Photoshop CS5

Course Content

Session 1

Section A: Adobe Exams, Project Requirements, Project Audience, Project Specifications, Project Management, Team Communication.

Section B: Starting Photoshop, Tools and Panels, Rearranging Panels, Using Predesigned Layouts, Saving Workspaces, Photoshop Toolbar, Toolsets, Context Sensitive Options, Zoom Tool and Image Navigation, Getting Help.

Section C: Geometric Selection Tools, Add to/Remove from Selection, Feathering, Move/Transform Selection, Save and Recall, Lasso Tool, Magic Wand Tool, Quick Selection Tool, Selection Refinement Tools, Basic Transformation.

Section D: Cropping Images, Straightening Images, Color Correction, Image Vibrancy, Color Balance, Black and White Points, Color Curves and Levels, Hue/Saturation, Shadows/Highlights, Automatic Color Correction, Healing Tool, Content-Aware Fill.

Section E: Creating New Layers, New Layer via Copy, Layer Order, Layer Groups, Working with Multiple Layers, Aligning and Distributing Layers, Layer Comps, Layer Effects, Layer Styles, Adjustment Layers, Working with Gradients.

Session 2

Section A: Changing Image Resolution, Resolution vs. Physical Size, RGB vs. CMYK, Lab Color and Grayscale, Duotone Images, Saving Images for Print,Preparing Images for Web (GIFs, JPGs, PNGs), Saving as a PDF.

Section B: The Brush Tool, Using Brush Sets, Brush Modes, History Brush, The Pencil Tool, The Dodge Tool, The Burn Tool, Blending Modes, Creating Custom Brushes, Creating and Applying Patterns, Puppet Warp.

Section C: Vector vs. Raster Graphics, The Pen Tool, Direct Selection Tool, Converting Anchor Points, Drawing Shapes, Paths Panel.

Section D: Masks vs. Channels, Using the Masks Panel, Masking by Color Range, Applying Masks, Quick Mask Mode, Creating Channels, Editing and Viewing Channels,

Section E: Adding Text, Antialiasing, Alignment, and Color, Text Effects, Character and Paragraph Panel Options, Rasterizing Type, Warping Text, Clipping Masks.

Session 3

Section A: Applying Filters, Render Filters, Drop Shadows and Borders, Effects vs. Filters, Copying Layer Styles, Creating Smart Objects, Filtering Smart Objects.

Section B: Vanishing Point Filter, Cloning, More Vanishing Point Options, 3D Postcard Effect, 3D Shapes from Layers, 3D Text.

Section C: Slicing Strategy, Slice Tool, Slice Select Tool, Optimizing Slices, Previewing Sliced Document, Saving Rollover Slices, Zoomify.

Section D: Modifying Keyboard Shortcuts, Adobe Device Central, Using Actions, Creating Custom Actions, Batch Actions, Creating Droplets, Adobe Bridge.

Section E: Understanding Out of Gamut Color, Gamut Warnings View, Using and Saving Swatches, Color Libraries, Managing Color Settings.

Section F: Camera Raw Processing, Camera Raw Adjustment Settings, Image Adjustment Tools, Camera Raw Preferences, Image Correction Tools, Save Options, Adding Metadata and Keywords, Copyrights and Open With Options.