Adobe Photoshop Lesson Overview - Photoshop 7.0 Tutorial for Beginner

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With this Learn Adobe^® Photoshop^® 7.0 tutorial you will learn:

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Lesson One	Lesson Two	Lesson Three
Section 1 - Introduction Section 2 - The Photoshop Window Opening Photoshop Menu bar and its components Tools options bar Flyover flags Floating toolboxes Palettes Status bar Workspace Section 3 - Opening Image Files Opening an image file Formats of photographs PSD JPEG Converting photo to JPEG format Create a folder Selecting and opening multiple files Exploring image size Pixels defined Resolution defined Save commands Section 4 - The File Browser Investigating the File Management tools File browser Moving files between the hierarchies Using the thumbnail images Rotate photographs Batch Rename dialog box Section 5 - Creating New Files Create new file Changing image resolution and size Changing image modes Checking the image size against resolution High vs. low resolution image sizes Closing palettes Rotate canvas Image vs. canvas size Fill color Changing settings on image and canvas size Section 6 - The Work Area Reset palette locations Photoshop toolbox Changing the screen modes Using the tab key to minimize palettes Zoom tools and magnification tools Turning on and off status bar Keyboard shortcuts for Zoom tools Using Zoom tool on Navigator palette Hand tool Fit on screen function Actual pixels functions Opening multiple view of the images Section 7 - Using the Toolbox Marquee tool Reset all Tools feature Selecting areas on the workspace Paint Bucket tool Using selection tools on an image Lasso tool Magic Wand tool Add to Selection tool Doing multiple undo clicks Deleting selected areas Fill in color with eyedropper Patch tool to copy one part of an image to another Crop tool Section 8 - Working with Palettes Palettes defined Navigation palette Info palette Collapsing palettes Arranging palettes on the workspace Closing specific palettes Change palette size Palette well for easy access Save workspace History palette Shortcut icons on the palettes Section 9 - The Layers Palette Layers palette defined Lock icon on layer name Create a new layer Transforming a layer Locking width and height Moving a layer Flipping a layer Text layer Formatting text layer Naming a layer Changing a layer style Options in the Layer palette Turn off a layer Opacity slider Blending Mode menu Locking icons Fill slider Section 10 - Managing Multiple Layers Stacking order of the palette Dragging layers in palette Shortcut: (Ctrl+]) to move layers Duplicate layers Delete layers Create a new layer set tool Dragging layers into new layer set Sets as layer management tool Delete layer sets Linking layers together Shortcut: (Ctrl+T) to transform Flatten Image tool Save layered image as JPEG	Section 1 - Introduction Section 2 - Making Selections Selection tool Lasso tool Shortcut: (Ctrl+D) to clear selection Polygonal Lasso tool Magnetic Lasso tool Magic Wand tool Setting tolerance with the contiguous option Grow Selection command Shortcut: (Ctrl+H) to hide selection Anti-alias technique to blur borders Saving selections Channel layers Inverse command Section 3 - Transforming Images Combining images Determining pixel and image dimensions Duplicate layer Blending mode option Multiply blending mode option Transform layers Changing dimensions Flipping and rotating images Using Edit menu vs. Image menu Using undo, step forward, and step backward Using the History palette Locking layers Turning on and off visibility of a layer Crop tool Section 4 - Advanced Compositing Shortcut: (W) to select Magic Wand tool Exploring Select mode Intersect with Select mode Save selection Channels palette Color Blending mode Layer Masks defined Add layer masks Changing brush tool size History palette option menu Creating Snapshot in History palette Shortcut: (Ctrl+Shift+I) to inverse Softening borders Feather command Elliptical Marquee tool Section 5 - Quick Mask Mode Quick Mask mode defined Using the Quick Mask mode Editing the Quick Mask mode Changing Brush tool Changing Quick Mask Mode options Changing Quick Mask opacity Adding an adjustment layer Using the Brightness and Contrast box Section 6 - Retouching Images Crop tool Shortcut: (Ctrl+R) for Ruler Using Rulers to crop Using Info palette Changing palette options Changing rule units to pixels Desaturate adjustment features Change contrast levels in images Clone Stamp tool Healing Brush and Patch tools Sharpen Image features Unsharp Mask defined Using the Unsharp Mark feature History Brush tool Section 7 - Color Balance Color balance defined Using the Color Balance features Adjusting color levels and tone balance Defining color samples Adjusting RGB values Using Variations features Adjusting Hue and Saturation Create new hue or adjustment layer Section 8 - Working with Text Saving images in web format Fill background color Paint bucket Adding a text layer Changing font, size, and color for text Anti-alias select Adjustment font and size Using text enhancements Bevel and Emboss Drop Shadow Move tool Feather edge Add text labels Create warped text Adding and copying text labels Organizing text layers Organizing layer sets Link text with image Character and Paragraph Palettes Spacing Paragraph justification Check spelling Section 9 - Vectors Shapes Vectors defined Bitmap vs. Vector graphics Pixels explored Using Shape tools Setting radius Move tool Adding and setting layer styles Tool presets Shape tool options Setting Style options Creating backdrops Setting ruler guides Create web buttons as vector Using new set from linked image Duplicate layer set Move tool options Using Auto Selection Layer	Section 1 - Introduction Section 2 - Setting Preferences Preference dialog box Shortcut: (Ctrl+K) for Preference dialog box Interpolation defined Setting Interpolation Bicubic defined Setting History states Setting File Handling preferences Setting Display and Cursors preferences Setting Transparency and Gamut Setting Units and Rules preferences Setting Guides, Grids, and Slices preferences Setting Plug-in and Scratch Disks preferences Using primary and secondary disks Using Memory and Image Cache preferences Image cache defined Help files Section 3 - Color Management Monitor vs. Printer colors Color Settings dialog box US Prepress Defaults setting defined Web graphics defaults Setting working space colors Using Assign Profile mode Using Embedded Color Profiles RGB vs. CMYK colors compared 8 bits per channel defined Flattened colors Indexed Color mode Channel palettes Color Sampler tool Shades of gray, white Section 4 - Selecting Colors Color picker Foreground color selector Exploring different color values Hexadecimal color values Changing colors to gray Changing colors to white and black Changing to pure colors Desaturating colors Out of Gamut defined Gamut Warning icon Web Safe Color Indicator icon Only Web Color checkbox Web Bit format of 256 colors Color Strip palette Selecting color sliders Predefined color swatches Section 5 - The Actions Palette Prerecorded series of commands Action Palette defined Creating frames Frame Channel Action Recording new set of actions Collapse Action Sets Record new action Play back action set Display dialog box during actions Assigning action to a key Image Effects features Button mode Section 6 - Automating Functions Create new folder Automating a batch Change Play Batch to Action set Play action on folder Errors drop-down menu Play the automated actions Batch Process actions Web Photo Gallery command Styles E-mail Extension type Create thumbnails page Thumbnail gallery options Examining the Photo Gallery folders Picture Package command Printing pictures Section 7 - Using Filters Filters defined Moving image onto to a web page Using artistic filters Adjusting filter details Using slider bar controls Distorting filter Sketch filter Reticulation filter Craquelure filter Section 8 - Rollovers and Image Maps HTML coding Optimizing download time Using slices and image maps to make page interactive Hot Spots defined Break up pieces to optimize Clear guides Using the slide tool Automatic slices created by Photoshop Creating a new layer-based slice Show Bounding Box option Advantages of layer-based slice Slice Select tool Slice Options dialog box Promote to User Slice button Hide Auto Slices button ImageReady® tool Shortcut: (Ctrl+Shift+M) for ImageReady Image Map defined Turning on and off slices visibility Preview actions in ImageReady Return to Photoshop icon Using the rollover and Slice palette View HTML code Slice Select tool Create rollover state Add link information to rollover buttons Selecting rollover State options Add link to rollover state Image Maps defined Image Map palette Add rollover state to image Adding special effects to rollover states Removing rollover from image Section 9 - Animation in ImageReady Add Animation elements on a web page Animation slice Layer Styles icon Drop Shadow option Animation tab Duplicate Current Frame icon Playing animation on palette Tweening defined Tweening command Setting loop count Setting loop times Copying and pasting tweening frames Reverse tweening frames Deleting tweening frames Changing animation to a GIF file Optimize palette Layer-based animations Section 10 - Optimizing Web Graphics Optimization defined Major formats for the Web JPEG vs. GIF formats Save for Web options Selecting download time Choosing image formats Optimizing image slices Changing download time Reading status bar Reducing size of image Saving optimized web page


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