You will enhance your ability to create accurate masks and image effects, to retouch images, to work with video files, and to automate repetitive tasks.
Target Student
This course is intended for the intermediate and advanced users of Photoshop.
Adobe Training Prerequisites
Before taking this course, students should have taken the Adobe® Photoshop® CS3: Level 1 (Macintosh) course or have equivalent knowledge.
Delivery Method
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
- PowerPC® G4 or G5 or multicore Intel processor.
- 512 MB RAM; 1 GB recommended.
- 2 GB hard-disk space to install software, and an additional
500 MB to run the course.
- 64 MB of video RAM.
- Color monitor with 16-bit or greater video card; 24-bit color
recommended.
- Mouse or any other compatible tracking device.
- 1024 x 768 or higher monitor resolution.
- DVD-ROM drive.
- Display system to project the instructor's computer screen.
Platform Requirements
- Macintosh OS® X, Macintosh Leapord® 10.5.2.
Software Requirements
- Adobe® Photoshop® CS3
- QuickTime® Player
- Adobe® Acrobat Reader® 7.0 or above
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- use the various tools to mask and clip layers to edit
an image.
- create and edit vector paths and use them to create masks.
- use the tools available in Adobe® Photoshop® to
enhance an image.
- create special effects.
- use the video tools available in Adobe® Photoshop®
to edit video files.
- automate tasks in Adobe® Photoshop®.
Adobe Training Course duration
1 Day
Adobe Training Course outline
- Lesson 1: Masking and Clipping Layers
- Topic 1A: Edit an Image Using the Quick Mask Overlay
- Topic 1B: Save and Edit a Selection as an Alpha Channel
- Topic 1C: Work with Layer Masks
- Topic 1D: Clip a Layer
- Lesson 2: Masking with Vector Paths
- Topic 2A: Create Vector Paths
- Topic 2B: Edit Paths
- Topic 2C: Mask Images with Paths
- Lesson 3: Enhancing Photographs
- Topic 3A: Retouch Photographs Using Photoshop Tools
- Topic 3B: Adjust the Tonal Range Using Adjustment Layers
- Topic 3C: Create Patterns
- Topic 3D: Create Swatches and Gradients
- Topic 3E: Create a Custom Brush
- Lesson 4: Creating Special Effects
- Topic 4A: Preview Text Effects Using Layer Comps
- Topic 4B: Warp an Image
- Topic 4C: Work with the Vanishing Point Feature
- Lesson 5: Working with Video Files
- Topic 5A: Preview Videos in Photoshop
- Topic 5B: Retouch Videos
- Lesson 6: Automating Tasks
- Topic 6A: Create an Action
- Topic 6B: Manage Actions
- Topic 6C: Automate Tasks in Adobe Bridge
- Appendix A: Working
in Adobe Device Central CS3
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- Supplemental Topic: Preview Images in Adobe Device Central CS3
- Appendix B: Adobe®
Certified Expert (ACE) Objectives Mapping
