Photoshop CS2 Training for Mac

Level 1 for Beginners:

Lesson 1: Getting Familiar with Photoshop CS2

• Open and close Adobe Photoshop files
• Use Adobe Bridge to preview and select files
• Navigate around your work area
• Use some of the basic tools from the Toolbox to edit images
• Undo actions to correct mistakes
• Select, rearrange, and use various palettes on your workspace
• Jump between Photoshop and ImageReady
• Use Photoshop Help
• Use Adobe® online services

Lesson 2:  Using Adobe® Bridge and Automated Photoshop CS2 Features

• Use and resize the different palettes and panes in Adobe® Bridge
• Rotate thumbnail previews of image files and preview them in Adobe Bridge without opening them
• Sort and manually rearrange thumbnails in Adobe Bridge
• Assign flags, rankings, metadata, and keywords to image files
• Search for image files that match the criteria you specify
• Create a PDF Presentation from images selected in Adobe Bridge
• Create a Web Gallery from images selected in Adobe Bridge
• Create a customized Picture Package for printing

Lesson 3: Basic Retouching and Repairing Techniques

• Resolution and image size
• Straightening and cropping an image
• Using automatic adjustments
• Adjusting tonal range
• Removing a color cast
• Replacing colors
• Adjusting lightness with the Dodge tool
• Adjusting saturation with the Sponge tool
• Applying the Unsharp Mask filter
• Comparing the manual and automatic results
• Saving the image for four-color printing

Lesson 4: Advanced Retouching and Repairing Techniques

• Use the Clone Stamp Tool to repair an area on an image
• Use the Pattern Stamp Tool and pattern maker to replace part of an image
• Create a duplicate layer to make corrections and adjustments on
• Use the Spot Healing Brush and Patch Tool to blend in corrections
• Use snapshots to preserve earlier states of your work
• Use the History palette to backtrack within your work session
• Use the History Brush Tool to partially restore an image to a previous state

Lesson 5: Working with Selection Tools

• Use the Marquee, Lasso, and Magic Wand tools
• Select and deselect areas in an image
• Add and subtract from a selection
• Duplicate the contents of a selection by clicking and dragging
• Rotate a selection

Lesson 6: Working with Layers

• Organize your artwork on layers
• Create new layers
• View and hide layers
• Select layers
• Remove artwork from layers
• Rearrange the stacking order of layers
• Apply blending modes to layers
• Link layers to work on them simultaneously
• Apply a gradient to a layer
• Add text and layer effects to a layer
• Save a copy of the file with the layers flattened
• Create layer comps with differences in visibility, position, and effects
• Duplicate, update, and display layer comps

Lesson 7: Creating and Using Masks and Channels

• Create and edit a quick mask
• Save a selection as a channel mask
• Load a saved mask and apply effects
• Use the Extract command to make an intricate selection
• Add the extracted image as a new layer in another image
• Apply a filter effect to a masked selection
• Create and use a gradient mask

Lesson 8: The Brush Tool – More Than Just for Painting

• Define a custom workspace to use
• Blend an image with the background
• Use the History palette and history tools to adjust how a paint stroke combines with other pixels in the image
• Use specialty brushes in the Brushes palette
• Create and use a custom brush
• Use Pattern Maker to create a pattern to be used as a picture frame

Lesson 9: Working with the Pen Tool

• Use the Pen Tool to draw straight and curved paths
• Save work paths
• Fill and stroke paths
• Edit paths using path-editing tools
• Convert a path to a selection
• Convert a selection to a path

Lesson 10: Working with Vector Masks, Paths, and Shapes

• Draw and edit layer shapes and layer paths
• Create complex layer shapes by combining or subtracting different shapes
• Combine vector paths to create a shape
• Use edit mode to add and edit a text layer
• Load and apply custom layer shapes
• Create a work path from text
• Alter the appearance of work paths
• Apply a gradient and use a work path to create a vector mask
• Merge and distort layer combinations

 Level 2 for Advanced User

Lesson 11:  Using Advanced Layer Techniques

• Create paths to clip a layer.
• Create layer sets to organize and manager layers.
• Create adjustment layers and used them to apply color and tonal adjustments without permanently changing pixel data.
• Create a knockout gradient layer to use one layer selectively to reveal others.
• Import layers from other Photoshop files.
• Duplicate and clip layers.
• Add layer styles to a layer, and apply the effects to multiple layers.
• Rasterize layers.
• Convert clipping paths to masks.
• Use filter effects.
• Create a border layer for your artwork.
• Flatten and save layered files to reduce file size.

Lesson 12:  Automating Tasks and Creating Special Effects

• Automate a multi-step task
• Use guides to help you place and align images precisely.
• Save selections and load them as masks.
• Apply color effects only to unmasked areas of an image.
• Make color correction to a selection using an adjustment layer.
• Use filter effects to create effects.
• Use layer styles to create editable special effects.

Lesson 13:  Using Spot Colors to Create Two-Color Images

• Use channels to convert a color image to grayscale.
• Adjust the tonal range of the image by assigning values to black and white points.
• Sharpen the image.
• Add spot color to selected areas of the image.

Lesson 16:  Optimizing Web Images

•   Create animations by hiding and showing layers.
•   Create animations based on changes in position, opacity, and layer effects.
•   Use the Tween command to create smooth transitions between frames.
•   Create animations using vector masks.
•   Create animations using layer masks.
•    Preview the animations in ImageReady and in a web browser.
•   Use the Optimize palette to optimize the animation.

 Lesson 17:  Creating Rollover Effects in ImageReady CS2 Optimizing Web Images

•   Create rollovers with warped text.
•  Create and divide a slice into a table of slices.
•  Create rollovers affecting layer visibility.
•  Create rollovers using layer styles.
•    Add new slices to a slice set.
•   Create a slice from a hidden layer.
•  Create remote rollovers.
• Generate a web page from the image and rollovers we create.

Lesson 18:  Creating Animating GIF Images in ImageReady CS2

•   Create animations by hiding and showing layers.
•   Create animations based on changes in position, opacity, and layer effects.
•   Use the Tween command to create smooth transitions between frames.
•  Create animations using vector masks.
•   Create animations using layer masks.
•  Preview the animations in ImageReady and in a web browser.
• Use the Optimize palette to optimize the animation.

Content:  2 set of CD-ROMs 

Level 1 and level 2 and sample files included

Total Training Time:  ~ 48 hours