Photoshop Training: Essential Skills II Schedule
We can also perform this training at your location or at one of the cities listed below:
Take your skills to the next level and learn more about additional toolsets and techniques in this two-day Photoshop training session. Learn about color management so your images are consistent from print to web. Your instructor will cover advanced image manipulation, adjustment layers, masks and blending modes. Create vector graphics and modify them using a variety of tools.
This course also includes working with animation, video features available in Photoshop Extended and camera Raw files. You will also be introduced to web tools such as buttons and slices. Learn to output to print the right way. Output to the web optimized graphics that can include sliced areas and hyperlinks in this Photoshop class. Additional features include integration with Fireworks and Illustrator.
Your instructor will cover the pitfalls, and the best practices will be followed so that you are creating rich imagery using this professional toolset.
This training is intensive, but not complicated. Our job is to make difficult concepts easy to understand and implement into your own projects.
Create custom brushes
Manage colors for output
Along with this Two-Day Training, you will receive:
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Course Manual
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Student Files and Class Assets
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How-To Videos on CD*
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An Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate
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After-Class, Follow-Up Support
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Conversion Tools Bookmark
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Additional Goodies!
*Some classes may not include videos
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Completion of Photoshop: Essential Skills I, or have equivalent knowledge of topics covered in the Photoshop: Essential Skills I course
NEW FEATURES OF CS5 COVERED
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Intelligent selection technology
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Content-Aware Fill
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New GPU-accelerated features
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State-of-the-art raw-image processing
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Extraordinary painting effects
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Puppet Warp
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Automated lens correction
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Advanced brush tip control
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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Using the color mode
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Output attributes that affect image quality
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File formats in Photoshop
MANAGING COLOR
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Color management workflow process that s used in Adobe Photoshop
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Issues associated with color management
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Color Settings dialog box
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Purpose and how to use the Proof Setup command
USING CAMERA RAW
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Learning camera raw
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Processing camera raw files
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Correcting digital photographs
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Vanishing point perspective
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Correcting image distortion
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Creating a PDF portfolio
ADVANCE IMAGE MANIPULATION
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Creating refined selections
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Appropriate tools and commands to create and manage layers
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Appropriate tools and commands to create and modify clipping groups and layer masks.
APPLY BLENDING MODES TO LAYERS
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Use layer effects to manipulate images within a layer
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Channel, and when you would use them
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Create, manage and use channels by using the Channels palette
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How masks are used to work with images
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Apply blending modes to layers
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Identify areas of tonal range that may need correcting by viewing a Histogram
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Adjust the tonal range of an image
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Issues associated with changing the size and resolution of images
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Crop images by hiding or deleting specific areas of the image
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Manipulate objects by using filters.
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Use the Liquefy command to distort an image
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Retouch an image by using a specific tool
PAINTING
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Paint objects by using a specific tool
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Brushes palette options
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Using and creating custom brushes
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Given a tool, create and apply patterns
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Use the Gradient tools to blend colors
DRAWING AND EDITING
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Create shapes by using the Pen and Shape tools
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Select and modify paths
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Save and export paths
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Transform objects by using the Transform tools
SMART ObJECTS
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Using Illustrator smart objects
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Converting layers into smart objects
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Creating complex files with smart objects
WORKING WITH ANIMATION
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Creating animated GIFs
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Video editing within Photoshop
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Working with the video timeline
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Video manipulation
USING ACTIONS
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Create an action by using options in the Actions palette
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Play an action by using the Batch command including using File Browser as the source
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Create a droplet from an action
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Describe the purpose of specific Automate commands
WORKING WITH TYPE
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Options for type used in Photoshop
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Create, enter, and edit object type by using a type tool
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Functionality provided by the Check Spelling and Find and Replace Text commands
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Composition methods available in Photoshop
OUTPUTTING TO PRINT
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Specific Print commands
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Options available for outputting to print in the
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Output and Color management pop-up menus in the Print dialog box
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Discuss issues associated with printing duo tones
OUTPUTTING FOR THE WEB
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Appropriate file format to optimize images for the Web
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Optimization options available for saving files for the Web
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Create transparent and matted images by using the Save for Web command
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Link an image to a URL by using image maps
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How slices can be used to optimize images for the Web
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Using Adobe Fireworks to prepare output for the Web
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