Adobe Photoshop CS2: Advanced ACE Edition Study Guide

1-4188-8840-0 © 2007 Publish date: April 18, 2006 214 pages

 

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If you're considering going for your ACE credential with advanced Photoshop skills, consider the Photoshop CS2: Advanced ACE Edition study guide.

CBT is proud to present this highly rated course to you. In fact, it has achieved a 4.9/5.0 rating in overall quality from ProCert Labs. The Photoshop CS2: Advanced ACE Edition courseware builds on the concepts, techniques and skills that you learned in the basic Photoshop CS2 course.

You will learn techniques used in the creation and usage of masks and vector paths, fills and overlays. You'll learn to automate repetitive tasks and use special effects.

Our computer training books make fantastic standalone self-study courses and can also be used as an aid when using an alternative training method. This Photoshop CS2: Advanced ACE Edition courseware maps to the Adobe Certified Expert exam objectives. In addition, the CertBlaster exam prep software is also included to help you get ready for the exam.

The expert authors have taken the training material and broken down into five units. Each unit contains high-quality information, review questions, and exercises. You can study for your ACE certification anywhere you want. Take the manual with you wherever you go for studying whenever the opportunity arises.

Course Objectives

You'll learn about adding colors to the Swatches palette, applying colors to both selections and fill layers, working with patterns and gradient, using the Preset Manager, and using overlay layer styles.

You will also work in both the Quick Mask mode and alpha channels, create layer and grayscale masks, and use clipping masks

We'll show you the various path tools and commands used with vector paths, vector masks, and clipping paths as well as how to use paths in the creation of vector-based artwork.

Painting tools, filters, and blending modes are covered as are warp text and layers. You'll learn about grouping layers and creating Smart Objects, layer comps, and preparing images for being used in video productions.

Finally, you'll learn about actions and the Actions palette and how to customize menus and keyboard shortcuts.

Course Contents

Unit 1 covers fills and overlays

• How to fill image areas
• Patterns and gradients
• Overlaying layers

Unit 2 discusses masks

• Mask channels
• Layer masks
• Grayscale masks
• Clipping masks

Unit 3 goes over vector paths

• How to create vector paths
• How to edit vector paths
• Vector masks
• Creative imagery using paths

Unit 4 covers image effects

• Paint effects
• Warps
• Efficient compositing
• Layer comps
• Images for video

Unit 5 covers automating tasks

• Actions
• How to organize actions
• Batch processing
• Customizing Photoshop