Class # 1: August 26, 2008

During the first class of the semester, we got to know eachother a bit and talked about what each student's experience with photoshop and photography is. We looked at a few student websites and filled out entrance surveys, to determine what each person wants to get out of this class.

Each student needs to purchase the following books for class. They are about $48 at Barnes and Noble or Borders and they start at about $25 on Amazon.

Required Text:
Adobe, Photoshop CS3 Classroom In A Book: the official training workbook from Adobe
systems, Peachpit Press, 2007
Evening, Martin. Adobe Photosop C3 for Photographers, Focal Press, 2007


During the demo portion of the class, we talked about the importance of shooting RAW and about how raw differs from JPG. We did Lesson 7 from Classroom in a Book and went over the function of each tool and slider in the camera raw window.

Reading to complete by next week (Sept. 2):
Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers by Martin Evening
Chapter 5: Camera Raw Image Processing pp.245-290

Welcome to Fall Semester!

Hi Photoshop 2 students, and welcome to Fall semester at F.I.T.! Hope you all had a great summer.

I am Erin Gleeson, and I'll be your instructor. You can check out some of my work at www.eringleeson.com. You can contact me at: erin@eringleeson.com

Throughout the semester, I will post info pertaining to the class on this blog including weekly assignments, readings, notes, pictures and ideas. You are welcome and encouraged to contribute to the blog and post your work/ thoughts as well.

We have class every Tuesday evening from 6:30-9:20. There will be no class the night of September 30 (Rosh Hashana).