Graphic Design Series:

Graphic Design Using Adobe PhotoShop 6 (PHOTOSHOP)

Adobe PhotoShop is an eight-hour class that teaches the necessary skills for to manipulate elements of photographs from all sources.  Participants will learn real-world skill through hands-on training.

Target Audience

Graphic professionals who need an essential understanding of Photo Editing in their daily job functions.

 

Prerequisites

Experience working in a Windows environment is useful.

 

Topics

INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP

·         What Is Photoshop?

·         Opening And Saving Files

·         General Preferences

 

PHOTOSHOP 6 INTERFACE

·         Photoshop Workspace

 

THE TOOLBOX

·         Selection Tools

·         Painting Tools

·         Path Tools

·         Type Tool

·         Shape Tool

·         Viewing Tools

·         The Tool Options Bar

 

PALETTES

·         Layers Palette

·         Channels Palette

·         Paths Palette

·         History Palette

·         Actions Palette

·         Info Palette

·         Navigator Palette

·         Color Palette

·         Swatches Palette

·         Styles Palette

·         Character Palette

·         Paragraph Palette

 

LAYERS

·         Using Layers

·         Working With Multiple Layers

 

COLOR

·         Color Modes

·         Color Models

 

ARTWORK

·         The Brush Palette

·         Brushes

·         Drawing Graphic Shapes

 

IMAGE MANIPULATION

·         Selecting Colors

·         Blending

·         Smudging

·         Focusing

 

TYPE

·         Type Tools

·         Shadows

·         Glow Effect

·         Bevel And Emboss Effects

·         Warp Text

 

PRINTING

·         Printing Images