From Zero to Hero in just 4 days!

Learn Photoshop from intro to an advanced level in just 4 days.

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.

And later you'll also 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 4 days of training.

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

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 FileProperties
• Using the Colour Mode
  
• Apply Metadata and Keywords
• Output to Print
  
• Explain the differences between vector graphics and raster (bitmap) image
  
• Using file formats in Photoshop
  
• Ruler and Count tool - New in CS3
  
• Creating Actions and Droplets

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
  
• Adjusted cloning and healing with preview overlay - New in CS3

Image Manipulation

• Adjust the Tonal Range of an Image
  
• Brightness/Contrast - Enhanced in CS3
  
• Levels
  
• Curves - Enhanced in CS3
  
• Black and White Conversion - New in CS3
  
• Use the Exposure Dialog Box
  
• Work with Filters
  
• High Density Range - Enhanced in CS3
  
• Smart Filters - New in CS3
  
• Photomerge with advanced alignment blending - New in CS3

Working with Layers

• Create and Use Layers
  
• Create and Use Smart Objects
  
• Create Layer Styles
  
• Work with Multiple Layers
  
• Layer Comps
  
• Create and Modify Selections
  
• Utilising Layer masks
  
• Adjustment layersz
  
• Blending Options
  
• Effects

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 Channel

• 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
  
• Vectors
  
• Clipping Masks

Library Presets

• Managing libraries by using the Preset Manager
  
• Vectors
  
• The Pen Tool
  
• Creating Clipping Paths
  
• Shape Layers
  
• Vector Masks

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
  

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.

This course has been designed for the professional who wants to create and manipulate graphics using Adobe Photoshop CS3 for final print and web output. This will take delegates from an intro to an advanced level. Target customers are advertising agencies, marketing agencies, production houses, or departments that work in such disciplines within the larger organization.

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

• Explore Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Paint and retouch images
• Enhance an image
• Work with layers and selections
• Create images for use on the web
• Prepare images to be viewed across different platforms
• Manage colour in a Adobe Photoshop image
• Use the advanced image and video support features available in Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Automate Adobe Photoshop tasks
• Incorporate the use of variables in a Adobe Photoshop composition

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