Adobe Photoshop CS6 – Advanced

Course Description: Develop Photoshop skills and explore more advanced features and improve workflows. In this course, delegates will work with advanced image handling tools and features available in Adobe Photoshop. Prerequisites: Adobe Photoshop – Intermediate or equivalent experience. Managing the Environment

• Working with Tool Presets • Using Layer Comps for layouts • Exploring default Preferences • Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts • Camera Raw files functionality • Actions, Droplets & Batch processing

Bridge & Mini Bridge

• Metadata that transcends applications • Using stacks • Introduction to Mini Bridge • Opening files from Mini Bridge in • Photoshop • Using Mini Bridge with Bridge

Color management

• Best practice use of color settings • ICC profiles • Image color calibration

Advanced Image Adjustments

• Face & Skin Retouch • Manipulation • Sharpening with LAB Mode • Grayscale with Black & White

Conversion • Advanced effects with Gradient map • Photo Filters

Image Calibration

• Creating Panoramic images with Photomerge

• Affect Perspective using Vanishing Point

• Camera RAW format • HDR Images

Enhanced Image Editing • Using improved selecting and masking • Working with content-aware fill • Using content-aware healing • Getting started with Puppet Warp • Using the Puppet Warp tool

Advanced Painting & Retouching

• Exploring the Brush Engine and creating custom Brushes

• Refine edge window • Working with Patterns • Using Smart Filters • Liquefy Techniques • Lighting effects and 3D Textures

Advanced Layer Compositions

• Replace Color & Color Range vs. Extract • Selecting Pixels using Paths • Advanced Masking with Calculations • Advanced use of Blending Modes • Knockouts and Clipping Masks • Type on a Path

Advanced Outputting Features

• Animated GIF images for web use • Slicing images • Combining Photoshop and Illustrator • Creating Multipackage • Getting It Right In Print