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.
Session Outline
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
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