Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Advanced including Video & 3D — A 2-day course

Synopsis

This blended learning Photoshop course brings together a powerful combination of classroom and online learning modules, resulting in the UK's most comprehensive Advanced Photoshop training program. It is designed for users who have already mastered the basics of Photoshop, and the course provides experienced users with the knowledge and hands-on practice needed to create accurate masks, image effects, retouch images and lots more. You'll further your understanding of isolating image areas by creating and saving masks with specialised tools, commands, modes, and layer elements. Additionally you'll also learn how to use vector paths for a variety of purposes, including masking, clipping paths, and illustration and lots more.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this Photoshop training, students are able to:

Better use Photoshop CS4 with the rest of the CS4 suite
Use Advanced Techniques for Cloning, Masking, Compositing, Filters, Layers and more
Understand and work with Camera RAW
Work with Video, Animation and 3D files

Suitable For

This course is suitable for anybody who has attended the Photoshop CS4 Getting Started course or already has equivalent knowledge and wants to develop their Photoshop skills to a more advanced level.

Prerequisites

In order to complete this course you will require basic computer skills such as a basic understanding of a computer's operating system, launching an application, creating and saving files, and copying files from CDs and other media.

Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices

London — £550 (+VAT)

12–13 Apr 2010
7–8 Jun 2010

Manchester — £550 (+VAT)

12–13 Apr 2010
21–22 Jun 2010

Course Contents

Adobe Bridge

Loupe
Compare
Stacking
Colour management
Rotations, Ratings, and Labels
Batch re-naming
Customising
Slideshow
Photoshop scripts within bridge
Meta-data and your images
Export to pdf
Search and find
Preview 3D images and panoramas (created by photoshop)

Camera Raw 5

Interface
White balance
Saving changes
Exposure
Warnings
Vibrance/Saturation
Tone curve adjustment
HSL controls
Colours to Black and white
jpgs and tiffs

Actions

Running
Loading
Recording
Editing

Advanced masking

Background Eraser/Magic Eraser
Extracting
Layer Masks
Masking Shortcuts
QuickMask mode
Refine Edge

Advanced cloning

Clone source
Healing Brush
Spot Healing
Patch
Quick Masking

Editing brightness and contrast

Curves, Brightness + Contrast
Shadow/Highlight
Levels - input and output

Advanced Compositing - Stacks

Auto Align
Auto Blend (Photomerge)
Image stack processing
Creating 360 Panoramas
Extended Depth-of-field

Colour adjustment

Colour balance
Colour primaries
Colour complements
Hue-Saturation
Hue Adjustment
Refining the colour range

Sharpening

Unsharp mask
Smart sharpen

Advanced layers

Layer Comps
Layer Clipping
Fills
Adjustment layers

Smart Objects and Smart filters

How to create smart objects
How to use smart objects
Smart filters

Vanishing Point

Planes and perspective
Multiple planes
Gridlines - exporting
Cloning
Healing
Blending
Masking/Shading
Adding type
Swinging planes
Wrapping art
Measuring

Advanced filter techniques

Displacement maps
Lighting
Patterns

Photoshop Animation - Advanced

Editing Animations
Animating 3D objects
Animating Camera position
Exporting Animations

Photoshop Video - Advanced

Preview/Export audio
Advanced Keyframes
Advanced Editing
Video Effects
- Using Filters
- Using Styles
Cloning Video
Healing Video
3D and Video

Photoshop and Devices

For the WII
For the PSP
For mobiles
Using Device Central

Photoshop and 3D

Paint directly onto 3D models
Convert 2D images/gradient maps into 3D objects
Volume Rendering
Wrap a 2D design onto a 3D object
Use video layers as textures
Presets
Export 3D layers

Using Photoshop files with the rest of the CS4 suite

Placing photoshop files into Dreamweaver
Placing photoshop files into InDesign
Placing photoshop files into Illustrator
Placing photoshop files into Flash

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