Photoshop CS3, Introduction
Students will learn the basics of selecting and modifying images, and creating and manipulating layers and other effects in Photoshop CS3. They will also learn how to retouch and resize images, and prepare images for use in print and on the Web.
Audience
The target student for this course is someone who is familiar with computers and who wants to use Adobe Photoshop to create and modify digital images, such as digital-camera images or scan photographs or artwork. After completing this course, the student will be able to use Photoshop CS3 to select part of an image, combine images, adjust image color and contrast, retouch photographs, and prepare images for print and Web media.
- The user should have an understanding of how to use Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP operating systems
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the attributes of raster and vector graphics, customize the Photoshop environment, open and navigate within images in Photoshop and Adobe Bridge, and use Photoshop Help.
- Use several selection tools to select image areas, and modify and manipulate selections.
- Create layers; arrange and transform layers; create Type layers; and use opacity, layer blending modes, and layer styles to apply effects to layer contents.
- Switch among Photoshop’s image modes, adjust an image’s hue and saturation, and use the Levels command to adjust image contrast.
- Repair image defects, paint in an image, erase complex background areas, and apply filters to a layer or selection.
- Determine an image’s resolution and dimensions, resize images with and without re-sampling, and use the Crop tool and the Canvas Size command to change an image’s canvas size.
- Use the Save for Web & Devices command to save a copy of an image optimized for Web use; use the Save As command to save a copy of an image in a format for print use; and print single and multiple images on a page or export them to a PDF file intended for printing.
- Unit 1: Getting started
- Unit 2: Working with image selections
- Unit 3: Working with layers
- Unit 4: Adjusting images
- Unit 5: Retouching images
- Unit 6: Resizing images
- Unit 7: Preparing finished images
- Unit 8: ACE exam objectives map
In order for a class to be successful, all students should share the same general level
of knowledge and experience. If a participant does not demonstrate these, the instructor will take
the necessary steps either to prepare the participant or place him/her in a more appropriate course.
This policy is intended to maintain the high level of quality control that you have come to expect.