Adobe Photoshop CS2: Basic Study Guide

1-4188-4807-7 © 2006 Publish date: August 16, 2005 168 pages

 

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CBT Planet brings you an Adobe Photoshop CS2 Basic study guide designed to introduce you to the fundamental features of Photoshop CS2. You will learn basic techniques such as how to select and modify images, and create and manipulate layers as well as effects. You will also follow the Adobe Photoshop CS2 Basic courseware to learn about retouching and resizing images, and preparing your images for printing and for the Internet.

You can use the manual on its own, or using it along with another teaching method as an enhancement to your studies. The study guide is an excellent addition to your classroom or CBT studies. You can take it with you to the computer lab because it is portable and handy. Keep your study guide with you as you attend classes or use it to brush up on your training.

After you've completed your studies, the book makes a nice addition to your reference collection. You can always thumb through its pages when you are working with Photoshop and stumble across a problem.

Using our computer training books to learn new programs is a solid way to learn through self-directed study. The Adobe Photoshop CS2 Basic courseware manual is designed for quick scanning and is loaded with interactive exercises to ensure your success.

Course Objectives

After following the courseware, you will understand raster and vector graphics, be able to customize Photoshop's environment, open images and magnify them, and use Photoshop Help. You will also work with selection tools for selecting image areas, and modify and manipulate selections.

We'll show you how to create layers, arrange and transform them and create Type layers. You'll learn how to use opacity, the various layer blending modes, and work with layer styles for applying effects to a layer's contents.

You'll learn how to switch around among Photoshop's image modes, how to adjust an image's hue and saturation, and how to use Levels commands for adjusting image contrast.

In addition, repairing image defects is covered as well as how to paint in an image, how to erase complex background areas, and how to apply filters.

Finally, you'll learn about resolution and dimensions, how to resize images with and without re-sampling, and how to use Crop tools and Canvas Size commands in order to affect the canvas size of an image.

Course Contents

Unit 1 covers getting started

• File types
• Photoshop's environment
• Accessing help

Unit 2 discusses working with image selections

• Selection techniques
• Modifying a selection

Unit 3 goes over layers

• Create layers
• Modify layers
• Type layers
• Layer effects

Unit 4 covers image adjustments

• Image modes
• Hue and saturation adjustments
• Levels adjustments

Unit 5 covers retouching

• Repair image defects
• Paint
• Background Eraser
• Filters

Unit 6 talks about resizing images

• Adjusting image resolution
• Adjusting image canvas size

Unit 7 covers preparing finished images

• Images for Internet use
• Images for print use