Photoshop CS4 Fundamentals

Cost:

$595.00 (Online Class - Lodestone Live)
$795.00 (Lodestone Training Center)

Time: 10 AM - 4:30 PM EST
Length: 2 day class
Type: Instructor-led

Course Description:

This class is for anyone who needs to learn how to create raster based images for print, video or web. This application is a must for anyone in digital media content creation!

Learning Objectives:

After learning the basics of the Adobe Photoshop CS4 interface, tool functions, and palette functions the learner will know how to:

• Navigate through the Photoshop interface
• Set up the application
• Work with Photoshop color
• Understand pixels vs. vectors
• Select artwork
• Use Layers
• Utilize Masks
• Understand Channels
• Use Type
• Work with Filters
• Optimize Images for the Web
• Create Rollovers and Slice Images
• Use ImageReady to create web graphics

Target Audience:

This class is for anyone who needs to learn how to create raster-based images for print, video or web. This application is a must for anyone in digital media content creation!

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Learning the Photoshop Interface

• Working with Tools
• Using the Options Bar
• Controlling undos
• Customizing the workspace
• Checking for updates

Lesson 2: Photo Correction Basics

• Retouching strategy
• Working with resolution and image size
• Straightening and cropping an image
• Making automatic adjustments
• Removing color casts
• Basic tonal adjustments
• Replacing colors
• Using the Dodge tool
• Using the Sponge tool
• Using the Clone Stamp tool
• Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
• Basic sharpening
• Converting to CMYK

Lesson 3: Working with Selections

• Selection tool overview
• Using the quick selection tool
• Moving selected areas
• Manipulating selections
• Using the magic wand tool
• Selecting with the lasso tools
• Rotating a selection
• Erasing within a selection
• Refining selection edges

Lesson 4: Layer Basics

• Using layers
• Working with the layers panel
• Rearranging layers
• Applying a gradient to a layer
• Working with layer styles
• Flattening and saving files

Lesson 5: Masks and Channels

• Mask and Channels overview
• Creating a Quick Mask
• Editing a mask
• Viewing channels
• Adjusting individual channels
• Loading a mask as a selection
• Applying filters to a mask
• Using a gradient mask
• Resizing the canvas
• Removing backgrounds from images
• Moving layers between documents
• Colorizing with adjustment layers
• Grouping and clipping layers
• Inverting masks
• Using type for masking

Lesson 6: Correcting and Enhancing Photographs

• Using camera raw
• Processing camera raw files
• Fixing red-eye
• Balancing tone in flash photography
• Using the vanishing point perspective
• Correcting distortion
• Adding depth of field
• Creating PDF's

Lesson 7: Typographic Design

• Type in Photoshop
• Creating a cliping mask with type
• Creating design elements with type
• Formatting controls
• Warping text
• Using block text
• Warping layers
• Using smart objects

There are currently no public classes scheduled dates for this class. To schedule a private class, please call us toll free at 866-665-9441.

Please note, assigned instructor may change. Lodestone confirms instructor schedules two weeks prior to class date.

*Classes are online via Lodestone Live and at a Lodestone training center.
The only time that a class will cancel is either if there is a power failure or other major disruption in service.