Lesson 1.1 Getting to know the work area Selecting and using a tool from the toolbox Applying a change to a selected area |
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Lesson 1.2 Getting to know the work area Using the tool options bar and other palettes Adding text to a postcard Sampling a colour |
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Lesson 1.3 Getting to know the work area Undoing actions in Photoshop Choosing and using a brush |
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Lesson 3 Basic Photo Corrections (45min - 1 hour) Understand image resolution and size Straighten and crop an image Adjust the tonal range of an image Remove a color cast from an image using Auto Color correction Adjust the saturation and brightness of isolated areas of an image using the Sponge and Dodge tools Apply the Unsharp Mask filter to finish the photo-retouching process Save an image file for use in a page-layout program. |
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Lesson 4a Retouching Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool Using the Spot Healing Brush tool |
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Lesson 4b Retouching Using the Healing Brush to remove flaws About snapshots and History palette states Using the Patch tool Using the History Brush tool to selectively reedit |
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Lesson 4c Retouching Retouching on a separate layer Using the Healing Brush on a duplicate layer Patching and softening using the separate layer |
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Lesson 5 Working with Selections (less than 1 hour) Make specific areas of an image active using various tools |
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Mr Melon Head Working with Selections (an extension exercise without notes) Positioning and resizing elements |
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Lesson 6 Layer Basics (about an hour) Organize artwork on layers |
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Lesson 7 Masks and Channels (about an hour) • Refine a selection using a quick mask |
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Lesson 9 Typographic Design (about an hour) • Use guides to position text in a composition |
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Lesson 10 Vector Drawing Techniques • Differentiate between bitmap and vector graphics |
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Lesson 11 Advanced Layer Techniques • Create clipping groups so that an image on one layer can be a mask for artwork on other layers |