This two-day advanced class will help you go beyond the basics offered in our Photoshop Level 1 class.
This course offers Photoshop and typographic design, vector drawing tools & techniques , advanced layers techniques, compositing , ImageReady, and color management.
Prerequisite:
- Photoshop level I (or comparable experience).
Audience:
- Producers
- Editors
- Assistant Editors
- Motion Graphic Artists interested in getting beyond the basics of Adobe Photoshop.
Note: Each student gets their own workstation.
Adobe Photoshop II: Advanced Techniques with Photoshop – Course Outline – (2-Days)
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?
Adobe Bridge
- Working with Adobe Bridge
- Workspace
- Viewing and managing files
- Running automated tasks
- Metadata and keywords
- Mini Bridge
Camera RAW
- About camera raw files
- Applying advanced color correction
- Understanding Camera RAW
- Processing Camera RAW 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
Advanced Compositing
- Arranging layers
- Using Smart Filters
- Painting a layer
- Adding a background
- Using the History Panel to undo tasks
- Upscaling a low-resolution image HDR
- 16-bit & 32-bit color space
- Creating High Dynamic Range (HDR) files
Lesson 7: Correcting Images
- Correcting digital photographs in Photoshop
- Correcting image distortion
- Adding depth of field
- Auto-align layers
- Content-aware scaling
- Content-aware fill
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
Vanishing Point
- Setting up a Vanishing Point grid
- Placing imported artwork
- Healing in perspective
- Copying in perspective
- Adding artwork in perspective
- Placing the side panel artwork using Vanishing Point
Adjustment Layers & Filters
- Working with Adjustment Layers
- Working with some 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
Layer Comps
- Understanding Layer Comps
- Using Layer Comps
- Exporting Layer Comps
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
Painting with the Mixer Brush
- Selecting brush settings
- Mixing colors
- Creating a custom brush preset
- Mixing colors with a photograph
Producing and Printing Consistent Color
- About color management
- CMYK, RGB & LAB
- Preparing files for printing
- Getting started
- Performing a “zoom test”
- Identifying out-of-gamut colors
- Adjusting an image
- Converting an image to CMYK
- About color management
- Specifying color-management settings
- Proofing an image
- Saving the image as a CMYK EPS file
- Printing a CMYK image from Photoshop
Note:
The curricula above 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.
