Mastering Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Level 2 - Advanced)

• Clear Step-by-Step guide with Narrated Instructions
• View in full screen for easy-to-follow instructions
• Work with Dynamic Simulations, not sequential static displays
• Interact with program to retain maximum learning
• Use sample files to practise along in Adobe Photoshop CS2 software program
• Approximately 24 Hours training time
  

Mastering Photoshop CS2 (Level 2) Topics:

• Use the Pen Tool to draw straight and curved paths
• Save work paths.
• Fill and stroke paths.
• Edit paths using path-editing tools.
• Convert a path to a selection.
• Convert a selection to a path.

• Draw and edit layer shapes and layer paths.
• Create complex layer shapes by combining or subtracting different shapes.
• Combine vector paths to create a shape.
• Use edit mode to add and edit a text layer.
• Load and apply custom layer shapes.
• Create a work path from text.
• Alter the appearance of work paths.
• Apply a gradient and use a work path to create a vector mask.
• Merge and distort layer combinations.

Lesson 11: Using Advanced Layer Techniques

• Create paths to clip a layer.
• Create layer sets to organize and manager layers.
• Create adjustment layers and used them to apply color and tonal adjustments without permanently changing pixel data.
• Create a knockout gradient layer to use one layer selectively to reveal others.
• Import layers from other Photoshop files.
• Duplicate and clip layers.
• Add layer styles to a layer, and apply the effects to multiple layers.
• Rasterize layers.
• Convert clipping paths to masks.
• Use filter effects.
• Create a border layer for your artwork.
• Flatten and save layered files to reduce file size.

• Automate a multi-step task
• Use guides to help you place and align images precisely.
• Save selections and load them as masks.
• Apply color effects only to unmasked areas of an image.
• Make color correction to a selection using an adjustment layer.
• Use filter effects to create effects.
• Use layer styles to create editable special effects.

• Use channels to convert a color image to grayscale.
• Adjust the tonal range of the image by assigning values to black and white points.
• Sharpen the image.
• Add spot color to selected areas of the image.

• Duplicate and align a layer object to other objects as you move it in the image.
• Create a layer group.
• Duplicate, align, and transform a layer group.
• Create a layer set and apply changes to it.
• Duplicate and edit text objects.
• Align and group text objects.
• Change the attributes of multiple text objects.

• Create image slices in Photoshop and ImageReady.
• Link user slices to other HTML pages or locations.
• Define image-map areas using different methods.
• Link image-map areas to other HTML pages and locations.
• Generate and HTML page that contains the sliced image in a table.

Lesson 16: Optimizing Web Images

• Create animations by hiding and showing layers.
• Create animations based on changes in position, opacity, and layer effects.
• Use the Tween command to create smooth transitions between frames.
• Create animations using vector masks.
• Create animations using layer masks.
• Preview the animations in ImageReady and in a web browser.
• Use the Optimize palette to optimize the animation.

Lesson 17: Creating Rollover Effects in ImageReady CS2 Optimizing Web Images

• Create rollovers with warped text.
• Create and divide a slice into a table of slices.
• Create rollovers affecting layer visibility.
• Create rollovers using layer styles.
• Add new slices to a slice set.
• Create a slice from a hidden layer.
• Create remote rollovers.
• Generate a web page from the image and rollovers we create.

Lesson 18: Creating Animating GIF Images in ImageReady CS2

• Create animations by hiding and showing layers.
• Create animations based on changes in position, opacity, and layer effects.
• Use the Tween command to create smooth transitions between frames.
• Create animations using vector masks.
• Create animations using layer masks.
• Preview the animations in ImageReady and in a web browser
• Use the Optimize palette to optimize the animation

Lesson 19: Color Management

• Specify color management settings for displaying, editing, and printing images.
• Prepare an image for printing on a PostScript CMYK printer.
• Proof an image for printing.
• Saving an image as a separation.

• Windows 98, NT, ME, 2000, XP, Vista
• 133Mhz or better
• 32MB RAM
• 10 MB HD Space
• 24x CD-ROM drive
• 1024x768 monitor resolution