Photoshop CS Training Course in Los Angeles

Photoshop Training in Los Angeles - course outline
Application Overview
Vector vs. Raster based images
Resolution
Anti-aliasing
Starting the application
Opening files from the hard drive, and opening new files
Saving files, and choosing file formats
RAM and Hard Drive requirements

Photoshop Preferences andColor Settings

The Photoshop Workspace
Toolbox, palettes, hiding and docking palettes

Navigation
Getting around, and viewing images using the Navigator palette
Zooming in and out
Using the Hand tool

Colors
Switching the foreground and background colors
Using the Swatches Palette
Choosing CMYK safe colors, and viewing CMYK output in the RGB color space
Using the color sliders to choose colors
Choosing Custom colors

Layers
RSCreating, viewing, reordering, linking, and moving
Background layers and regular layers
Layer Sets
Locking layers

Selection Tools
Using the basic selection tools: the Marquees, and Lasso tools
Selecting by color, using the Magic Wand
Using the Color Range command to select colors
Adding and subtracting from selections
Filling selections with foreground and background colors
Stroking selection outlines
Hiding edges
Saving selections
Using the Modify menu to modify selections
Transforming selections
Feathering selections

The Move Tool
The difference between moving pixels and moving selection outlines

Basic Key Commands

The Crop Tool
Hiding or deleting parts of the image

The Brush Tool
Setting brush options
Modifying brush shapes

The Airbrush Tool

The Eraser Tool

The Gradient Tool
Creating gradients

The History Palette
Setting History Options
Creating Snapshots
Creating documents from History States

Basic Image Adjustment and Correction
Using Variations
Brightness and Contrast

Basic Retouching
Using the Clone Tool

Text and Type Effects
Layer Styles and the Styles Palette

*Time permitting; we will end the class by creating a composite image.