This class is appropriate for new users or users of Photoshop who want a thorough grounding in the basics.

Students will leave he class with the skills to edit and ehnance bitmap (raster) images in Photoshop and save them
for print or the web in various, appropriate formats.

This course is for beginner to intermediate level content creators who are new to Adobe Photoshop CS3 and who want to learn the interface and commonly used features. To gain the most from this class, students should: * Be familiar with Windows or Mac OS X. * Be familiar with general graphics concepts and terminology.

Outline:Lesson 1: Getting to Know the Work Area• Using the tools• Using the tool options bar and other palettes• Undoing actions in Photoshop• Customizing the workspace• Using Photoshop Help• Using Adobe online services• Toolbox overview

Lesson 2: Using Adobe Bridge• Viewing and editing files in Adobe Bridge• Embedding information for easy identification• Searching with Adobe Bridge• Using Favorites and Collections• Automating routine tasks• Acquiring stock photography

Lesson 3: Basic Photo Corrections• Strategy for retouching• Resolution and image size• Straightening and cropping an image• Making automatic adjustments• Manually adjusting the tonal range• Removing a color cast• Replacing colors in an image• Adjusting lightness with the Dodge tool• Adjusting saturation with the Sponge tool• Applying the Unsharp Mask filter• Comparing automatic and manual results• Saving the image for four-color printing

Lesson 4: Retouching and Repairing• Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool• Using the Spot Healing Brush tool• Retouching on a separate layer

Lesson 5: Working with Selections• Selecting with the Magic Wand tool• Using the Magic Wand with other selection tools• Working with oval and circular selections• Selecting with the lasso tools• Rotating a selection• Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool• Cropping an image and erasing within a selection

Lesson 6: Layer Basics• Using the Layers palette• Rearranging layers• Applying a layer style• Flattening and saving files

Lesson 7: Masks and Channels• Creating a quick mask• Editing a quick mask• Saving a selection made as a mask• Editing a mask• Loading a mask as a selection and applying an adjustment• Extracting an image• Applying a filter effect to a masked selection• Creating a gradient mask• Applying effects using a gradient mask

Lesson 8: Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photographs• About camera raw• Processing camera raw files• Correcting digital photographs• Editing images with a vanishing-point perspective• Correcting image distortion• Creating a PDF portfolio

Lesson 9: Typographic Design• Creating a clipping mask from type• Creating a design element from type• Using interactive formatting controls• Warping point type• Designing a paragraph of type• Warping a layer

Lesson 10: Vector Drawing Techniques• Using paths with artwork• Creating scalable objects for the background• Working with defined custom shapes

Lesson 11: Advanced Layer Techniques• Creating paths to clip a layer• Creating layer sets• Creating am adjustment layer• Creating a knockout gradient layer• Importing a layer from another file• Applying layer styles• Duplicating and clipping a layer• Liquefying a layer• Creating a border layer• Flattening a layered imageLesson 12: Saving Files in Various Formats• Saving for print• Saving for the Web and Devices (Gif, JPEG and PNG)• Optimizing for the web