Course Description: 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 Length: 1.0 day
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.
Performance-Based Objectives: Upon successful
completion of this course, students will be able to: