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Adobe Photoshop CS4: Advanced

Course Code: cm72002      Days: 1
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Course Overview

Harness the full power and creativity of Adobe Photoshop CS4 with this Adobe authorised one day power-user course. The course includes advanced colour techniques, advanced selection techniques, working with 3D layers, working with Smart Objects and efficient layering and filtering techniques. This course has been classified as IT End User Training.

Audience

Delegates should have a good working knowledge of PhotoShop and are now looking to learn more advanced techniques of PhotoShop

Course Outline

Introduction

Photoshop essentials

  • Essential shortcuts and changes in CS4
  • Colour settings and ICC profiles
  • Profile to Profile conversions
  • Soft Proof and Gamut warning

Colour techniques

  • Using the Shadow/Highlight command
  • Editing in Lab mode
  • Working with Curves
  • The Channel Mixer command
  • Using Blend modes to manipulate tone and colour
  • Blending depth of field

Selection techniques

  • Content aware scaling
  • Working with Alpha channels
  • Selections in Alpha channels
  • Building selections from Colour Channels
  • The Calculations command
  • Spot Colour channels

Working with 3D layers

  • Importing models as 3D layers
  • Vanishing Point and 3D layers
  • 3D transformations
  • Editing textures
  • Viewing cross-sections
  • Applying 2D images to 3D objects
  • Google 3D warehouse

Introducing video layers

  • Timeline based animations
  • Creating video layers
  • Working with keyframes and tweening

Layer techniques

  • Working with Smart Objects
  • Smart Objects and Image Stacks
  • Refining Mask Edges
  • Techniques with Layer Masks
  • Creating layers from styles
  • Understanding Layer Blend modes
  • Neutral Fill layers
  • Using Blend If sliders

Filter techniques

  • Working with Smart Filter layers
  • Using the Lens Blur filter
  • Extended depth of field
  • Blended depths of field
  • Using Alpha Channels with filters
  • The Displace filter
  • Advanced Sharpening techniques

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