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Training Course Summary:

Imagine being able to enhance your ability to create accurate masks, image effects, and retouch images. You'll further your understanding of isolating image areas by creating and saving masks with specialized tools, commands, modes, and layer elements - all after just 2 days of training.

That's what you'll be able to do after you've taken the Photoshop CS 2 Advanced course offered by Academy Class.

You'll learn how to use vector paths for a variety of purposes, including masking, clipping paths, and illustration. You'll also create and apply creative elements such as gradients, patterns, and colour overlays, and will generate special effects ranging from distorted type to simulating natural media paint realistically. When you've completed the course, you'll have a firm grasp on Photoshop concepts that are applicable to almost every facet of using the application, including web design, preparing photographic images for printing, and illustration.

Pre-Requisites:

Basic PC skills are necessary to complete this course. These basic skills include: a basic understanding of a computer's operating system, launching an application, creating and saving files, and copying files from CDs and other media. In addition, you should have completed the Photoshop Introduction course or have equivalent experience.

Who Should Attend:

The design professional who wants to manage graphics using Photoshop CS2 for final print and web output. Target customers are advertising agencies, marketing agencies, production houses, or departments that work in such disciplines within the larger organization.

Training Course Overview/Content:

General Knowledge
Explain the differences between vector graphics and raster (bitmap) images
Using the colour mode
Output attributes that affect image quality
Using file formats in Photoshop
Using the Work Area and Work Spaces
Managing the work area by setting options for palettes
Purpose of each of the palettes
Functionality provided from the status bar and the tool options bar
Managing libraries by using the Preset Manager.
Configuring, saving, and loading workspaces
Importing, Exporting and Saving
Issues associated with scanning images
Importing and manipulating files by using the Place command
Importing files from a digital camera
Appropriate file format for output
Options available for saving
Rasterize a file that is imported into Photoshop
Functionality provided by the File Browser
Working With Selections
Select an area of an image by using a selection tool and commands
Modify selections by using a tool or command
Explain how anti-aliasing and feathering affect selections
Creating and Using Layers
Layers, layer sets, layer type and explain how they can be used
Options provided for working with layers in the Layers palette
Appropriate tools and commands to create and manage layers
Edit layers by using the editing, vector and painting tools; and applying styles and filters
Appropriate tools and commands to create and modify clipping groups and layer masks.
Apply blending modes to layers
Use layer effects to manipulate images within a layer
Given a scenario, create a layer style
Functionality of Adjustment and Fill layers
Using Masks and Channels
Channel, and when you would use them
Create, manage and use channels by using the Channels palette
How masks are used to work with images
How to create a temporary mask by using the Quick Mask command
Functionality of and when you would use a mask
Managing Colour
Colour management workflow process that is used in Adobe Photoshop
Issues associated with colour management
Colour Settings dialog box
Purpose and how to use the Proof Setup command
Adjusting Images
Identify areas of tonal range that may need correcting by viewing a Histogram
Adjust the tonal range of an image by using Image Adjustment commands
Adjust the tonal range of an image by setting numerical values
Adjust the tonal range of an image by using the Hue/Saturation dialog box
Issues associated with changing the size and resolution of images
Crop images by hiding or deleting specific areas of the image
Drawing and Editing
Create shapes by using the Pen and Shape tools
Select and modify paths
Save and export paths
transform objects by using the Transform tools
Painting
Paint objects by using a specific tool
Brushes palette options
Given a tool, create and apply patterns
Use the Gradient tools to blend colours
Retouching
Manipulate objects by using filters.
Use the Liquefy command to distort an image
Retouch an image by using a specific tool
Using Actions
Create an action by using options in the Actions palette
Play an action by using the Batch command including using File Browser as the source
Create a droplet from an action
Describe the purpose of specific Automate commands
Working With Type
Options for type used in Photoshop
Create, enter, and edit type by using a type tool
Functionality provided by the Check Spelling and Find and Replace Text commands
Composition methods available in Photoshop
Outputting to Print
Specific Print commands
Options available for outputting to print in the Output and Colour management pop-up menus in the Print dialog box
Discuss issues associated with printing duotones
Outputting for the Web
Appropriate file format to optimize images for the Web
Optimization options available for saving files for the Web
Create transparent and matted images by using the Save for Web command
Link an image to a URL by using image maps
How slices can be used to optimize images for the Web
Use ImageReady versus Photoshop to prepare output for the Web