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Provided by: XChange Training UK Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Two Day IntroductionComputer |
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Provided by XChange Training UK
Adobe Photoshop CS4 is the standard image editing application used by the majority of design professionals throughout the world. It offers incredible creative freedom both in terms of manipulating exisiting images, creating new art work, and integrating all design elements. Photoshop CS4 also supports vector graphics, easy automation, and a wide range of other improved features, including the brilliant new Adobe Bridge, vanishing point effects, one-click red-eye correction and much more. If youa re serious about working in the creative industries, ita s no exaggeration to say that you must know this application.
In this two day beginnersa course in Adobe Photoshop CS4, you will learn the basics of image manipulation and creation with this powerful tool. Learning how to create accurate selections to modfiy with Photoshopa s tools will form a key part of the training (including Quick Masks), as will understanding layers, using colour and transparency, and adjusting images to improve their quality/ suitability for their intended publication. As Photoshop is such a feature-rich application, other features of the software will be considered according to how appropriate they are to your workflow needs.
By the end of this course you will be able to use Photoshop CS4 to create basic artwork and layouts, and to save correctly for your intended medium.
(This course is also available as a one day course which covers most of the basics of the two day course but allows less time for experimenting and creating completed designs.)
Related Software Programs or Products: Adobe Photoshop CS4
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Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Two Day Introduction
Managing the Adobe Photoshop CS Environment
-Preferences (Enhanced in CS4)
-Exploring Photoshop CS s Interface (Enhanced in CS4)
-Customize the Adobe Photoshop CS
-Workspace with Presets
-Customize Menus
-Work with Adobe Photoshop CS File
-Properties
Painting and Retouching Images
-Paint an Object
-Ruler and Count tool (New in CS4)
-Retouch an Image
-Create a Gradient
-Create a Pattern
-Creating Vector Shapes
-Apply Metadata and Keywords
-Output to Print
Enhancing an Image
-Adjust the Tonal Range of an Image
-Use the Exposure Dialog Box
-Work with Filters
-Smart Filters (New in CS4)
Working with Layers
-Create and Use Layers
-Create and Use Smart Objects
-Create Layer Styles
-Work with Multiple Layers
-Photomerge with advanced alignment blending (New in CS4)
-Create and Modify Selections
-Utilising Layer masks
Working with Selections
-Quick Selection tool (New in CS4)
-Refine Edges Feature (New in CS4)
-Magic Wand Tool
-Working with Oval and Circular Selections
-Selecting with the Lasso Tools
-Cropping an Image and Erasing with a Selection
Masks and Channels
-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
Correcting Digital Photographs
-Editing with Vanishing Point (Enhanced in CS4)
-Correcting Image Distortion
-Creating a PDF Portfolio
-Next Generation Camera RAW (Enhanced in CS4)
-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 CS4)
-Filter panel (New in CS4)
-Import photos from a digital camera card (New in CS4)
-Compare and preview images
-Compare multiple images in the Preview panel and use the Loupe tool to zoom in on image previews (New in CS4)
-Version Cue Inspector and Version Cue buttons (Enhanced in CS4)
-Workspace flexibility (Enhanced in CS4)
-Preferences (Enhanced in CS4)
-Exploring Photoshop CS s Interface (Enhanced in CS4)
-Customize the Adobe Photoshop CS
-Workspace with Presets
-Customize Menus
-Work with Adobe Photoshop CS File
-Properties
Painting and Retouching Images
-Paint an Object
-Ruler and Count tool (New in CS4)
-Retouch an Image
-Create a Gradient
-Create a Pattern
-Creating Vector Shapes
-Apply Metadata and Keywords
-Output to Print
Enhancing an Image
-Adjust the Tonal Range of an Image
-Use the Exposure Dialog Box
-Work with Filters
-Smart Filters (New in CS4)
Working with Layers
-Create and Use Layers
-Create and Use Smart Objects
-Create Layer Styles
-Work with Multiple Layers
-Photomerge with advanced alignment blending (New in CS4)
-Create and Modify Selections
-Utilising Layer masks
Working with Selections
-Quick Selection tool (New in CS4)
-Refine Edges Feature (New in CS4)
-Magic Wand Tool
-Working with Oval and Circular Selections
-Selecting with the Lasso Tools
-Cropping an Image and Erasing with a Selection
Masks and Channels
-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
Correcting Digital Photographs
-Editing with Vanishing Point (Enhanced in CS4)
-Correcting Image Distortion
-Creating a PDF Portfolio
-Next Generation Camera RAW (Enhanced in CS4)
-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 CS4)
-Filter panel (New in CS4)
-Import photos from a digital camera card (New in CS4)
-Compare and preview images
-Compare multiple images in the Preview panel and use the Loupe tool to zoom in on image previews (New in CS4)
-Version Cue Inspector and Version Cue buttons (Enhanced in CS4)
-Workspace flexibility (Enhanced in CS4)
About The Training Provider: XChange Training UK
XChange Training UK - XChange Training offer bespoke and scheduled training in a large range of creative and web technolgies including Adobe training courses for Adobe InDesign CS4 & CS3, Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 & CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS4 & CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS4 & CS3, Adobe Flash CS4 & CS3 & Flash ActionScript; Adobe Acrobat 9 & 8 and Adobe Premiere CS3 and QuarkXPress 8 & 7; Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Macromedia...
