Photoshop 7.0: Level 1
Course
length: 1 day
Course Description: In this course, students
will learn to use several tools for selecting parts of images, and will move,
duplicate, and resize images. You will learn to use layers, and to apply layer
effects and filters to create special effects, including lighting and texture
effects. Additionally, you will use painting tools and blending modes to create
shading effects, and will perform adjustments to contrast and color balance.
You will save images in formats for print and Web use.
Target Student: This course is designed
for students with little or no Photoshop experience, who are working, or desire
to work in the graphic arts or desktop publishing field.
Prerequisites: This first course in the
series, Photoshop 7.0: Level 1,
was designed for the student who has little or no experience using Adobe Photoshop,
and who needs to learn the basic skills that are necessary in order to begin
to use this program effectively. Before taking this course, you should have
a basic understanding of your computer’s operating system. For example, you
should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy
files from CDs and other media. The 
Software Training courses
Windows 98: Introduction, Windows ME: Introduction
and Windows XP: Introduction teach
these skills.
Delivery Method: Instructor-led,
group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on
activities.
Benefits: After completing this
course, students will be able to accurately select areas within Photoshop
images for editing and compositing images. Students will learn to add type and
apply effects such as glows and bevels to type and other image areas. Students
will learn to prepare images for use in print materials, as well as to prepare
images for use on the Web.
What's Next: Photoshop 7.0: Level 1 is the first in a two part series. After completing
this course, students can move on to the Software Training course,
Photoshop 7.0: Level 2 to learn
additional Photoshop 7.0 skills.
Performance-Based
Objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and
also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this
course, students will be able to:
- Identify the differences
between raster and vector graphics, and manipulate Photoshop's various
graphic tools and controls.
- Select appropriate
resolutions for different image and output types, and resize and crop
image areas.
- Select image areas
using the Lasso, Marquee, and Magic Wand tools, and use alpha channels to
save and load selections.
- Create and manipulate
multiple layers to composite images easily.
- Apply blending and
shading effects to create realistic composites.
- Identify the
characteristics of bitmap, grayscale, duotone, and color images.
- Select colors using
the Color palette, Color Picker, and Eyedropper tool, and use Photoshop’s
painting tools to create artwork or to retouch photographs.
- Add and format text
within an image, and apply layer effects and filters to create special
effects including lighting effects and textures.
- Modify the brightness,
contrast, color balance, hue, and saturation of images.
- Save images in file
formats for use with other applications and the Web.
Lesson 1: Photoshop’s
Environment
Topic 1A: Raster and Vector Graphics
Topic 1B: Photoshop Environment Elements
Topic 1C: Navigating in Photoshop
Lesson 2: Sizing Images
Topic 2A: Image Size and Resolution
Topic 2B: Cropping
Lesson 3: Selecting Image
Areas
Topic 3A: The Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee
Tools
Topic 3B: The Lasso Tools
Topic 3C: Saving Selections
Topic 3D: The Magic Wand Tool
Topic 3E: The Magnetic Lasso Tool
Topic 3F: Modifying Selections
Lesson 4: Layers
Topic 4A: Floating vs. Fixed Selections
Topic 4B: Undoing Previous Steps
Topic 4C: Copying Selections
Topic 4D: Creating Layers
Topic 4E: Transforming Layers
Topic 4F: Copying Layers Between
Images
Topic 4G: Saving Images in Photoshop Format
Topic 4H: Arranging Layers
Lesson 5: Blending and
Compositing
Topic 5A: Defringing
Topic 5B: Opacity and Blending Modes
Topic 5C: Feathering Edges
Lesson 6: Image Modes
Topic 6A: Mode Characteristics
Topic 6B: Grayscale and Bitmap Modes
Topic 6C: Color Modes
Lesson 7: Color and
Painting
Topic 7A: Selecting Colors
Topic 7B: Painting Tools
Topic 7C: The Clone Stamp Tool
Lesson 8: Text, Layer
Effects, & Filters
Topic 8A: Type Layers
Topic 8B: Layer Effects
Topic 8C: Filters
Topic 8D: Merging and Flattening Layers
Lesson 9: Adjusting
Images
Topic 9A: Brightness/Contrast
Topic 9B: Levels Adjustment Layers
Topic 9C: Toning Tools
Topic 9D: Hue/Saturation
Lesson 10: Saving
Completed Images
Topic 10A: Saving for Use in Print Applications
Topic 10B: Saving for the Web
Appendix A: Blending
Modes
A Table of Modes and Their Effects