Digital Imaging COMS 226
"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough." — Robert Capa
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Course
COMS 226 syllabus
Spring 2026 student work
Assignment check list
COMS 226 Training videos
Images & ethics
Copyright
Media Law
Digital media terms
Helpful terms
Software
Software by category
Adobe Software
Free software
1Web
Building a Web site / CMS portfolio
— First Assignments —
1.1 Create WP site
1.2 New WP pages & posts
— For 2nd half of semester —
1.3 New menus & customization
1.4 Original header & widgets
2 Imaging
Pixels and resolution
File formats
image editors
Uploading images
— Assignments —
2.1 Optimize an image
2.2 Create text & image memexs
2.3 Image levels
2.4 Perspective adjustment
2.5 Image layers
2.6 Gradients and masks
2.7 Image repair
2.8 Text effects
2.9 Clipping mask
2.10 Color substitution
2.11 ec Quick mask
3 Photos
About Digital Cameras
Photo Composition
Great Photographers
History of Photography
— Assignments —
3.1 – 3.4 Assignments
4 Graphics
Graphics software
Typography
Composition for graphics
Publications design checklist
— Assignments —
4.1 Simple Flyer
4.2 Newspaper front page
4.3a Book cover
4.3b Book text & chapters
4.4 interactive pdfs
5 Audio
About acoustic audio
Digital audio
Audio formats
About microphones
Using Audacity
Using Adobe Audition
Sharing A\V Podcasts or Video
Podcasting lab
— Assignments —
5.1 – 5.3 Audio projects
6 Video
Editing video
Sharing video on a web page
Specialized cameras
— Assignments —
6.1 – 6.3 video assignments
7 Animation
Animation theory
Simple Animation
Animation software
Stop Motion / Dragonframe
— Assignments —
7.1 Photoshop animation
7.2 Using Adobe Animate
8 Projects
A.I. Images and ethical guidelines
Drone video
Live streaming video
Composition for graphics
Publications composition