Adobe® Office PhotoShop CS2 2nd Edition: Level 1

Course Specifications

Course Length:  1 Day, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Location: Entre Technology Services, LLC  1501 N. 14th St. West, Suite 1511

Registration: Call your Account Manager at 406.256.5700 or use our Registration Forms

Course Description

As a graphic designer, you are starting to familiarize yourself with image creation and editing using Photoshop. Understanding the different tools and features available in Photoshop CS2 will help you to maximize your creative potential. In this course, you’ll work with several tools and features to edit images using Photoshop CS2.

Course Objective:  

You will explore the Photoshop interface and use several tools for selecting parts of images, and will move, duplicate, and resize images. You will learn to use layers, and to apply layer effects and filters to create special effects. Additionally, you will use painting tools and blending modes to create shading effects, and will perform adjustments to contrast and color balance. Finally, you will save images in formats for print and web use.

Target Student:  

This course is intended for new users of Photoshop.

Prerequisites:  

Before taking this course, students should be familiar with the basic functions of their computer's operating system such as creating folders, launching programs, and working with Windows. Students should also have basic Windows application skills, such as copying and pasting objects, formatting text, and saving files.

Delivery Method:  

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Explore the Photoshop CS2 environment.

Ensure that images have an appropriate balance between file size and print or display quality and also crop images to remove unnecessary areas.

Use the different selection tools in Photoshop to select parts of images and also save selections for future use.

Create image composites and use several techniques for creating and manipulating layers and use the techniques in Photoshop for undoing the previous steps.

Apply blending effects to composite images so that they appear more realistic.

Identity the various image modes characteristics and select the appropriate image mode for specific purposes.

Select colors and paint image using the various color and painting tools in Photoshop and duplicate parts of an image using the Clone Stamp tool.

Add type to an image, format it, and create special effects by applying filters.

Adjust an image's brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation.

Save completed images for printed applications and for the web and also save the images as PDF documents.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Exploring Photoshop Environment

Topic 1A: Differentiate Raster and Vector Graphics

Topic 1B: Explore the Photoshop Environment

Topic 1C: Customize the Photoshop Environment

Topic 1D: Work with Navigation Tools

Topic 1E: Customize Menus

Topic 1F: Explore Adobe Bridge

Topic 1G: Apply Metadata and Keywords

Lesson 2: Sizing Images

Topic 2A: Determine Display and Print Resolution

Topic 2B: Crop an Image

Lesson 3: Selecting Image Areas

Topic 3A: Select Image Areas with the Marquee Tools

Topic 3B: Select Image Areas with the Lasso Tools

Topic 3C: Save Selections

Topic 3D: Select Image Areas with the Magic Wand Tool

Topic 3E: Select Image Areas with the Magnetic Lasso Tool

Topic 3F: Modify Selections

Lesson 4: Creating Image Composites

Topic 4A: Make Floating Versus Fixed Selections

Topic 4B: Undo Previous Steps

Topic 4C: Copy Selections

Topic 4D: Create Layers

Topic 4E: Create Smart Objects

Topic 4F: Transform Layers

Topic 4G: Copy Layers Between Images

Topic 4H: Save Images in Photoshop Format

Topic 4I: Arrange Layers 

Lesson 5: Blending Composite Images

Topic 5A: Defringe Images

Topic 5B: Simulate Transparency with Opacity and Blending Modes

Topic 5C: Feather Edges 

Lesson 6: Exploring Image Modes

Topic 6A: Examine Mode Characteristics

Topic 6B: Explore Grayscale and Bitmap Modes

Topic 6C: Explore Color Modes 

Lesson 7: Applying Colors

Topic 7A: Select Colors

Topic 7B: Work with Painting Tools

Topic 7C: Clone Image Areas with the Clone Stamp Tool 

Lesson 8: Enhancing Images with Text and Special Effects

Topic 8A: Create Type Layers

Topic 8B: Apply Layer Effects

Topic 8C: Work with Filters

Topic 8D: Merge Layers and Flatten Images 

Lesson 9: Adjusting Images

Topic 9A: Create Levels Adjustment Layers

Topic 9B: Enhance Images Using Toning Tools

Topic 9C: Adjust the Hue/Saturation of Images 

Lesson 10: Saving Completed Images

Topic 10A: Save Images for Use in Print Applications

Topic 10B: Save Images for the Web

Topic 10C: Save Images as PDF 

Appendix A: Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Objectives Mapping

Appendix B: Adobe® Photoshop® CS2: New Features Mapping

Appendix C: Blending Modes