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Photoshop CS2 Fundamental Techniques by Julieanne Kost
by Miscellaneous Trainers

DVD-ROM

Learn essential skills that will become a foundation for a creative and efficient workflow. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the Photoshop workspace environment and navigate with confidence into the myriad of menus and dialog boxes. Julieanne will teach you timesaving and pixel-preserving techniques including some intermediate methods such as Color Management, Tonal Adjustments, Layers, Masking and Camera RAW.

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PSCS2JKFD

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Sessions

DVD-ROM : Total Run Time: over 12.5 hours

Session 01 : Application Overview
Photoshop's Editing Environment, User Interface, Welcome Screen, Application Menus, Tool Bar, Options Bar, Palettes, Workspaces, Image Area, Context-Sensitive Menus and Shortcuts
Session 02 : Color Management Basics
Color Management Overview (what it is, why you need it, how it works, and where you control it), Setting up the Work Environment, Creating a Neutral Desktop, Monitor Calibration, and Color Settings
Session 03 : Opening Images with Adobe Bridge
Navigating and Displaying Images, Customizing Workspaces, Managing and Opening Multiple Files, Batch Renaming
Session 04 : Organizing and Managing Images
Labeling, Rating and Sorting Images, Slide Show Mode, Viewing, Editing and Adding Custom Metadata and Keywords, File Info, Local Searching, Collections
Session 05 : Navigation
Zoom Levels, Menu Commands, Keyboard Shortcuts, The Navigator Palette, The Zoom and Hand Tools, Actual Pixels, Fit On Screen, Print Size, Tiling, Zoom and Scroll All Windows, Match Zoom and Location
Session 06 : Crop and Straighten
Rotate Canvas, Flip Horizontally and Vertically, Rotate Arbitrary, Crop, Constraining Aspect Ratios, Rotating and Cropping In One Step, Perspective Correction, Guides, Grids, Multiple Undo, The History Palette, Revert, Saving, Save As, Naming Conventions, and Auto Crop and Straighten Photos
Session 07 : Automated Image Adjustments
Duplicating Images, Auto Levels, Auto Contrast, Auto Color, Duplicating Layers, Variations, and Shadow/Highlight
Session 08 : Bit Depth, Modes and Channels
The Channels Palette, Bit Depth (8 and 16), Color Modes, (RGB, CMYK, Grayscale, Bitmap, Index Color), Color Palettes, Mode Conversion, File Size
Session 09 : Image Size
Calculating File Size, Resizing Images, File Size, Document Size, Resolution, Print Size, Interpolation Methods
Session 10 : Basic Layers
Creating New Files, Drag and Drop, the Layers Palette, Renaming, Duplicating, Deleting, Moving, Hiding and Showing Layers, The Background Layer, Transparency, Locking, Layers Opacity and Blend Modes, Rulers and Guides, Smart Guides, Multi-layer Select, Stacking Order, Layer Styles, Layer Groups, Saving Layered Files, Flattening Images
Session 11 : Transforming Images
Free Transform - Scale, Rotate, Skew, Perspective And Distort, Point of Origin, Interpolation, Transform Again, Transform Controls, Lens Distortion Corrections (Pincushioning, Barreling, Perspective, Rotation, and Chromatic Aberration, Vignetting), Image Warping
Session 12 : Tonal Corrections with Adjustment Layers
Adjustment Layers, Global Adjustments, Levels, Curves, The Histogram Palette, Black, White and Gray Balance Eyedropper, Selective Changes, Hue and Saturation, Photo Filter Adjustment Layers
Session 13 : Basic Selections
Selection Edges (Anti-Aliased, Aliased, and Feathering), the Marquee, Lasso and Magic Wand Tools, Moving, Transforming, Adding To and Subtracting From Selections, Combining Tools, The Select Menu (Modifying a Selection, Smooth, Expand, Contract, Grow, Similar), Select Similar Layers, Select Inverse, Defringe
Session 14 : Painting
The Brushes Palette, Creating, Loading and Saving Brushes, Defining/Locking Brush Attributes, Brush Dynamics, Pressure Sensitivity, Brush Tip Shapes, Defining a Brush, The Fill Command, The Paint Bucket, Opacity and Flow, The Brushes Preset Picker, Creating Tool Presets, Painting a Simple Textured Background
Session 15 : Patterns and Gradients
The Fill Command, Solid Color Fill Layers, The Gradient Tool, Using Gradient Fill Layers, Defining Patterns, The Pattern Stamp Brush, Seamless Patterns, Pattern Maker
Session 16 : Removing Imperfections
Dust and Scratches Filter, Copy and Paste, The Clone Stamp, Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush and Patch Tools, Fading Corrections, Reducing Noise, Removing Red Eye
Session 17 : Camera Raw Basics
Defining RAW, Benefits Of Raw, The Adobe Camera Raw Dialog, Setting White Balance, Display Options, Workflow Options, Adjust, Detail (Sharpening, Luminance Smoothing, Color Noise Reduction), Lens (Chromatic Aberrations and Vignetting), Curve (Creating and Saving Custom Curves), and Calibrate Tab, Opening and Saving Files and Settings, Working with Multiple Camera Raw Images, The Digital Negative Format (DNG)
Session 18 : Masking
Erasing vs. Masking, Creating, Editing, Manipulating, Viewing, Hiding, Deleting and Applying Soft and Hard Edge Masks, Varying Levels Of Transparency and Opacity
Session 19 : Dodging and Burning
The Dodge and Burn Tool, Adjustment Layers and Masking, Painting with Blend Modes
Session 20 : Sharpening
Global Sharpening, Unsharp Mask, Smart Sharpen, Selective Sharpening, Layer Masks, High Pass Filter, Hard Light Blend Mode
Session 21 : Blurring
The Blur and Smudge Tools, Blur Filters - Average, Blur, Blur More, Gaussian Blur, Motion Blur, Radial Blur, Box Blur, Surface Blur, Shape Blur, Lens Blur, Selective Blurring, Adding Noise
Session 22 : Artistic Filters
Filter Gallery, Stacking Multiple Filters, Filter Options, Selective Filtering, Diffuse Glow, Texturizer
Session 23 : Adding Edges
Burning Down Edges, Soft-edged Vignette, Borders, Using Filters, Creating Edges with Scanned Paper, Creating Textures, Custom Brushes
Session 24 : The History Palette and Art History Brush
The History Palette, History States, Snapshots, Saving History, Fill with History, Non Linear History, Art History Brush Options, Brush Spacing, Tip Shape, Loading Brushes
Session 25 : Liquify
Warp, Reconstruct, Twirl, Pucker, Bloat, Push Left, Mirror, Tool Attributes (Brush Size, Brush Density, Brush Pressure, Brush Rate, Turbulence, Jitter) Freeze, Thaw, Mask, Saving and Loading Masks
Session 26 : Typography
Canvas Size, Point Type, WYSIWYG Menus, The Character Palette, Changing Attributes (Tracking Kerning, Leading, Baseline Shift), Layer Effects, Saving Styles, Warping Type, Area Type, The Paragraph Palette, Check Spelling, Knock-out Effect
Session 27 : Saving
Save, Save As and Save a Copy, File Formats (PSD, TIFF, PDF and JPEG), Save For Web
Session 28 : Printing
Soft Proofing, Print With Preview, Settings, Color Management, Driver Options
Session 29 : Automating Tasks
Image Processor, Contact Sheet , Photomerge, Picture Package
Session 30 : Sharing Images
PDF Presentations (Adding Annotations and Notes, Password Protection), Web Photo Gallery (Templates, Client Reviews and Feedback, Flash Templates)

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