Adobe Photoshop Part 2 Course

Adobe Photoshop Part 2

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Overview

Adobe Photoshop CC is a leading graphic creation application, popular among graphic designers, illustrators, and photographers. Photoshop's numerous features work together to provide a comprehensive toolset for you, the design professional. This course delves into some of the more advanced image creation and editing techniques, and offers you hands-on activities that demonstrate how these techniques can be used in combination to create exciting visual effects. This course is a great component of your preparation for the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Photoshop CC exam and the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Visual Communication Using Adobe Photoshop exam.

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Prerequisites

Adobe Photoshop Part 1

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Prerequisite Comments

To ensure a students success in this course, students should have experience with the following tasks:

• Identifying the basic components of Adobe Bridge and the Photoshop workspace
• Defining image size and resolution
• Adding and modifying Photoshop layers
• Using tools to select, crop, and move images
• Working with image adjustment properties to correct and retouch photographic images
• Opening and modifying an image in Adobe Camera Raw
• Preparing images for print and web

To meet these prerequisites, students can take the following course:

• Adobe Photoshop Part 1

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Software Requirement

To participate fully in this course, each delegate must have a fully working copy of Adobe Photoshop installed on their computer prior to the course. As this is a practical, hands-on session, delegates will be expected to follow along and complete exercises throughout the day. Please ensure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements to run the software smoothly. If you do not have a licensed copy, you may download a 7-day free trial from Adobe’s website in advance of the course.

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Target Audience

Professional or amateur photographers who want to use the robust features of Photoshop to enhance, modify, and organize their photographs, and anyone interested in working toward the Visual Communication with Adobe Photoshop exam certification.

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Course Objectives

This course will prepare students to use the most common basic features of Adobe Photoshop CC. In this course, students will:

• Use brushes, gradients, and tool presets to create raster images
• Apply vector paths, shape drawing tools, type, and type special effects
• Apply advanced layer techniques with masks, filters, layers, and smart objects
• Apply actions and batch processing to automate tasks
• Edit video by using timelines, transitions, graphics, titles, and animation
• Set project requirements by identifying the purpose, audience, copyright rules, and project management tasks

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Course Outline

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1 - Creating Raster Images

• Draw with Brushes
• Create Gradients
• Apply Tool Presets

2 - Applying Vector Image Tools

• Create Images with Vector Paths
• Apply the Shape Drawing Tools
• Work with Type
• Apply Type Special Effects

3 - Applying Advanced Layer Techniques

• Modify Images with Masks
• Apply Special Effects by Using Filters
• Apply Special Effects to Layers
• Apply Smart Objects for Nondestructive Editing

4 - Automating Tasks

• Create and Apply Actions
• Batch Process Files with Photoshop and Adobe Bridge

5 - Editing Video

• Edit Video
• Add Graphics, Titles, and Animation to Video

6 - Setting Project Requirements

• Identify Purpose, Audience, and Audience Needs
• Adhere to Copyright Rules for Artwork, Graphics, and Graphics Use
• Determine and Evaluate Project Management Tasks and Responsibilities

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