Program of Study: Photoshop CS3 Introduction (2 days)

Requires no prior experience of using Photoshop

Basics   Basic Photoshop concepts Paint versus Draw Ways of acquiring images RAM and hard disk requirements Overview of Photoshop tools Viewing documents Background and foreground colours How text works in Photoshop   Making selections   Rectangular and elliptical marquees Using the lasso tool How the magic wand works Defining a feather edge Subtracting and adding Essential keyboard commands Moving and exporting a selection Saving and reloading a selection Transforming and editing		Paint tools   Brushes and brush modes How text works in Photoshop The advantages of using layering Transforming and distorting Blurring and sharpening an image Special effect filters Converting the image type Adding and deleting channels Channels, selection and effects Retouching   Colour correction techniques Adjusting brightness and contrast Colorizing greyscale images Achieving subtlety when retouching Removing unwanted detail Correcting a damaged image Defining and applying patterns Global and selective reversion   Animation   Layers and animation Using the animation palette The Tween command Previewing animations Exporting animations

Program of Study: Photoshop CS3 Advanced (1 day)

Requires familiarity with use of Photoshop tools, palettes and basic techniques.

Combining images   Creating montages Saving feathered borders The gradient tool and selection Working with multiple layers Overlaying images Ways of combining images Creating layer masks Creating clipping groups   Working with paths   Creating and saving paths Working with bezier curves Adding and deleting points Converting paths to selection Using clipping paths Exporting paths to illustrator   Filters and special effects   Tips on using filters Blurring and sharpening The 3-D Transform filter Creating multimedia backgrounds Creating seamless tiles Using the Extract filter Using the Liquify filter		Adjustments   Automatic adjustments Using adjustments layers Using the Levels command Using the Curves command Hue Saturation Channel Mixer Gradient Map Buttons and rollovers   Techniques for creating buttons Specifying different button states Optimizing and exporting GIFs Creating rollover effects Adding animation to rollovers Using rollover styles Creating web photo galleries   Slices   Overview of slices Using the slice tool Creating layer-based slices Modifying slices Naming slices Image and No Image slices Assigning URLs Optimizing and exporting slices Image maps   Creating tool-based image maps Creating layer-based image maps Assigning attributes to image maps

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