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Training Course Summary:

Imagine being able to begin to master this powerful toolbox to your advantage by producing professional qualify images for web, print and mobile devices. You will learn to use layers, and to apply layer effects and filters to create special effects, including lighting and texture effects. Additionally, you will use painting tools and blending modes to create shading effects, and will perform adjustments to contrast and colour balance. All this after just 2 days training!!

That's what you'll be able to do after you've taken the Photoshop CS3 Introduction course offered by Academy Class.

The Photoshop Training Course from Academy Class allows you to master the powerful Adobe Photoshop software, the current market leader for commercial bitmap and image manipulation and considered the industry standard in most jobs related to the use of visual elements, which, although primarily designed to edit images for paper-based printing, Photoshop is used increasingly to produce images for the web.

With the Photoshop training course, you can deliver high quality work using Photoshop's groundbreaking creative tools, helping you achieve extraordinary results. The course also enables you to make use of Photoshop's unprecedented adaptability and lets you custom-fit Photoshop to the way you work. And with more efficient editing, processing, and file handling, there's no slowing you down.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

explore Photoshop CS3.
paint and retouch images.
enhance an image.
work with layers and selections.

Pre-Requisites:

Basic PC skills are necessary to complete this course. These 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.

Who Should Attend:

The design professional who wants to create and design graphics using Photoshop CS3 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:

Managing the Adobe Photoshop CS Environment
Preferences - Enhanced in CS3

Exploring Photoshop CS’s Interface - Enhanced in CS3

Customize the Adobe Photoshop CS

Workspace with Presets

Customize Menus

Work with Adobe Photoshop CS File Properties

Painting and Retouching Images
Paint an Object

Ruler and Count tool - New in CS3

Retouch an Image

Create a Gradient

Create a Pattern

Creating Vector Shapes

Apply Metadata and Keywords

Output to Print

Enhancing an Image
Adjust the Tonal Range of an Image

Use the Exposure Dialog Box

Work with Filters

Smart Filters - New in CS3


Working with Layers
Create and Use Layers

Create and Use Smart Objects

Create Layer Styles

Work with Multiple Layers

Photomerge with advanced alignment blending - New in CS3

Create and Modify Selections

Utilising Layer masks

Working with Selections
Quick Selection tool - New in CS3

Refine Edges Feature - New in CS3

Magic Wand Tool

Working with Oval and Circular Selections

Selecting with the Lasso Tools

Cropping an Image and Erasing with a Selection

Masks and Channels
Creating a Quick Mask

Editing a Quick Mask

Saving a Selection

Editing a Mask

Extracting an Image

Creating a Gradient Mask

Applying Effects Using a Gradient Mask

Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photos

Correcting Digital Photographs
Editing with Vanishing Point - Enhanced in CS3

Correcting Image Distortion

Creating a PDF Portfolio

Next Generation Camera RAW - Enhanced in CS3

Processing Camera RAW Files
Typographic Design
Creating a Clipping Mask From Type

Creating a Design Element From Type

Interactive Formatting Controls

Warping Point Type

Designing a Paragraph of Type

Warping a Layer
Adobe Bridge
Improved performance - Enhanced in CS3

Filter panel - New in CS3

Import photos from a digital camera card - New in CS3

Compare and preview images

Compare multiple images in the Preview panel and use the Loupe tool to zoom in on image previews - New in CS3

Version Cue Inspector and Version Cue buttons - Enhanced in CS3

Workspace flexibility - Enhanced in CS3