This course is delivered in an instructor-monitored, distance learning format and consists of study guides, required texts, supplemental reading, essay assignments, quizzes, homework, observation, required interaction with an instructor, and 24-hour access to on-line support as needed. Topics include: Photoshop interface, pixels vs. vector, creating, opening and editing files, resolution, document dimensions, and color modes; paint brush and pencil tool, brushes options, foreground and background color, selecting new colors, briefly touch on pantone colors; resizing images, cropping images and changing canvas size, rotating canvas, layers panel; creating new layers, editing, rearranging, grouping and linking; selection tools; marquees, magic wand, lasso, quick selection tools, and transformation tools; history panel, history brush, colors, blending modes, color continued, patterns, gradients, paint bucket, pattern brush, beginning text, and basic effects; advanced effects, masks, clipping masks, and retouching tools; adjustments, cloning, highlights, midtones, shadows; adjustment layers; focal point, hierarchy, balance and composition vector in Photoshop; shape tools, pen tool, custom shapes, rasterizing. action, filters and effects, sharpen and blur, filter gallery, smart objects, smart filters, burn and dodge, vanishing point, special effects and styles, channels, curves, colors, printing and output; saving for web and devices, slicing, optimizing, animation 3D fundamentals, file formats. Prerequisite: Demonstration of computer ability and record of formal education.