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Duration: 2 days
Time: 10am - 6pm
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Photoshop Advanced: Print and Photography

Certified Adobe Photoshop Authorized Training at FMC FMC is an Adobe Authorized Training Center

Course Description

This 2-day course provides a thorough overview for experienced users who wish to further their effectiveness on Photoshop CS6. The course trains photographers and designers how to catalogue their work as well as how to enhance their photographs. This course is an ideal combination of instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice.

Who Should Attend?

  • Those involved in any area of digital media, including desktop publishing, multimedia design, web design, digital video editing, and other disciplines for which Photoshop is the industry standard
  • Photographers and artists who work with photographs

Prerequisites

Instructor in Action

Course Outline:

Note: The curricula below comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.

Lesson 1: Understanding How Digital Images Work

  • Understanding RGB and CMYK color models (additive and Subtractive)
  • Image size Vs. Resolution - What’s the difference?
  • Pixel Aspect Ratio - Are all pixels square?
  • Bits per channel - what does that mean?
  • Alpha Channel - Why is this important to us?

Lesson 2: Adobe Bridge

  • Working with Adobe Bridge
  • Workspace
  • Viewing and managing files
  • Running automated tasks
  • Metadata and keywords
  • Mini Bridge

Lesson 3: Camera RAW

  • Understanding Camera RAW
  • Processing CameraRAW files
  • Cropping, straightening and White Balancing
  • Exposure and advanced color correction
  • Open RAW as a Smart Object
  • Synchronize adjustments
  • Export as DNG
  • Open in Photoshop

Lesson 4: Vector Drawing Techniques

  • About bitmap images and vector graphics
  • About paths and the Pen tool
  • Vector drawing
  • The Pen tool
  • Using paths with artwork
  • Creating vector objects for the background
  • Working with defined custom shapes
  • Alpha channels vs. Paths
  • Vector masks & opacity masks
  • Creating and saving a custom shape

Lesson 5: Smart Objects

  • What is a Smart object
  • Copying Vs. placing
  • What can I do with a Smart Object?
  • Convert to Smart Object
  • New Smart Object Via Copy
  • Editing the Smart object
  • Export Contents
  • Replace Contents
  • Stacking
  • Introduction to Smart Filters
  • Rasterizing

Lesson 6: Vanishing Point

  • Clipping a layer to a shape
  • Setting up a Vanishing Point grid
  • Placing imported artwork
  • Adding artwork in perspective
  • Placing the side panel artwork using Vanishing Point
  • Adding more artwork in perspective
  • Adding an adjustment layer
  • Working with layer comps
  • Managing layers
  • Flattening a layered image
  • Merging layers and layer groups (smart object)
  • Modes for groups
  • Layer and Vector Masks for Groups

Lesson 7: Adjustment Layers & Filters

  • Working with Adjustment Layers
  • Working with some Filters
  • The filter Gallery
  • Smart Objects (Photoshop, Illustrator and RAW)
  • Working with Smart Filters

Lesson 8: Photomerge

  • Creating panoramas with photomerge
  • Stacking Images
  • 16-bit & 32-bit color space
  • Creating High Dynamic Range (HDR) files

Lesson 9: Layer Comps

  • Understanding Layer Comps
  • Using Layer Comps
  • Exporting Layer Comps

Lesson 10: Actions & Scripts

  • Understanding Actions
  • Using Actions
  • Creating Actions
  • Batch Processing
  • Using the Bridge to create web galleries & PDF presentations
  • Using Scripts
  • Script Event Manager to use actions and scripts together
  • Exporting layered files to desktop publishing applications

Lesson 11: Touch Up Tricks

  • Using Adjustment Layers (with layer and vector masks)
  • Group Controls (Opacity and Modes)
  • Painting with light
  • Clone Source Panel with the Clone Stamp tool
  • Creating a pattern and saving a pattern
  • Displacement maps
  • About Adobe Exchange

Lesson 12: Brushes

  • Making a Preset Brush
  • Changing the attributes of a brush
  • Loading a Brush
  • Creating & saving a Brush
  • Painting with the Mixer Brush
  • Selecting Brush Settings
  • Mixing Colors
  • Mixing colors with a photograph

Lesson 13: Producing and Printing Consistent Color

  • About color management
  • CMYK, RGB & LAB
  • Getting started
  • Specifying color-management settings
  • Proofing an image
  • Identifying out-of-gamut colors
  • Adjusting an image and printing a proof
  • Saving the image as a CMYK EPS file
  • Printing vs. Exporting as PDF
  • Printing