Course Outline
Photoshop Essentials Part I
Version CS2/CS3/CS4

Phone:717-560-3552
E-Mail: Registrar@pceasy.com

Program Objectives: Students will learn the essential skills for using Photoshop.

• Workspace
  • Default
  • Customizing/Saving
  • Restoring Defaults
• Opening Single/Multiple Files
• Viewing
  • Zoom Tool
  • Actual Pixels
  • Fit Screen
  • Print Size
• Resolution and Pixels
• Palettes
  • Floating
  • Customizing
  • Finding
  • Hiding/Revealing
• Navigating
  • Zoom and Scroll
  • Doc Name and Magnification
  • Navigation Palette
  • Viewing Multiple Images
  • Arranging Open Images
  • Switching Between Open Docs
• Tools
  • Settings
  • Option Bar
  • Sub Tools
  • Last Settings as Defaults
• Learning the “Un-Do”
  • History Palette
  • Adding Layer for Changes
  • Saving as .psd or .jpg File
  • Flattening the Image
  • Saving a Copy
  • Non-Destructive Changes

• Making Selections
  • Selection Tools
  • Fixed Size/Ratio
  • Marquee/Elliptical/Lasso Tools
  • Fine Tuning
  • Moving the Selection
  • Add To/Subtract From Selection
  • Magic Wand
  • Quick Select Tool
  • Inverse Selection
  • Magnetic and Polygonal Lasso
  • Best Selection Order
• Saving Selections
  • Alpha Channel
  • Reload Later
• Layers
  • Background is Locked
  • New Layer
  • Renaming/Grouping Layers
  • Saving as .psd File
  • Show/Hide Layers
  • Stacking Order
  • Moving Multiple Layers
  • Blend Modes – Scroll to View
  • New Group From Layers
  • Drag Image Into Another Image
  • Masking
  • Gradient Tool for Masking
• Type Tool
  • Auto Creating New Layer
  • Deselecting Type Tool
  • Color and Opacity
  • Free Transform
  • Character Palette
  • Alignment
  • Spacing Between Letters and Lines
  • Creating Fixed Type Box