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 and who want to learn the interface, commonly used features for editing and enhancing photos, and creating graphics and documents in various formats for print or web.To gain the most from this class, students should: * Be familiar with Windows or Mac OS X. *

*Getting Started-Introduction and the Photoshop Interface/environment
Digital images
Discussing digital imagery
Identifying attributes of raster and vector graphics (What are raster and vector graphics?)
The Photoshop environment
Exploring the Photoshop window
Organizing Photoshop panels
Magnifying and scrolling images
Managing files with Adobe Bridge
Getting help
Using Photoshop Help

* Working with image selections
Selection techniques
Selecting rectangular and elliptical areas
Selecting with the Lasso tool
Saving and loading a selection
Selecting polygonal areas
Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool
Selecting with the Quick Selection tool
Selecting with the Magic Wand tool
Selecting with the Color Range command
Modifying selections
Adding to and subtracting from a selection
Modifying a selection
Using the Refine Edge dialog box
Moving a selection

* Working with layers
Creating layers
Creating a layer from a selection
Moving a selection to another image
Creating and filling empty layers
Modifying layers
Working with multiple layers
Transforming layer

* Using type layers
   Adding text to an image
Adding paragraph text to an image
Formatting text

* Using layer effects
Adjusting opacity
Applying layer blending modes
Applying layer styles

* Adjusting images
Image modes
Identifying image mode attributes
Specifying an image mode
Hue and saturation adjustments
Colorizing an image
Changing hue and saturation with an adjustment layer
Levels adjustments
Creating a Levels adjustment layer
Creating a clipped adjustment layer

* Retouching images
Repairing image defects
Fixing red eye
Cloning image areas
Repairing small defects with the Spot Healing Brush tool
Repairing medium-sized defects with the Healing Brush tool
Repairing large defects with the Patch tool
Removing image areas
Preparing an image before removing a background
Removing a complex background
Using Content-Aware Fill to delete a selection

* Painting
Specifying foreground and background colors
Sampling colors with the Eyedropper tool
Painting in an image
Using filters
Applying filters

* Resizing images
   Image resolution
Viewing an image’s resolution
Resizing an image without resampling
Resampling an image
Image canvas size
Cropping an image
Changing the canvas size

* Preparing finished images for print or web
Images for Web use
Saving an image for Web use
Generating an HTML-based Web photo gallery
Images for print use
Flattening image layers
Saving in TIFF format
Printing images
Printing an image
Importing images
  Importing images with PhotoDownloader
Creating a contact sheet