Photoshop CS4 Level 1

Course Description
Course Outline

Course Overview

Adobe® Photoshop® has been an indispensable image-editing software application for many years. As an aspiring graphic designer, you would like to familiarize yourself with design creation and image editing using this software. Understanding the different tools and features available in Photoshop CS4 will help you maximize your creative potential. In this course, you will use the various tools and features of Photoshop CS4 to work with images.

Course Objective

You will explore the Photoshop CS4 interface, customize it, and use tools for selecting parts of images. You will learn to use layers and to apply layer effects and filters for creating special effects. Additionally, you will use painting tools and blending modes to enhance the appearance of your design. Finally, you will save images in both print and web formats.

Target student

Adobe® Photoshop® CS4: Level 1 is intended for a diverse audience including, but not limited to, computer-savvy professionals who want to create and enhance graphics for marketing materials, newsletters, blogs, and websites; photographers who want to work with and prepare photos for print or web; students with an interest in graphic design or those with novice design skills; and professionals who want to learn and use Photoshop CS4 as a complement to other CS4 programs, such as Illustrator.

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, students should have basic Windows application skills, such as copying and pasting objects, formatting text, saving files, and so on. It is also recommended that students have some experience with digital photography, and graphics working with Microsoft® Office PowerPoint®, Adobe® InDesign®, or Microsoft® Office Publisher.

We offer a range of Photoshop training courses

Exploring the Adobe Photoshop CS4 Environment
Explore the Photoshop Interface Explore the Navigation Tools Customize the Workspace Explore Adobe Bridge Use Photoshop Help
Determining Resolution and Graphic Type
Differentiate Between Raster and Vector Graphics Understand Image Resolution
Working with Selections
Create a Selection Save a Selection Modify a Selection Apply Color to a Selection
Working with Layers
Create Layers Work with Type Layers Transform Layers Apply Layer Styles Manage Layers
Enhancing Images with Paint and Filters
Paint on an Image Apply Filter Effects
Exploring Image Modes and Color Adjustments
Explore Grayscale and Bitmap Modes Explore Color Modes Apply Color Adjustments
Saving Images for Web and Print
Save Images for Print Save Images for the Web Save Images as PDF

Publisher:	Adobe
Version:	CS4
Length:	1 day
Course-ID:	084040

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This course was brilliant, everything very understandable and clear

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