Adobe Photoshop Overview

Photoshop is the standard--the professional's choice--for working with photographic images and many other types of graphics. The tools in Photoshop offer you the power to edit and enhance digital images, creating art from simple photographs. In addition, Photoshop provides a wide array of photo restoration tools.

Photoshop, Day 1

Topic 1 – Getting to Know the Work Area

  • Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop
  • Using the tools
  • Using the tool options bar and other palettes
  • Undoing actions in Photoshop
  • Customizing the workspace
  • Using Photoshop Help
  • Using Adobe online services

Topic 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 color cast
  • 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

Topic 3 – Retouching and Repairing

  • 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

Topic 4 – Working with Selections

  • About selecting and selection tools
  • Using the Magic Wand 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

Topic 5 – Layer Basics

  • About layers
  • Using the Layers palette
  • Rearranging layers
  • Applying a layer style
  • Flattening and saving file

 

Photoshop, Day 2

Topic 1 – 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 masks as a selection
  • Applying filters to a mask
  • Applying effects using a gradient mask
  • Resizing the canvas
  • Extracting the paper texture
  • Moving layers between documents
  • Colorizing with an adjustment layer
  • Grouping and clipping layers
  • Applying a mask from a saved selection
  • Using type as a mask

Topic 2 – Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photographs

  • About camera raw
  • Processing camera raw files
  • Correcting digital photographs
  • Editing images with a vanishing point perspective
  • Correcting image distortion

Topic 3 – Typographic Design

  • 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

Topic 4 – Vector Drawing Techniques

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

 

Photoshop, Day 3

Topic 1 – 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 comps
  • Managing layers
  • Flattening a layered image
  • Merging layers and layer groups
  • Stamping layers

Topic 2 – Advanced Compositing

  • Automating a multistep 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

Topic 3 – Preparing Files for the Web

  • Setting up a Web Design workspace
  • Created slices
  • Adding animation
  • Animating a layer style
  • Exporting HTML and images

Topic 4 – 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 a cross section
  • Measuring in perspective using the Vanishing Point filter
  • Adding a legend
  • Creating a slide show

Topic 5 – Producing and Printing Consistent Color

  • Reproducing colors
  • Specifying color-management settings
  • Proofing an image
  • Identifying out-of-gamut colors
  • Saving the image as a separation
  • Printing