Day 1

09.00am – 10.00am

Working with Retouch Tools

• What is Retouching?
• The Blur Tool
• The Sharpen Tool
• The Smudge Tool

More Retouching Tools

• The Dodge Tool
• The Burn Tool
• The Sponge Tool

Breakfast

10.30am – 12.45pm

Working With Colour Brightness and Contrast

• What are Hue and Saturation?
• Working With Hue and Saturation
• Working with Brightness and Contrast
• Working with Shadows and Highlights

Retouching with Stamps and Brush Tools

• The Healing Brush
• Using the Patch Tool
• The Clone Stamp
• The Pattern Stamp

Understanding Layers

• What is a Layer?
• Creating Layers
• Deleting a Layer
• Renaming a Layer

Working With Layers

• Hiding and Displaying Layers
• Changing Layer Transparency
• Arranging Layers
• Duplicating Layers
• Layer via Cut and Layer via Copy

More on Layers

• Locking Layers
• Linking Layers
• Merging Layers
• Flattening the Image

Adjustment Layers

• What is an Adjustment Layer?
• Using Adjustment Layers
• Adjustments and Masks
• Grouping Adjustment Layers

12.45pm – 02.15pm

Lunch

02.15pm – 05.00pm

Working with Brushes

• Using the Paint Bucket
• Using the Paint Brush
• Using the Airbrush
• Working with Custom Brushes
• Creating a Custom Brush from Scratch
• Using the Pencil Tool

Photoshop Type Tools

• The Character Palette
• Working with Horizontal Type
• Working with Vertical Type
• Modifying Type

Drawing and Vector Graphics

• Working with Shape Tools
• Working with Custom Shapes
• Using Pens in Photoshop
• The Path Selection Tools

Colours and Colour Effects

• Selecting Foreground and Background Colour
• The Eye Dropper
• Applying a Colour Gradient
• Enhancing a Selection with a Colour Stroke

Using Masks

• What is a Mask?
• Working with Quick Masks
• Layer Masks
• Manipulating a Layer Mask

Working with Masks and Channels

• What are Channels?
• RGB, CMYK, and Lab Channels
• Selections and Channels
• Channels and Masks

Day 2

09.00am – 10.00am

Using Device Central

• About Device Central
• Opening Device Central
• Choosing a Device
• Previewing Your Image

Working with Plug-ins

• What is a Plug-in?
• Examining Currently Installed Plug-ins
• Accessing More Plug-ins
• Using Plug-ins

10.00am – 10.30am

Breakfast

10.30am – 12.45pm

Photoshop and PDF Documents

• Opening a PDF Document with Photoshop
• Working with the PDF Document
• Saving a PDF Document
• Adding Security Controls
• Creating a PDF Presentation

Photoshop Options

• Setting Preferences
• Using Adobe Presets
• Opening the Preset Manager
• Saving a Preset
• Loading a Preset

Basics of Smart Objects

• What is a Smart Object?
• Converting a Layer to a Smart Object
• Creating a Smart Object via Copy
• Creating a Smart Object from a File

Editing Smart Objects

• Editing the Content
• Replacing the Contents
• Rasterizing Objects
• Exporting Smart Objects

12.45pm – 02.15pm

Lunch

02.15pm – 05.00pm

Creating Web Images

• Saving for the Web
• Optimizing JPEG Images
• Optimizing GIF Images
• Using Zoomify
• Creating Rollovers

Creating Frame Animations

• How to Create a Simple Frame Animation
• Playing Frames
• Managing Frames
• Enhancing Animation with Tweening
• Saving Animations

Using Slices

• About Slices
• Creating User Slices
• Layer Slices
• Working with Slices
• Aligning and Distributing Slices
• Combining Slices
• Promoting a Slice
• Dividing a User Slice
• Naming a Slice
• Preparing the Slice for Navigation
• Saving Your Slices

Advanced Photography Tools

• Camera Raw
• Using Photomerge
• What is HDR?
• Creating HDR Images

Advanced Color Tools

• What is Grayscale?
• Converting Images to Grayscale
• Using Spot Color
• Working with Color Balance
• Working with Variations

Advanced Printing Features

• Soft Proofing an Image
• Printing Color Separations
• Creating a Contact Sheet
• Creating a Picture Package

Day 3

09.00am – 10.00am

Understanding Actions

• What are Actions?
• Recording Actions
• Playing Back Actions
• Editing Actions

Working with Actions

• Using the History Palette to Undo Actions
• Saving Actions
• Using Saved Actions
• Clearing and Resetting the Actions Palette

10.00am – 10.30am

Breakfast

10.30am – 12.45pm

Using Actions with Multiple Images

• What is Batch Processing?
• Batch Processing Multiple Images
• What are Droplets?
• Creating and Using Droplets

Using Scripts

• Layer Scripts
• Exporting Layers to Files
• Using Scripts Event Manager

Basics of Adobe Bridge

• What is Adobe Bridge?
• Opening Bridge
• Examining the Interface
• Filtering and Sorting Images
• Closing Bridge

Locating Photos in Bridge

• Previewing and Opening a Photo
• Setting Camera Raw Preferences
• Downloading Photos from a Camera
• Searching for Photos

Basic Bridge Tasks

• Rotating an Image
• Customizing the Content Panel
• Rating Photos
• Changing the View

12.45pm – 02.15pm

Lunch

02.15pm – 05.00pm

Using Workspaces

• Overview of Bridge Workspaces
• Saving a Workspace
• Accessing a Custom Workspace
• Deleting a Workspace

Working with Stacks

• What is a Stack?
• Creating a Stack
• Expanding or Collapsing a Stack
• Ungrouping a Stack
• Moving a Photo to the Top of a Stack
• Playing a Stack

Working with Metadata

• What is Metadata?
• Creating a Metadata Template
• Editing a Metadata Template
• Applying a Metadata Template

Performing File Tasks Using Bridge

• Batch Rename
• Managing Color with Bridge
• Previewing a File in Device Central
• Purging the Cache

Performing Photoshop Tasks Using Bridge

• Merging to HDR
• Creating a PDF Presentation
• Create a Web Photo Gallery
• Using the Image Processor