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Adobe Photoshop CS4 Course Contents

Posted on : 23-12-2009 | By : admin | In : Web Designing

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Adobe Photoshop CS4 Course Contents

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Training Course Contents

General Interface

  • How the panels work
    • docking
    • panel groups
    • document tabbing

  • Creating/Saving workspaces
  • The Application bar
    • N-up display
    • Canvas rotation
  • Basic shortcuts

Exploring Photoshop

  • Explore the Photoshop Environment
  • Using Photoshop Workspaces
  • Customize Menus
  • Explore Adobe Bridge
  • Photoshop preferences

Painting and Retouching Images

  • Learning about Colour
    • Basic colour theory
    • Kuler
  • Learning the Brush tool
  • Retouching Images
  • Create a Gradient
  • Using the History Brush tool
  • Using the clone and healing tools
  • Blurring/Sharpening
  • Dodge and Burn

Enhancing an Image

  • Adjust the Tonal Range of an Image
  • Using Adjustments
  • Working with the Adjustments panel
  • Work with Filters
  • Smart filters

Working with Layers and Selections

  • Create and Use Layers
  • Create and Use Smart Objects
  • Create Layer Styles
  • Work with Multiple Layers
  • Create and Modify Selections

Working with Selections

  • Magic Wand Tool
  • Working with Oval and Circular Selections
  • Selecting with the Lasso Tools
  • Cropping an Image and Erasing with a Selection
  • Quick selections
  • Content Aware Scaling

Masks and Channels

  • Creating a Quick Mask
  • Editing a Quick Mask
  • Saving a Selection as a Mask
  • Editing a Mask
  • Extracting a portion of an image
  • Applying effects
  • Creating a Gradient Mask
  • Applying Effects Using a Gradient Mask
  • Using the Masks panel

Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photos

  • Correcting Digital Photographs
  • Editing with Vanishing Point Perspective
  • Correcting Image Distortion
  • Creating a photo gallery and contact sheet

Typographic Design

  • Using type
  • Creating a Clipping Mask From Type
  • Formatting Controls
  • Designing a Paragraph of Type
  • Warping a Layer

Importing/Exporting

  • Placing and importing different file types
  • Saving images for the web
  • Using Save for Web and Devices
  • Saving images for print

Photoshop and Animation – Basics

  • Creating animations
    • keyframes
    • animating properties
    • animating styles
  • Exporting Animations

Photoshop and Video Basics

  • Importing Video
  • Applying Effects to Video
  • Basic Video Edits
  • Exporting Video
  • Keyframes

Photoshop and 3D – Basics

  • Importing 3D files
  • Compositing 3D and 2D
  • 3D File Formats
  • Using Styles with 3D
  • Using Masks with 3D

Using Photoshop files with the rest of the CS4 suite

  • Placing Photoshop files into Dreamweaver
  • Placing Photoshop files into InDesign
  • Placing Photoshop files into Illustrator
  • Placing Photoshop files into Flash
  • Using Photoshop files with Bridge

Photoshop and Bridge

  • Organizing files in Bridge
  • Photoshop scripts within bridge
  • Meta-data and your images
  • Export to pdf
  • Bridge views (inc. the Carousel view)
  • Search and find
  • Preview 3D images and panoramas (created by Photoshop)
  • Camera Raw

Photoshop and Analysis

  • Counting
  • Measuring

Adobe Bridge

  • Loupe
  • Compare
  • Stacking
  • Colour management
  • Rotations, Ratings, and Labels
  • Batch re-naming
  • Customizing
  • Slideshow
  • Photoshop scripts within bridge
  • Meta-data and your images
  • Export to pdf
  • Search and find
  • Preview 3D images and panoramas (created by Photoshop)

Camera Raw 5

  • Interface
  • White balance
  • Saving changes
  • Exposure
  • Warnings
  • Vibrance/Saturation
  • Tone curve adjustment
  • HSL controls
  • Colours to Black and white
  • jpgs and tiffs

Actions

  • Running
  • Loading
  • Recording
  • Editing

Advanced masking

  • Background Eraser/Magic Eraser
  • Extracting
  • Layer Masks
  • Masking Shortcuts
  • QuickMask mode
  • Refine Edge

Advanced cloning

  • Clone source
  • Healing Brush
  • Spot Healing
  • Patch
  • Quick Masking

Editing brightness and contrast

  • Curves, Brightness + Contrast
  • Shadow/Highlight
  • Levels – input and output

Advanced Compositing – Stacks

  • Auto Align
  • Auto Blend (Photomerge)
  • Image stack processing
  • Creating 360 Panoramas
  • Extended Depth-of-field

Colour adjustment

  • Colour balance
  • Colour primaries
  • Colour complements
  • Hue-Saturation
  • Hue Adjustment
  • Refining the colour range

Sharpening

  • Unsharp mask
  • Smart sharpen

Advanced layers

  • Layer Comps
  • Layer Clipping
  • Fills
  • Adjustment layers

Smart Objects and Smart filters

  • How to create smart objects
  • How to use smart objects
  • Smart filters

Vanishing Point

  • Planes and perspective
  • Multiple planes
  • Gridlines – exporting
  • Cloning
  • Healing
  • Blending
  • Masking/Shading
  • Adding type
  • Swinging planes
  • Wrapping art
  • Measuring

Advanced filter techniques

  • Displacement maps
  • Lighting
  • Patterns

Photoshop Animation – Advanced

  • Editing Animations
  • Animating 3D objects
  • Animating Camera position
  • Exporting Animations

Photoshop Video – Advanced

  • Preview/Export audio
  • Advanced Keyframes
  • Advanced Editing
  • Video Effects
    • Using Filters
    • Using Styles
  • Cloning Video
  • Healing Video
  • 3D and Video

Photoshop and Devices

  • For the WII
  • For the PSP
  • For mobiles
  • Using Device Central

Photoshop and 3D

  • Paint directly onto 3D models
  • Convert 2D images/gradient maps into 3D objects
  • Volume Rendering
  • Wrap a 2D design onto a 3D object
  • Use video layers as textures
  • Presets
  • Export 3D layers

Using Photoshop files with the rest of the CS4 suite

  • Placing Photoshop files into Dreamweaver
  • Placing Photoshop files into InDesign
  • Placing Photoshop files into Illustrator
  • Placing Photoshop files into Flash

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