Duration: 2 days

Price: $795.00 per student

Course Prerequisites
To successfully complete this course, you should know how to:
• Use the mouse, standard menus and commands
• Open, save and close files

Course Objectives
• Use the Photoshop work area
• Preform basic photo color correction and cropping
• Apply Masks and Channels
• Use Advanced Layer Techniques
• Working with Digital Photographs using Camera Raw


Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Getting to know the Work Area
Lesson Overview
• Starting to Work in Adobe Photoshop
• Using the Tools
• Using the Options Bar and Other Panels
• Undoing Actions in Photoshop
• Customizing the Workspace
• Finding Resources for Using Photoshop
• Checking for Updates
• Review Question and Answers

Lesson 2: Basic Photo Corrections
Lesson Overview
• Strategy for Retouching
• Resolution and Image Size
• Getting Started
• Straightening and Cropping an Image
• Making Automatic Adjustments
• Removing a Color Cast
• Manually Adjusting the Tonal Range
• Replacing Colors in an Image
• Adjusting Lightness with the Dodge Tool
• Adjusting Saturation with the Sponge Tool
• Comparing Automatic and Manual Results
• Repairing Areas with the Clone Stamp Tool
• Using the Spot Healing Brush Tool
• Using the Healing Brush and Patch Tools
• Applying the Unsharp Mask Filter
• Saving the Image for Four-Color Printing
• Review Questions and Answers

Lesson 3: Working with Selections
Lesson Overview
• About Selecting and Selection Tools
• Getting Started
• Using the Quick Selection Tool
• Moving to a Selected Area
• Manipulating Sections
• Using the Magic Wand Tool
• Selecting the Lasso Tools
• Rotating a Selection
• Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso Tool
• Cropping an Image and Erasing Within a Selection
• Refining the Edge of a Selection
• Review Questions and Answers

Lesson 4: Layer Basics
Lesson Overview
• About Layers
• Getting Started
• Using the Layers Panel
• Rearranging Layers
• Applying a Gradient to a Layer
• Applying a Layer Style
• Flattening and Saving Files
• Review Questions and Answers

Lesson 5: Masks and Channels
Lesson Overview
• Working with Masks and Channels
• Getting Started
• Creating a Quick Mask
• Editing a Mask
• Viewing Channels
• Adjusting Individual Channels
• Loading a Mask as a Selection
• Applying Filters to a Mask
• Applying Effects Using a Gradient Mask
• Resizing the Canvas
• Removing the Background From an Image
• Moving Layers Between Documents
• Colorizing with an Adjustment Layer
• Grouping and Clipping Layers
• Inverting a Mask
• Using Type as a Mask
• Review Questions and Answers

Lesson 6: Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photographs
Lesson Overview
• Getting Started
• About Camera Raw
• Processing Camera Raw Files
• Correcting Digital Photographs in Photoshop
• Editing Images with a Vanishing-point Perspective
• Correcting Image Distortion
• Adding Depth of Field
• Creating a PDF Image Gallery
• Review Questions and Answers

Lesson 7: Typographic Design
Lesson Overview
• About Type
• Getting Started
• Creating a Clipping Mask from Type
• Creating a Design Element from Type
• Using Interactive Formatting Controls
• Warping Point Type
• Designing a Paragraph of Type
• Warping a Layer
• Review Questions and Answers