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CIS 1104 — Web Graphics using Adobe Photoshop

 

Course Description

This course covers the creation and editing of digital photographs and images using Adobe Photoshop. Topics covered include understand file types, file compression, and download capabilities, creating digital images in different file types, setting and using color codecs, adjusting digital images with lighting, filtering, cropping, and resizing, creating transparent digital images,  digital image web page positioning techniques, and using other digital image special effects.


 

Competency Areas

Hours

Understand file types, file compression, and download capabilities.

Class

3

Creating digital images in different file types.

D. Lab

2

Setting and using color codecs.

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Adjusting digital images with lighting, filtering, cropping, and resizing.

Credit

4

Creating transparent digital images.

 

 

Digital image web page positioning techniques.

 

 

Using other digital image special effects.

 

 

 

Prerequisite:

Program Admission

Corequisite:

     

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will be able to:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.


Understanding file types, file compression, and download capabilities

2

1

0

 

GIF images

 

 

 

 

JPEG Images

 

 

 

 

Other image formats

 

 

 

 

Image clarity comparison

 

 

 

 

File compression techniques

 

 

 

 

Comparing download speeds

 

 

 

 

Image clarity vs. download speed

 

 

 

Creating digital images in different file types.

2

2

0

 

Creating GIF images.

 

 

 

 

Creating JPEG images.

 

 

 

 

Creating other images.

 

 

 

 

Plug-in requirements for special images.

 

 

 

 

Converting images from one file type to another.

 

 

 

Setting and using color codecs

6

4

0

 

Why use color codecs?

 

 

 

 

Standard codecs.

 

 

 

 

Codecs vs. web page colors.

 

 

 

 

Codec settings and their effects on digital images.

 

 

 

 

Special codecs.

 

 

 

Adjusting digital images with lighting, filtering, cropping, and resizing.

8

4

0

 

Lighting adjustments and its effect on images.

 

 

 

 

Common filtering tools for digital images.

 

 

 

 

Cropping vs. Resizing.

 

 

 

 

Other image enhancement techniques.

 

 

 

Creating transparent digital images.

3

2

0

 

Why create transparent digital images?

 

 

 

 

Techniques for creating transparent digital images.

 

 

 

 

Transparent digital images and their relation to web pages.

 

 

 

Digital image web page positioning techniques.

6

4

0

 

Absolute positioning..

 

 

 

 

Relative positioning.

 

 

 

 

Positioning using tables.

 

 

 

Using other digital image special effects.

3

3

0

 

Other digital image effects techniques.

 

 

 

 

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