Photoshop Advanced: Print and Photography August 22, 2010

This 2-day course provides a thorough overview for experienced users who wish to further their effectiveness on Photoshop. The course trains photographers and designers how to catalogue their work as well as how to enhance their photographs. Because this class is aimed mainly at Photographers and artists who work with photographs, we have included Lighroom and Camera RAW in the lessons.

This course is an ideal combination of instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice.

Prerequisites:

Photoshop Complete class or equivalent experience.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: How digital images work

* Understating image size and resolution
* Understanding DPI and PPI
* Understanding additive and subtractive colors
* PSD, TIFF & other formats (lossy vs lossless)

Lesson 2: Lightroom & techniques for Photographers - Adobe Lightroom or Adobe Bridge

* Importing files
* Cataloging, editing metadata
* Searching & sorting
* Editing with Lightroom's adjustment tools
* Outputting to web galleries & print
* Sending files to Photoshop & back

Lesson 3: Camera RAW

* Understanding Camera RAW
* Processing CameraRAW files
* Cropping, straightening and White Balacing
* Synchronize
* Export as DNG
* Open in Photoshop

Lesson 4: Adjustment Layers & Filters

* Working with Adjustment Layers
* Working with Filters
* The filter Gallery
* Smart Objects (Photoshop, Illustrator and RAW)
* Smart Filters

Lesson 5: Advanced Layering

* Getting started
* Clipping a layer to a shape
* Setting up a Vanishing Point grid
* Creating your own keyboard shortcuts
* Placing imported artwork
* Adding artwork in perspective
* Adding a layer style
* Placing the side panel artwork using Vanishing Point
* Adding more artwork in perspective
* Adding an adjustment layer
* Working with layer comps
* Managing layers
* Flattening a layered image
* Merging layers and layer groups (smart object)
* Modes for groups
* Layer and Vector Masks for Groups

Lesson 6: Photomerge

* Creating panoramas with photomerge
* Stacking Images
* 16-bit & 32-bit color space
* Creating High Dynamic Range (HDR) files

Lesson 7: Vector Drawing Techniques

* About bitmap images and vector graphics
* About paths and the Pen tool
* Vector drawing
* The Pen tool
* Using paths with artwork
* Creating vector objects for the background
* Working with defined custom shapes
* Importing a Smart Object
* Alpha channels vs. Paths
* Importing vector graphics & Illustrator files
* Vector masks & opacity masks
* Creating and saving a custom shape

Lesson 8: Layer Comps

* Understanding Layer Comps
* Using Layer Comps
* Exporting Layer Comps
* Using Layer Comps with other Adobe applications

Lesson 9: Actions & Scripts

* Understanding Actions
* Using Actions
* Creating Actions
* Batch Processing
* Using the Bridge to create web galleries & PDF presentations
* Using Scripts
* Script Event Manager to use actions and scripts together
* Exporting layered files to desktop publishing applications

Lesson 10: Producing and Printing Consistent Color

* About color management
* CMYK, RGB & LAB
* Getting started
* Specifying color-management settings
* Proofing an image
* Identifying out-of-gamut colors
* Adjusting an image and printing a proof
* Saving the image as a CMYK EPS file
* Printing vs. Exporting as PDF
* Printing

Lesson 11: Printing with spot colors

* Pantone Color Libraries
* Using Spot Colors in a multichannel image
* Trapping issues with Spot colors
* Exporting spot colors to other adobe programs
* Creating duotones and tritons

Lesson 12: Touch up tricks

* Using Adjustment Layers (with layer and vector masks)
* Group Controls (Opacity and Modes)
* Painting with light
* Clone Source Panel with the Clone Stamp tool
* Creating a pattern and saving a pattern
* Displacement maps
* About Adobe Exchange

Lesson 13: Brushes

* Making a Preset Brush
* Changing the attributes of a brush
* Loading a Brush
* Creating & saving a Brush

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