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Adobe Training Overview
Students will learn tips for increasing their efficiency, and techniques for molding scanned images and illustrations into creative artwork.
Adobe Training Prerequisites
Completion of the Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Basic Skills course, or equivalent knowledge.
Delivery Method
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Benefits
Students will learn techniques for quickly creating attractive textures for backgrounds, compositing images seamlessly, simulating surface reflections and shadows, and creating effects with type. Students will also create actions to automate repetitive tasks.
Target Student
Students enrolling in this course should understand the tools, techniques, and concepts covered in the Photoshop 5.5 Basic Skills course, and should be interested in learning techniques that will increase efficiency as well as tap into Photoshop’s potential for creating interesting effects.
Hardware/Software Requirements
You will need
- Pentium® or faster Intel® processor.
- Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 or later.
- A hard disk with at least 150 MB of free space (125 MB for software installation, and 25 MB for course data files).
- At least 64 MB of random-access memory (RAM).
- A CD-ROM drive.
- A 256-color (8-bit) display adapter (24-bit color recommended)
- Adobe Photoshop 5.5. (with Adobe ImageReady 2.0)
See your reference manual for hardware considerations that apply to your specific hardware setup.
In addition, you will need printers if you want to print the images created in the course
Performance-Based Objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Use powerful shortcuts to enhance productivity.
- Apply a technique to improve low-resolution files.
- Use filters alone and in combinations to create effects.
- Use layer masks and clipping groups to blend foreground and background objects together.
- Combine color and grayscale images.
- Interweave objects with one another.
- Use channel operations and blending modes to simulate three-dimensional surfaces.
- Apply lighting effects and create realistic shadows.
- Create type effects including distressing and popping out of a background.
- Create multi-step scripts with the Actions palette.
What"s Next
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Basic Skills is the first course in this series. This course, Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Tips & Tricks, is the second course in this series. Students who want to learn to prepare images for use on the World Wide Web should take the Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Web Production course. Students who want to learn to use Photoshop’s color correction features, and to prepare images for print should take Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Color Correction & Printing
Adobe Training Course duration
1 Day
Adobe Training Course outline
Lesson 1: Creating Textures
- Creating Textures
- Colorizing Images
- Creating Seamless Tiled Patterns
Lesson 2: Masks and Channels
- Channels as Simple Selection Masks
- Channels as Specialty Masks
Lesson 3: Working with Layers
- Layer Manipulation
- Type Layers
- Intertwining Objects
- Layer Masks
- Clipping Groups
Lesson 4: Lighting Effects
- Layer Effects
- Cast Shadows
- Bleaching and Tinting Backgrounds
- Painted Drop Shadows
- Lighting Effects and Lens Flares
Lesson 5: Actions Palette
- Creating Actions
- Working with Actions
Lesson 6: Artistic Effects
- Distressing Type
- Simulating Painted Effects
Lesson 7: Channel Operations
- What are Channel Operations?
- Variations on Embossing Effects
- Applying Channel Effects to Color Images
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