This 3-day course provides a thorough overview of the interface, the tools, the features, tricks, and tips for using Photoshop CS3. The course is an ideal combination of instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice.

Who Should Attend?

Adobe Photoshop has become an industry standard for so many different disciplines including desktop publishing, multimedia design, web design, digital video editing, and much more. Photoshop is often a prerequisite for many other software programs, and is the one program that everyone in every area of digital media should know.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Getting to Know the Work Area

Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop, Using the tools, Using the tool opt ions bar and other palettes, Undoing act ions in Photoshop, Customizing the works pace, Using Photoshop Help, Using Adobe online services

Lesson 2: Basic Photo Corrections

Strategy for retouching, Resolution and image size, Getting started, Straightening and cropping an image, Making automatic adjustments, Manually adjusting the tonal range, Removing a colorcast, Replacing colors in an image, Adjusting lightness with the Dodge tool, Adjusting saturation with the Sponge tool, Applying the Unsharp Mask filter, Comparing automatic and manual results, Saving the image for four-color printing

Lesson 3: Retouching and Repairing

Lesson overview, Getting started, Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool, Using the Spot Healing Brush tool, Using the Healing Brush and Patch tools, Retouching on a separate layer

Lesson 4: Working with Selections

About selecting and selection tools, Using the MagicWand with other selection tools, Working with oval and circular selections, Selecting with the lasso tools, Rotating a selection, Cropping an image and erasing within a selection, Making a quick selection

Lesson 5: Layer Basics

About layers, Getting started, Using the layers palette, Rearranging layers, Applying a layer style, Flattening and saving files

Lesson 6: Masks and Channels

Working with masks and channels, Creating a quick mask, Editing a quick mask, Saving a selection as a mask, Viewing channels, Adjusting individual channels, Loading a mask as a selection, Applying filters to a mask, Applying effects using a gradient mask

Lesson 7: Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photographs

Correcting digital photographs, Editing images with a vanishing-point perspective, Correcting image distortion, Creating a PDF portfolio

Lesson 8: Typographic Design

About type, Creating a clipping mask from type, Creating a design element from type, Using interactive formatting controls, Warping point type, Designing a paragraph of type, Warping a layer

Lesson 9: Vector Drawing Techniques

About bitmap images and vector graphics, About paths and the Pen tool, Getting started, Using paths with artwork, Creating vector objects for the background, Working with defined custom shapes, Importing a Smart Object.

Lesson 10: Advanced Layering

Clipping a layer to a shape, Setting up a Vanishing Point grid, Creating your own keyboard shortcuts, Placing imported artwork, Filtering Smart Objects, Adding a layer style, Placing the side panel artwork, Adding more artwork in perspective, Adding an adjustment layer, Working with layer camps, Managing layers, Flattening a layered image, Merging layers and layer groups, Stamping layers

Lesson 11: Advanced Compositing (Actions)

Automating a multi step task, Applying Smart Filters, Setting up a four-image montage, Hand-coloring selections on a layer, Changing the color balance, Applying filters, Moving a selection, Creating a cutout effect, Matching color schemes across images

Lesson 12: Working with Scientific Images

Viewing and editing files in Adobe Bridge, Brightening and boosting color in an image, Creating a map border and work area, Making a custom border, Measuring objects and data, Exporting measurements, Creating across section, Measuring in perspective using the Vanishing Point filter, Adding a legend, Creating a slide show

Student Materials:

Each participant will receive a copy of Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book. The class modifies but uses chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 for the Photoshop Complete Class. The last section of Photoshop Complete is an instructor section and is not covered within the book. Other chapters and parts of chapters are overviewed in the advanced level coursework.

Presentation Method:

Adobe Certified Instructors present course lectures. Class size is limited to eight and a variety of interactive techniques and in-class exercises encourage participant learning.