Photoshop Level I or equivalent experience, plus the prerequisites for Level I.

This program will be conducted with interactive lectures, PowerPoint presentations, discussions and practical exercises

Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to :

· Create a one-page flyer while learning how to format type with paragraph styles, create a clipping mask, put type on a path, and use vertical type.

· Be introduced to the pen tool to draw paths which can be converted to selections or used as clipping paths when the image is imported into InDesign.

· Import, create, and work with Smart Objects for non-destructive editing.

· Create a montage of images with advanced compositing techniques.

· Use actions to automate repeated steps.

· Stitch together a panorama.

· Edit video and add a soundtrack.

· Paint an image with the mixer brush, create custom brushes, and mix colors.

· Create graphics for the Web.

· Understanding raster images and vector graphics

· Creating paths with the Pen tool

· Converting a path to a selection

· Creating and formatting vector shape objects

· Working with pre-defined custom shapes

· Importing an Illustrator file as a Smart Object

· Assembling a montage of images into one image

· Applying filters to Smart Objects, non-destructively

· Painting with a blending mode on a layer

· Creating an action to automate a multistep task

· Creating a conditional action

· Resizing an image larger without losing quality

· Stitching a panorama

· Saving for four-color printing

· Saving for the Web

· Creating a new video project and importing media

· Animating text and creating effects

· Adding transitions

· Adding audio and muting unwanted audio

· Exporting video to mp4

· Understanding the mixer brush and selecting settings

· Mixing colors using wet & dry settings in the options bar

· Creating a custom brush preset

· Using the mixer brush to paint on a photograph

· Converting text to 3D

· Creating 3D shapes in Photoshop

· Importing 3D objects from other applications

· Manipulating 3D objects

· Positioning objects in a scene

· Rendering a 3D scene

· Creating slices and setting slice options

· Creating Navigation buttons

· Exporting HTML and images

· Using the Zoomify feature

· Specifying color-management settings

· Proofing an image

· Identifying out-of-gamut colors

· Adjusting an image and printing a proof

· Saving the image as a CMYK EPS file

· Printing