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This class is taught on the Windows platform, although the ADOBE CS3 Suite of software is the same for both MAC and PC, the textbook for this class and online instructions are Windows only. It is therefore advised that you do NOT take this course unless you are familiar with both the MAC and Windows platforms.

This course is for the non-design student interested in learning Photoshop using personal computers (PCs). Students will learn image creation and editing using Adobe Photoshop. Students learn to create, repair and modify images, scan photos, plan composite images and create special effects for use in a variety of applications.

This class uses Adobe Photoshop CS3

Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: CIS 1

Note Regarding Prerequisites: The prerequisites are suggestions of skills necessary to successfully complete this course. If you are not an experienced computer and Internet user, you should complete the prerequisites before taking this course. If you are an experienced computer and Internet user, and feel you already have the equivalent prerequisites skills, you may register for this course without contacting me.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:

Adobe Photoshop CS3, Revealed

Course Technology, 2009
Elizabeth Eisner Reding
ISBN 13: 978-1-4283-1959-2 © 2008
ISBN 10: 1-4283-1959-X
(Both ISBN's are for the one same textbook)

Table of Contents
1. Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop CS3
2. Working with Layers
3. Making Selections
4. Incorporating Color Techniques
5. Placing Type in an Image
6. Using Painting Tools
7. Working with Special Layer Functions
8. Creating Special Effects with Filters
9. Enhancing Specific Selections
10. Adjusting Colors
11. Using Clipping Masks, Paths, and Shapes
12. Transforming Type
13. Liquifying an Image
14. Performing Image Surgery
15. Annotating and Automating an Image
16. Creating Images for the Web

Note: Please plan in advance to have this textbook when this course starts. This book is available at the SMC Bookstore, www.course.com, www.amazon.com, and A & R Textbooks, phone (310) 314-4361, 1703 Pico Blvd.,Santa Monica, CA, 90405, directly across from the Pico and 17th St. entrance to SMC.

The Foundation for California Community Colleges has made it possible for faculty, staff, and students to purchase computer hardware and software at significant discounts. Eligible individuals can choose from products offered by Adobe, Dell, and Microsoft.
See: www.CollegeSoftware.org

In order to take this course you need a computer running the Windows operating system. You also need: A working email address (an Email software that works with your email provider), an Internet Service Provider (ISP) such as a DSL line, LAN connection, Cable Modem connection, or phone line connection (DSL or Cable Modem recommended). A CD ROM drive.

Software:  Adobe Photoshop CS3, Internet Explorer 6 or newer, (Firefox and Nescape are also acceptable browsers), Microsoft Office 2003, and Windows XP will be used. Another operating system or browser may be used, but students may notice some differences in the appearance of certain dialog boxes.

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS3 IS REQUIRED ON YOUR COMPUTER TO TAKE THIS ONLINE COURSE.

Everyone comes to the class with different expectations.  This online course DOES duplicate the content of the traditional course, but NOT the delivery. An online course relies on a self-directed student completing the assignments, readings, and threaded discussions on their own time schedule while meeting the posted deadlines. Students who perform at their potential, welcome change and are willing to assume responsibility, make decisions, and express opinions, are successful in this online course.

It is very easy to fall behind in an online class. There are no scheduled on-campus or on-line class periods, however, the online Units for each Chapter, Homework, Quizzes, and Exams are scheduled with due dates for the time period designated by the instructor. This is not a work at your own pace type of course which you may wait until the last week of the semester to complete. The entire course is asynchronous and can be accessed at your convenience. Your only requirement is to complete assignments and exams as scheduled on the syllabus. You must be a self-directed student who can plan your schedule to accommodate the deadlines outlined in the syllabus.  Cyber students are often in multiple life roles and time is a valuable commodity.

For the semester you are expected to visit the course Web site at least 6 times a week--ideally, once a day is best.  Once there, you will find announcements, course schedule, lecture material, assignments, and exams.

To enroll in this section, please go to: http://www.smc.edu/admissions/enrollment.htm and follow the instructions for Student Self Service (web) or Telephone enrollment.

[ This is a suggestion subject to Instructor Evaluation ]

• It is your responsibility to meet all Homework, Quiz, and Exam Due Dates as outlined by Instructor schedule.
• Add/Drops are the responsibility of the student.
• Incomplete's will not be issued except for a documented emergency.
• Any cheating on assignments, quizzes, exams or projects will result in an automatic Failure for the course.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY DEFINED

Santa Monica College defines academic dishonesty as the act of or assistance in deceiving, including fraud or deception in any academic exercise. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, certain actions not authorized by the instructor or testing officer, such as using notes or testing aids, allowing someone else to assume one’s identity, falsifying records, plagiarism, changing answers on a previously scored assignment or exam, copying, inventing information to complete a lab experiment or case analysis, and talking or giving information by any means during an exam.