Course Outline
Photoshop Essentials Part I
Version CS2/CS3

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
  • Pixels
    • Pixels Per Inch (PPI)
    • Resolution
  • 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
    • Lasso
    • Elliptical Tool
    • Fine Tuning
    • Moving the Selection
    • Add To/Subtract From Selection
    • Magic Wand
    • Quick Select Tool
    • Inverse Selection
    • Magnetic Lasso
    • Polygonal Lasso
    • Best Selection Order
  • Saving Selections
    • Alpha Channel
    • Reload Later
  • Layers
    • Background is Locked
    • New Layer
    • New Layer via Copy
    • 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

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Course Prerequisite
Must have Windows and mouse proficiency
(4 CPE Credits)

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