Duration

3 days

Product Description

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop CS4

Fourteen lessons in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book cover basic and advanced techniques in Adobe Photoshop, the world’s best image-editing software. Learn how to retouch digital photos, work with layers and masks, navigate the workspace, prepare images print, and explore the latest features. Tips, extra-credit exercises, and step-bystep lessons help you become more productive using Photoshop.

Learn to correct and enhance digital photos, create image composites, transform images in perspective, and prepare images for print and the web. Combine images for extended depth of field, and try out the new 3D features in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended.

“The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on the market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-by-step instructions, and the project files for the students.” —Barbara Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor, Rocky Mountain Training.

Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does—an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Course Contents

Getting Started

About Classroom in a Book
What's new in this edition
What's in Photoshop Extended

Prerequisites

Installing Adobe Photoshop
Starting Adobe Photoshop
Copying the Classroom in a Book files
Restoring default preferences
Additional resources
Adobe certification

Chapter 1. Getting to Know the Work Area

Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop
Using the tools
Using the options bar and other panels
Undoing actions in Photoshop
Customizing the workspace
Finding resources for using Photoshop
Checking for updates
Review questions
Review answers

Chapter 2. Basic Photo Corrections

Strategy for retouching
Resolution and image size
Getting started
Straightening and cropping an image
Making automatic adjustments
Removing a color cast
Manually adjusting the tonal range
Replacing colors in an image
Adjusting lightness with the Dodge tool
Adjusting saturation with the Sponge tool
Comparing automatic and manual results
Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool
Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
Using the Healing Brush and Patch tools
Applying the Unsharp Mask filter
Saving the image for four-color printing
Review questions
Review answers

Chapter 3. Working with Selections

About selecting and selection tools
Getting started
Using the Quick Selection tool
Moving a selected area
Manipulating selections
Using the Magic Wand tool
Selecting with the lasso tools
Rotating a selection
Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool
Cropping an image and erasing within a selection
Refining the edge of a selection
Review questions
Review answers

Chapter 4. Layer Basics

About layers
Getting started
Using the Layers panel
Rearranging layers
Applying a gradient to a layer
Applying a layer style
Flattening and saving files
Review questions
Review answers

Chapter 6. Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photographs

Getting started
About camera raw
Processing files in Camera Raw
Correcting digital photographs in Photoshop
Editing images with a vanishing-point perspective
Correcting image distortion
Adding depth of field
Creating a PDF image gallery
Review questions
Review answers

Chapter 7. Typographic Design

About type
Getting started
Creating a clipping mask from type
Creating a design element from type
Using interactive formatting controls
Warping point type
Designing a paragraph of type
Warping a layer
Review questions
Review answers

Chapter 8. Vector Drawing Techniques

About bitmap images and vector graphics
About paths and the Pen tool
Getting started
Using paths with artwork
Creating vector objects for the background
Working with defined custom shapes
Importing a Smart Object
Review questions
Review answers

Chapter 9. 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
Adding more artwork in perspective
Adding an adjustment layer
Working with layer comps
Managing layers
Flattening a layered image
Merging layers and layer groups
Stamping layers
Review questions
Review answers

Chapter 10. Advanced Compositing

Getting started
Assembling a montage of images
Applying filters
Hand-coloring selections on a layer
Applying Smart Filters
Adding drop shadows and a border
Matching color schemes across images
Automating a multistep task
Stitching a panorama
Review questions
Review answers

Chapter 11. Preparing Files for the Web

Getting started
Selecting a web design workspace
Creating slices
Adding animation
Animating a layer style
Exporting HTML and images
Using the Zoomify feature
Creating a web gallery
Review questions
Review answers

Chapter 12. Working with 3D Images

Getting started
Creating a 3D shape from a layer
Manipulating 3D objects
Using the 3D panel to adjust lighting and surface texture
Merging two-dimensional layers onto 3D layers
Importing 3D files
Merging 3D layers to share the same 3D space
Adding a spot light
Painting on a 3D object
Adding 3D text
Creating a 3D postcard
Review questions
Review answers

Chapter 13. Working with Scientific Images

Getting started
Viewing and editing files in Adobe Bridge
Brightening and boosting color in an image
Creating a map border and work area
Making a custom border
Measuring objects and data
Exporting measurements
Measuring a cross-section
Measuring in perspective using the Vanishing Point filter
Adding a legend
Creating a slide show
Review questions
Review answers

Chapter 14. Producing and Printing Consistent Color

About color management
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
Review questions
Review answers

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