Adobe Photoshop CS4: Level 1 Training | Chicago

Adobe® Photoshop® has been an indispensable image-editing software application for many years. As an aspiring graphic designer, you would like to familiarize yourself with design creation and image editing using this software. Understanding the different tools and features available in Photoshop CS4 will help you maximize your creative potential. In this course, you will use the various tools and features of Photoshop CS4 to work with images.

Course Objective: You will explore the Photoshop CS4 interface, customize it, and use tools for selecting parts of images. You will learn to use layers and to apply layer effects and filters for creating special effects. Additionally, you will use painting tools and blending modes to enhance the appearance of your design. Finally, you will save images in both print and web formats.

Target Student: Adobe® Photoshop® CS4: Level 1 is intended for a diverse audience including, but not limited to, computer-savvy professionals who want to create and enhance graphics for marketing materials, newsletters, blogs, and websites; photographers who want to work with and prepare photos for print or web; students with an interest in graphic design or those with novice design skills; and professionals who want to learn and use Photoshop CS4 as a complement to other CS4 programs, such as Illustrator.

Prerequisites: Before taking this course, students should have basic Windows application skills, such as copying and pasting objects, formatting text, saving files, and so on. It is also recommended that students have some experience with digital photography, and graphics working with Microsoft® Office PowerPoint®, Adobe® InDesign®, or Microsoft® Office Publisher.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Exploring the Adobe Photoshop CS4 Environment

Topic 1A: Explore the Photoshop Interface

Topic 1B: Explore the Navigation Tools

Topic 1C: Customize the Workspace

Topic 1D: Explore Adobe Bridge

Topic 1E: Use Photoshop Help

Lesson 2: Determining Resolution and Graphic Type

Topic 2A: Differentiate Between Raster and Vector Graphics

Topic 2B: Understand Image Resolution

Lesson 3: Working with Selections

Topic 3A: Create a Selection

Topic 3B: Save a Selection

Topic 3C: Modify a Selection

Topic 3D: Apply Color to a Selection

Lesson 4: Working with Layers

Topic 4A: Create Layers

Topic 4B: Work with Type Layers

Topic 4C: Transform Layers

Topic 4D: Apply Layer Styles

Topic 4E: Manage Layers

Lesson 5: Enhancing Images with Paint and Filters

Topic 5A: Paint on an Image

Topic 5B: Apply Filter Effects

Lesson 6: Exploring Image Modes and Color Adjustments

Topic 6A: Explore Grayscale and Bitmap Modes

Topic 6B: Explore Color Modes

Topic 6C: Apply Color Adjustments

Lesson 7: Saving Images for Web and Print

Topic 7A: Save Images for Print

Topic 7B: Save Images for the Web

Topic 7C: Save Images as PDF