Online Photoshop CS4 Course Training

Adobe » Photoshop

Only $99.95

ONLINE Photoshop CS4 TRAINING FEATURES

  • Learn Photoshop CS4 online with these interactive online Photoshop CS4 courses.
  • Affordable Pricing (Only $99.95 for the complete series)
  • A full year to complete the Photoshop CS4 courses
  • Retake the Photoshop CS4 courses as many times as you like
  • Measure your progress with assessment tests after each course
  • Earn completion certificates after passing each assessment test
  • Photoshop CS4 Series (25 hours)

1. Getting Started with Photoshop CS4

Time: 2 hours
This course explains some of the hottest new features available in this version of Photoshop. This course steps you through creating a 3D postcard. The composition for the postcard will come from several different sources, allowing you to use some of the new cloning, masking, and adjustment features.

Objectives

  • Compose an image
  • Use the Mask panel
  • Add graphics with the Clone tool
  • Add an adjustment layer
  • Add a text layer
  • Make a 3D image

Topics

  • Taking a Look at the Final Project
  • Composing an Image
  • Using the Mask Panel
  • Adding Graphics with the Clone Tool
  • Adding an Adjustment Layer
  • Adding a Text Layer
  • Making a 3D Image


2. Exploring the Workspace

Time: 2 hours
This course familiarizes you with the features of Adobe Photoshop CS4 that allow you to customize the workspace as you see fit.

Objectives

  • Identify common tools on the Tools panel
  • Zoom in and out of a document with the Zoom tool
  • Rotate the image view of a document with the Rotate View tool
  • Distinguish the differences between three available screen modes
  • Access panels in the panel docking area with the Basic workspace
  • Save a custom workspace

Topics

  • Exploring the Tools Panel
  • Navigating the Image Area
  • Using Tabbed Windows and Screen Modes
  • Using Panels
  • Expanding and Customizing Panels


3. Using Adobe Bridge

Time: 2 hours
This course explains the use of Adobe Bridge in relation to the other CS4 applications and Adobe Photoshop. Bridge is a central hub that you can use to locate, organize, and browse the documents you need to create print, Web, video, and audio content.

Objectives

  • Navigate Adobe Bridge
  • Create and work with folders in Adobe Bridge
  • Create and locate metadata
  • Add keywords to images
  • Use Bridge to create a Web gallery
  • Build a PDF contact sheet

Topics

  • Working with Adobe Bridge
  • Using Folders
  • Creating Metadata and Keywords
  • Finding Files
  • Creating a Web Photo Gallery
  • Creating a PDF Contact Sheet
  • Changing the Adobe Bridge View


4. Understanding Photoshop Basics

Time: 2 hours
This course explains several of the fundamental uses of Adobe Photoshop CS4. This course teaches about combining images by working with layers. This course also features information on the different image file formats that can be used in Photoshop.

Objectives

  • Describe document settings
  • Remove backgrounds
  • Save files
  • Combine images
  • Work with layers
  • Soften hard image edges
  • Add text to images
  • Describe different image file formats
  • Change color settings

Topics

  • Combining Images
  • Transforming Combined Images
  • Removing Backgrounds and Stacking Layers
  • Refining Edges
  • Adding Text
  • Saving Photoshop Files
  • Choosing a New Color Profile
  • Adjusting Image Size and Saving as PDF


5. Making the Best Selections

Time: 3 hours
This course explains the options that are available for making selections in Photoshop CS4. Building up skills with the selection tools is critical to making natural-looking manipulations and adjustments to an image. This course provides many methods that can be used individually or combined to create the best selection.

Objectives

  • Use the selection tools
  • Refine your selections
  • Transform selections
  • Use the Pen tool
  • Save selections

Topics

  • Square and Center-Point Selections
  • Creating a Layer from a Selection
  • Using the Magic Wand Tool
  • Using the Lasso and Quick Selection Tools
  • Refining Selection Edges
  • Saving and Copying Selections
  • Using the Pen Tool
  • Selecting an Area with the Pen
  • Pen Tool Selection Tips


6. Painting and Retouching

Time: 3 hours
This course explains the RGB and CMYK color models and how to use them in Adobe Photoshop CS4. This course also discusses how to retouch images using cloning and healing tools.

Objectives

  • Select colors
  • Use the Brush tool
  • Apply transparency
  • Use the blend modes
  • Retouch images

Topics

  • Selecting Colors
  • Painting in Photoshop CS4
  • Changing Opacity and Applying Color
  • Blending Modes and the Eyedropper
  • Retouching Images and Repairing Fold Lines
  • The History Panel and Healing Brushes
  • The Patch Tool and Clone Source Panel
  • Cloning from Another Source


7. Creating a Good Image

Time: 2 hours
This course explains several different settings you can use to correct color, lighting, or sharpness in order to get the best picture possible.

Objectives

  • Use color settings and the histogram
  • Discover a neutral
  • Use curves
  • Use Unsharp masking

Topics

  • Color Settings and the Histogram
  • Making Image Adjustments
  • Defining Highlights and Shadows
  • Adjusting Midtones and Neutrals
  • Sharpening Images


8. Working with Layers

Time: 3 hours
This course provides comprehensive information on using layers in Adobe Photoshop CS4. Layers are most helpful to build and use when creating professional composite images.

Objectives

  • Describe and use layers
  • Select and move layers
  • Use layer masks
  • Create compositions
  • Apply clipping masks

Topics

  • Building Layers
  • Selecting Layers
  • Stacking Order, Visibility, and Masks
  • Preserving Transparency
  • Creating Compositions
  • Creating and Editing Layer Masks
  • Cloning and Aligning Layers
  • Applying Filters to Layers
  • Creating Type Layers
  • Layer Styles and Clipping Masks


9. Doing More with Layers

Time: 2 hours
This course discusses creating adjustment layers, layer styles, and other advanced layer options. The topics discussed in this course are geared towards maintaining original image information while applying effects.

Objectives

  • Make color changes with adjustment layers
  • Use the Black and White adjustment layer
  • Combine layer effects
  • Apply layer fill and opacity settings

Topics

  • Changing Colors with Adjustment Layers
  • Refining Adjustment Layers
  • Adding Pattern Fill Layers
  • Adjusting Black and White
  • Adding Tints and Gradients
  • Adding Text Layers
  • Using Layer Styles
  • Saving and Accessing Layer Styles


10. Using Smart Objects

Time: 1 hours
This course covers using Smart Objects to retain an image's original information, even after a filter has been applied. It also covers placing graphics as Smart Objects, converting them to Smart Objects right in Photoshop, and even combining Smart Objects for greater flexibility and creativity.

Objectives

  • This course covers using Smart Objects to retain an image's original information, even after a filter has been applied. It also covers placing graphics as Smart Objects, converting them to Smart Objects right in Photoshop, and even combining Smart Objects for greater flexibility and creativity.
  • Open an image as a Smart Object
  • Convert a layer to a Smart Object
  • Place and edit a Smart Object
  • Replace the contents of a Smart Object layer

Topics

  • Using Smart Objects


11. Using Filters

Time: 1 hours
This course explains the fundamentals of applying filters, and shows how to use advanced filter features, like the Filter Gallery and Vanishing Point.

Objectives

  • This course explains the fundamentals of applying filters, and shows how to use advanced filter features, like the Filter Gallery and Vanishing Point.
  • Work with filters and the Filter gallery
  • Fade filter effects
  • Take advantage of Smart Filters
  • Use Vanishing Point

Topics

  • Using Filters


12. Creating Web and Video Images

Time: 1 hours
This course explains how to use Photoshop CS4 to style and distribute text, edit image slices for use with a Web page, and create video files and animations.

Objectives

  • This course explains how to use Photoshop CS4 to style and distribute text, edit image slices for use with a Web page, and create video files and animations.
  • Create Web and video presets
  • Save a still image for use on the Web
  • Save a still image with transparency for video
  • Build animation for Web and video

Topics

  • Creating Web and Video Images


13. Working with 3D Objects

Time: 1 hours
This course explains how to convert a standard two-dimensional image into a 3D image by creating a 3D object and adjusting the lighting.

Objectives

  • This course explains how to convert a standard two-dimensional image into a 3D image by creating a 3D object and adjusting the lighting.
  • Prepare an image for 3D
  • Create a 3D object
  • Adjust 3D lighting
  • Animate a 3D object

Topics

  • Working in Three Dimensions



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