Photoshop 7.0 Professional Designer
(5 day basic to advanced class)

This is an in-depth creative project-based which offers complete coverage of basic to advanced Photoshop skills. This class will give students experience creating Photoshop art based on real-world scenarios.  You will learn to work with layers, make selections, adjust color techniques, use paint tools, work with filters, transform type, liquify an image, annotate and automate a Photoshop document and create Photoshop images for the Web.

The class courseware contains, a Skills Reference which helps students quickly see the skills they need at a glance, and includes keyboard shortcuts for students who want to become power users, additionally it contains large, color illustrations and screenshots which explain concepts and steps visually.

Adobe ACE certification guidelines given throughout class.

Class Topics

Unit A Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop 7
  1. Start Photoshop
  2. How to Open and Save a Document
  3. Examine the Photoshop Window
  4. Use the Layers and History Palettes
  5. Help
  6. View and Print a Document
  7. Close Document and Exit Photoshop

Unit B Working with Layers

  1. Examine and Convert Layers
  2. Add and Delete Layers
  3. Add a Selection from One Document to Another
  4. Organize Layers with Layer Sets and Colors

Unit C Making Selections

  1. Make a Selection Using Shapes
  2. Modify a Marquee
  3. Select Using Color and Modify a Selection
  4. Add a Vignette Effect to a Selection

Unit D Incorporating Color Techniques

  1. Work with Color to Transform a Document
  2. Use the Color Picker and Swatches Palettes
  3. Place a Border Around an Image
  4. Blend Colors Using the Gradient Tool
  5. Coloring a Grayscale Image
  6. Filters, Opacity and Blending Modes

Unit E Placing Type in an Image

  1. Type
  2. Change Spacing and Adjust Baseline Shift
  3. Drop Shadow Style
  4. Anti-Aliasing Type
  5. Bevel and Emboss Style
  6. Special Effects Using Filters

Unit F Using Painting Tools

  1. Paint and Patch and Image
  2. Create and Modify a Brush Tip
  3. Smudge Colors to Create an Artistic Effect
  4. Use a Library and an Airbrush Effect

Unit G Working with Special Layer Functions

  1. Use a Layer Mask with a Selection
  2. Work with Layer Masks and Layer Content
  3. Control Pixels to Blend Colors
  4. Eliminate a Layer Mask
  5. Use an Adjustment Layer
  6. Create a Clipping Group to Act as a Mask

Unit H Creating Special Effects with Filters

  1. Learn about Filters and How to Apply Them
  2. Artistic Filters
  3. Unique Effects with Stylize Filters
  4. Distort and Noise Filters
  5. Using Render Filter to Alter Lighting

Unit I Enhancing Specific Selections

  1. Creating an Alpha Channel
  2. Use Extract to Isolate an Object
  3. Erase Areas in an Image to Enhance Appearance
  4. Fix Image Imperfections
  5. Magic Wand Tool
  6. How to Create Snapshots
  7. Multiple-Image Layouts

Unit J Adjusting Colors

  1. Correct and Adjust Color
  2. Enhance Colors by Adjusting Saturation
  3. Modify Color Channels Using Levels
  4. Create Color Samplers with the Info Palette

Unit K Understanding Clipping Groups, Paths, and Shapes

  1. Using a Clipping Group as a Mask
  2. Use the Pen Tools to Create and Modify a Path
  3. Work with Shapes
  4. Convert Paths and Selections

Unit L Transforming Type

  1. Modify Type Using a Bounding Box
  2. Create Warped Type with a Unique Shape
  3. Screen Back Type with Imagery
  4. Create a Faded Type Effect

Unit M Liquifying an Image

  1. Use the Liquify Tools to Distort an Image
  2. Learn How to Freeze and Thaw Areas
  3. Use the Mesh Feature as You Distort an Image

Unit N Performing Document Surgery

  1. Deleting Unnecessary Imagery
  2. Correct Colors in an Image
  3. Fix a Background

Unit O Annotating and Automating a Document

  1. Add Annotations to A Document
  2. Learn About Actions and How They are Created
  3. Modify an Action
  4. Use a Default Action and Create a Droplet

 Creating Web Documents

  1. Learn about ImageReady
  2. Optimize Images for Web Use
  3. Create a Button for a Web Page
  4. Create Slices in a Document
  5. Create a Rollover Effect
  6. Create and Play Basic Animation
  7. Add Tweening and Frame Delay