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Adobe Photoshop CS2

$699, 2 days

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Whether you're using Photoshop professionally or to retouch your family photographs, you'll find that the controls and features of this powerful application are very accessible, even to a beginner. In this course, you'll learn the tools and techniques that will make you a competent user of the industry-leading image-editing application.

We offer this class only as a private class; please contact training@scriptorium.com for pricing and details.

Syllabus

The syllabus—provided by Claudia McCue—is as follows:

Lesson 1: Getting to Know the Work Area

• Using the tools
• Using the tool options bar and other palettes
• Undoing actions in Photoshop
• Customizing the workspace
• Jumping to Adobe ImageReady
• Using Photoshop Help
• Using Adobe online services
• Toolbox overview

Lesson 2: Using Adobe Bridge

• Viewing and editing files in Adobe Bridge
• Embedding information for easy identification
• Searching with Adobe Bridge
• Using Favorites and Collections
• Automating routine tasks
• Acquiring stock photography

Lesson 3: Basic Photo Corrections

• Strategy for retouching
• Resolution and image size
• 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

Lesson 4: 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

Lesson 5: Working with Selections

• About selecting and selection tools
• Selecting with the Magic Wand tool
• Using the Magic Wand with other selection tools
• Working with oval and circular selections
• Selecting with the lasso tools
• Rotating a selection
• Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool
• Cropping an image and erasing within a selection

Lesson 6: Layer Basics

• About layers
• Using the Layers palette
• Rearranging layers
• Applying a layer style
• Flattening and saving files
• Photoshop for Kids

Lesson 7: Masks and Channels

• Working with masks and channels
• Creating a quick mask
• Editing a quick mask
• Saving a selection as a mask
• Editing a mask
• Loading a mask as a selection and applying an adjustment
• Extracting an image
• Applying a filter effect to a masked selection
• Creating a gradient mask
• Applying effects using a gradient mask

Lesson 8: 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
• Creating a PDF portfolio

Lesson 9: Typographic Design

• About type
• 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
• Dancing with type

Lesson 10: Vector Drawing Techniques

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

Lesson 11: Advanced Layer Techniques

• Creating paths to clip a layer
• Creating layer sets
• Creating an adjustment layer
• Creating a knockout gradient layer
• Importing a layer from another file
• Applying layer styles
• Duplicating and clipping a layer
• Liquifying a layer
• Creating a border layer
• Flattening a layered image

Lesson 12: Advanced Compositing

• Automating a multistep task
• Setting up a four-image montage
• Hand-coloring selections on a layer
• Changing the color balance
• Applying filters