Full Course Outline (Combination of Module
1 and Module 2)
The Fundamentals
Opening and finding images
Creating a new file
The photoshop screen
The toolbox
Introduction to palettes
Workspace presets
Tool presets
The navigator palette
Rulers, guides and grids
Reverting
Using the help system
Managing Files
Opening files
The file browser
Working with multiple files and windows
Displaying information in the status bar
Saving files and working with multiple versions
Understanding file formats
Inserting written and spoken notes
Selecting Graphical Elements
Using the Marquee tool
Adding to a selection
Subtracting from a selection
Rotating, moving and deleting a selection
Saving a selection
Selecting an entire image
Moving a selection border
Cutting, copying and pasting a selection
Selecting with the Magic Wand tool
Selecting with the Normal, Polygonal and Magnetic Lasso tolls
Inverting, expanding and contracting a selection
Scaling, skewing and distorting a selection
Feathering a selection
Extracting an object
Working With Pixels
Understanding bitmaps and vectors
Image pixels vs screen pixels
Adjusting an image’s resolution
Changing an image’s resolution automatically
Changing an image’s pixel dimensions
Constraining an image’s proportions
Changine an image’s print dimendions
Changing the canvas size
Rotating and flipping the canvas
Cropping an image using a marquee
Using the resize image command
Applying mask filters
Understanding and Working With Colour
The two basic types of colour
Calibrating your monitor
Colour settings
The colour palette
Using the colour ramp
Using the colour picker
The paint bucket tool
Layers
Exploring layers
Creating a layer
Renaming and deleting layers
Linking layers
Adjustment layers
Merging layers
Using group with previous layers
Using layer via cut and layer via copy
Creating a type layer
The character palette
Warping a type layer
Modifying a type layer
Retouching Images
Adjusting brightness and contrast
Using the bur and sharpen tools
Using the dodge and burn tools
Adjusting hue and saturation
Using the sponge tool
Adjusting levels
Using the clone stamp tool
Using the pattern stamp
Using the healing brush
Using the patch tool
Drawing and Painting
About foreground and background colours
Lifting colour
Using the shape and line tools
Using the custom shape tool
Using the brush tool
Changing brush styles
Creating a custom brush
Using the pencil tool
Using the paint bucket tool
Applying a gradient
Creating a stroke around a selection
Using the eraser tool
Advanced colour
Using the colour balance command
Using the variations dialogue
Using the image mode function
Converting images to greyscale
Working with filters
About filters
Applying a filter to part of an image
Converting a photograph into a drawing
Liquefying an image
Freezing and thawing an image
Reconstructing a distortion
The viewing mesh and saving a distortion
Artistic filters
Blur filters
Brush stroke filters
Pixelate filters
Render and Sharpen filters
Sketch filters
Stylise and texture filters
Printing
Printing basics
Selecting a printer and previewing image position
Print with preview
Creating and printing a contact sheet
Creating CMYK separations
Printing part of an image
Using ImageReady
What is ImageReady?
The ImageReady screen
Examining file formats
Optimising an image
Slicing an image
Creating image maps
Creating rollovers
