Photoshop CS5: Advanced


Course Outline

 

Duration: 1 Day

 

Description: In this course, students will learn how to use color fills, gradients, patterns, and overlays. Students will also create layer masks, grayscale masks, and clipping masks to show or hide various parts of an image. Students will then learn how to create and edit paths and convert type to paths. In addition, students will learn how to apply a variety of creative effects, use the Vanishing Point feature and Smart Filters. Finally, students will learn how to work more efficiently in Photoshop.

 

Course Content:
 


Unit 1: Fills and overlays

Topic A: Filling image areas

Topic B: Gradients and patterns

Topic C: Layer overlays

 

Unit 2: Masks

Topic A: Mask channels

Topic B: Layer masks

Topic C: Grayscale masks

Topic D: Clipping masks and type masks

 

Unit 3: Vector paths

Topic A: Creating vector paths

Topic B: Editing vector paths

Topic C: Vector masks

Topic D: Paths for creative imagery

 

Unit 4: Creative image effects

Topic A: Painting effects

Topic B: Warping

Topic C: Efficient compositing

Topic D: Vanishing Point

Topic E: Smart Filters

 

Unit 5: Automating tasks

Topic A: Creating actions

Topic B: Organizing actions

Topic C: Batch processing

Topic D: Customizing Photoshop