Adobe® Photoshop® 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 exam and the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Visual Communication Using Adobe Photoshop exam.

What You’ll Learn

• 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.

Lesson 1: Creating Raster Images

Topic A: Draw with Brushes

Topic B: Create Gradients

Topic C: Apply Tool Presets

Lesson 2: Applying Vector Image Tools

Topic A: Create Images with Vector Paths

Topic B: Apply the Shape Drawing Tools

Topic C: Work with Type

Topic D: Apply Type Special Effects

Lesson 3: Applying Advanced Layer Techniques

Topic A: Modify Images with Masks

Topic B: Apply Special Effects by Using Filters

Topic C: Apply Special Effects to Layers

Topic D: Apply Smart Objects for Nondestructive Editing

Lesson 4: Automating Tasks

Topic A: Create and Apply Actions

Topic B: Batch Process Files with Photoshop and Adobe Bridge

Lesson 5: Editing Video

Topic A: Edit Video

Topic B: Add Graphics, Titles, and Animation to Video

Lesson 6: Setting Project Requirements

Topic A: Identify Purpose, Audience, and Audience Needs

Topic B: Adhere to Copyright Rules for Artwork, Graphics, and Graphics Use

Topic C: Determine and Evaluate Project Management Tasks and Responsibilities