- SECTION 1: Introduction to Photoshop CS5
- SECTION 2: Making selections, editing and type design
- SECTION 3: Manipulating vectors, images and objects in Photoshop
SECTION 1: Introduction to Photoshop CS5
1. Introduction to Photoshop Essentials
- Pixels, Resolution & Color
- Exploring the Interface
- Choosing File Formats
2. Exploring and Customizing The Workspace
- Viewing & Navigating Images
- Setting User Preferences
- Choosing Color Settings
- Customizing the Workspace
- Essential Keyboard Shortcuts
3. Introduction to Adjustment Tools and their Purpose
- Using Rulers & Guides
- Introduction to the Adjustment tools and their purpose
- Learning the Curves Tool vs. the Levels tool
- Exploring Hue & Saturation
- Cropping & Straightening
- Adjusting Color Balance
SECTION 2: Making selections, editing and type design
1. Introduction to Photoshop Tools and their Use
- Introduction to Photoshop Tools and their use
- Manual Selection Tools
- Using the Quick Selection Tool
- Understanding the Selection panel
- Creating Color-Based Selections & Saving Selections
- Using Adjustment Layers
- Understanding Layer Masks
2. Brushes and Content-Aware Tools
- Applying Layer Blend Modes
- Snapshots & the History Brush
- The Retouching Tools, including Content-Aware Fill
- Removing Noise from an Image
- Adjusting Perspective with the Lens Correction Filter
- Content-Aware Scaling
3. Working with Type
- Working with Type
- Paragraph & Character Formatting Options
- Typing On a Path
- Applying Layer Styles
SECTION 3: Manipulating vectors, images and objects in Photoshop
1. Shape Tools, Paths and Smart Objects
- Vectors & the Shape Tools
- Creating Paths
- Saving & Loading Paths as Selections
- Subtracting, Adding Intersecting, & Excluding
- Vector Graphics as Smart Objects
- Creating & Replacing Smart Object
- Creating Multiple Instances of a Smart Object
2. Smart Filters, Metadata and Outputting
- Smart Objects Deserve Smart Filters
- Exploring the Workspace
- Searching & Organizing Files
- Leveraging Metadata
- Outputting
- Repairing an Image
3. Understanding Layers
- Manipulating Image Layers
- Mastering the Layers Panel
- Understanding the Layer Style Window
- Creating Layer Groups & Comps