Advanced Photoshop Training Class

Class Description

This Advanced Photoshop training class will take your Photoshop skills to the next level! It is meant for experienced Photoshop users who wish to master many of the intermediate and advanced techniques in Photoshop. We will cover: advanced layers, advanced retouching, content aware, smart objects, vanishing point, vector graphics, adjustment layers, layer comps, actions, 3D graphics, color spaces and more.

In this Photoshop training class, the Web Guru will expertly guide you through the intermediate and advanced features of Photoshop with an emphasis on real-world projects. Upon completion of this course you will be able to use Photoshop with greater confidence and apply your new skills immediately.

Who should take class?

• Experienced Photoshop users
• Digital media professionals such as photographers, graphic designers, web designers, marketers, content creators, communicators and others who use Photoshop
• You should be familiar with all the topics in the Introduction to Photoshop Training Class

What’s Included?

• Instruction from an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI), who is also an experienced web and graphic designer
• Detailed notes
• Lesson files and hands-on exercises
• Follow up sessions with the instructor by phone and email

Detailed Curriculum, Advanced Photoshop Training Class

Note: The following is the standard curriculum for the class, and is always customized to meet the needs of the students who attend.

1. Review of Basic Concepts

• Color modes
• Tools
• Layers
• Selections
• Masks
• Channels

2. Advanced Layering

• Clipping a layer to a shape
• Placing imported artwork
• Adding a layer style
• Adjustment layers
• Layer comps
• Managing layers
• Flattening a layered image
• Merging layers

3. Advanced Compositing

• Assembling montage of images
• Applying filters
• Hand coloring
• Applying SmartFilters
• Drop shadows and borders
• Fading images using layer mask
• Blending modes

4. Vector Drawing

• About bitmap and vector graphics
• Pen tool and paths
• Creating vector objects for background
• Importing Smart Object
• Vector shapes
• Vector masks

5. Advanced Retouching

• Content aware fill
• Content aware patch
• Content aware move
• Spot healing brush and Healing Brush
• Masking for greater control
• Adjustment layers

6. Smart Objects

• What is a smart object
• Copying vs. placing
• How smart objects work
• Convert to smart object
• New smart object via copy
• Editing smart object contents
• Exporting contents
• Replacing contents
• Introduction to smart filters
• Rasterizing smart object

7. Vanishing Point

• Setting up a vanishing point grid
• Placing imported artwork
• Healing in perspective
• Copying in perspective
• Adding artwork in perspective

8. Adjustment Layers & Filters

• Working with adjustment layers
• Working with filters
• The filter gallery
• Working with smart filters
• Adding an adjustment layer
• Working with layer comps
• Modes for groups
• Layer and vector masks for groups

9. Layer Comps

• Understanding layer comps
• Using layer comps
• Exporting layer comps

10. Actions & Scripts

• Understanding actions
• Using actions
• Creating new actions
• Batch processing
• Using scripts
• Exporting to PDF files

11. Working with 3D Images

• Creating a 3D layer from a shape
• Manipulating 3D objects
• Using 3D panel to adjust lighting and texture
• Merging 2D layers into 3D layers
• Importing 3D files
• Adding a spot light
• Painting on a 3D object
• Adding 3D text
• Creating a 3D postcard

12. Color Management

• About color management
• Color spaces
• Specifying color management options
• Proofing an image
• Identifying out of gamut colors
• Adjusting color and printing a proof
• Saving image as CMYK
• Printing
• Exporting for web

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