Here are the Download Links:
Image adjustments, UI, selections, etc:
http://twc.robg3d.com/tutorials/phot...orial_1pt1.zip
Layer styles, blending modes, etc:
http://twc.robg3d.com/tutorials/phot...orial_1pt2.zip
Assignment:
Go through the tutorials. Please play close attention, since these are quite dense, and they form the foundation of later assignments.
Afterwards, find a photo or anything that you'd like, and experiment with it for a half hour. Since this is not an aesthetic assignment, it can't really be graded or checked. I would highly suggest you do it, though, because it will help reinforce what you learn from the video tutorials; if you do it yourself as you go along, or directly after (I'd recommend as you go along), you will retain your knowledge. Its a fact, its something I and anyone else who has done enough tutorials has done from experience. Its especially important for video tutorials, as it is not as easy to find where exactly something is talked about. Also, to that end, I would take notes with a pencil and paper.
Resources:
Free textures:
www.mayang.com/textures
www.cgtextures.com
There are more but we will be using those for the class.
Please contact me or post here with any questions, issues, or suggestions. A new tutorial will be out Monday, June 24.
If you would like class crits on something you have worked on, this assignment or otherwise, feel free to make a thread in the classroom.