using levels and curves
  • Adjusting hue, saturation and luminosity
  • Luminosity masks

Home Assignment – Masking and selective adjustments using multiple layers (15%)

Due Module 6 - Must be uploaded to SLATE prior to beginning of class

Module 6 - Retouching and Repairing

  • Brushes
  • Clone and Heal
  • Content Aware fill
  • Sharpening

In-Class assignment (10%) Uploaded to SLATE before end of class

Home Assignment (15%) Due Module 7 - Must be uploaded to SLATE prior to beginning of class

Module 7 – Colour Management and Retouching Techniques

  • Understanding Colour profiles
  • Optimizing images for web
  • Skin retouching
  • Product retouching
  • Image compositing

Module 8 – Smart Objects

  • Smart object from RAW process
  • Smart filters
  • Creating simple actions
  • External Plug-ins for Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop

Home Assignment (15%) Due Module 9 - Must be uploaded to SLATE prior to beginning of class

Module 9 – Grey Scale Conversion Techniques

  • Simple grey scale conversion
  • BW adjustment layer
  • Hue saturation
  • Channel Separation
  • Gradient Map
  • Calculations
  • Silver Effex Pro 


Sheridan Policies

It is recommended that students read the following policies in relation to course outlines:

  • Academic Integrity
  • Copyright
  • Intellectual Property
  • Respectful Behaviour
  • Accessible Learning
All Sheridan policies can be viewed on the Sheridan policy website.

Appropriate use of generative Artificial Intelligence tools: In alignment with Sheridan's Academic Integrity Policy, students should consult with their professors and/or refer to evaluation instructions regarding the appropriate use, or prohibition, of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for coursework. Turnitin AI detection software may be used by faculty members to screen assignment submissions or exams for unauthorized use of artificial intelligence.

Course Outline Changes: The information contained in this Course Outline including but not limited to faculty and program information and course description is subject to change without notice. Nothing in this Course Outline should be viewed as a representation, offer and/or warranty. Students are responsible for reading the Important Notice and Disclaimer which applies to Programs and Courses.


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