Topic 1 Photoshop Overview

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About Photoshop
Bitmap and Vector Images
The Photoshop Interface
Using palettes
Using the Tools palette
Workspaces
The default palette positions
Viewing file information
Using Adobe Bridge
The Bridge workspace

Zooming in and out
Navigating around the image
The History palette
Correcting mistakes
Setting and Restoring Preferences
Overview of Photoshop’s Preferences
Adding Metadata to an Image
Print
A Photoshop Primer
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Topic 2 Photoshop Concepts

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Image Resolution
Monitor resolution
Printer resolution
PPI and DPI

Changing resolution and size of images
Photoshop’s Colour Modes
File Formats
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Topic 3 Making Selections

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Why make selections?
Selection tool options
Anti-aliased selections
The Marquee Tools
The Lasso tools
The Magic Wand tool
The Quick Selection tool

Refining selection edges
Inversing the selected areas
Working with Selections
Feathering a selection45
Defringe command
Saving Selections as Alpha Channels
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Topic 4 Introducing Colour and Tonal Correction

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The Photoshop Colour Wheel
The Colour Table
Variations
Colour Balance
Hue/Saturation
The Histogram Palette

Using Levels to adjust tonal range
Using Levels to correct colour casts
Using Levels when there are no obvious black or white points
Adjustment layers3
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Topic 5 A Suggested Image Correction Methodology

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Preparing an RGB imaTopic Objectives
Preparing an RGB image for print
Steps for accurate correction & conversion to CMYK

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Topic 6 Layers

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The Layers palette
Creating layers
Converting a background into a layer
Changing the visibility of layers
Changing a layer’s opacity
Selecting and Moving layers
Duplicating a layer
Renaming a layer

Rearranging layers
Deleting layers
Linking and unlinking layers
Merging layers
Flattening layers
Layer masks
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Topic 7 Painting

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Foreground and background colours
Selecting a colour with the Eyedropper tool
Selecting a colour with the Colour palette
Selecting a colour with the Swatches palette
Selecting a colour with the Adobe Colour Picker
Adding a colour to the Swatches palette
Deleting a colour from the Swatches palette

The painting tools
Opacity and Flow settings
Using the Brush palette
Blending Modes
Erasing
The Paint Bucket tool
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Topic 8 Type

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Creating point type
Creating paragraph type
Committing changes to type
Selecting type
Formatting type

Transforming the type bounding box
Warping type
Applying layer styles to type layers
Saving type as vector type
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Topic 9 Image Transformation

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Canvas size
Rotating and flipping the canvas
The Crop tool
Cropping and resampling
Scaling
Rotating

Skewing
Perspective
Distorting
Free Transform
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Topic 10 Image Retouching

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The Clone Stamp tool
The Spot Healing Brush tool
The Healing Brush tool
The Patch tool
The Colour Replacement tool

Removing red eye
The Dodge and Burn tools
The Sponge tool
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Topic 11 Filters

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The Filter Gallery
Dust and Scratches
Gaussian Blur

Unsharp Mask
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Topic 12 Web Graphics

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Issues to consider
The Save for Web and Devices command
Optimizing an image

Resizing an image
Web File Formats
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Topic 13 Colour Management

Reproducing Colour
Colour Management Basics
Setting up Colour Management in Photoshop

Monitor Calibration
Monitor Calibration Workshop

Appendix A Adobe Bridge

Appendix B Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

Appendix C Index