Learning Photoshop CS3 –

An Introductory Tutorial

Capstone Project Proposal Defense

Instructional Technology ProgramThe University of Southern Mississippi

Rongfei GengSummer 2009

Introduction

• What is this project about?• What is the purpose of this project?• What is the potential audience?• What instructional strategies does it convey?• In what way will it be presented?• What is inside the project?

?What is this project about

• Photoshop

Photoshop is a powerful graphic design and digital image editing program. The program can design, create, and edit images

?What can Photoshop do

• Edit digital photographs

?What can Photoshop do

• Artistic Effect and after-effect design

?What can Photoshop do

• Web Design

?What can Photoshop do

• Digital Illustration

• Graphic Design

?What can Photoshop do

• Desktop Publishing

?What can Photoshop do

What can Photoshop do for Education

• Creating digital images for instructional purpose (diagram, PowerPoint layout design, etc.)

• Facilitating creating instructional website• Facilitating creating instructional animation• Creating designing work for academic institutions

(flyer, brochure, )

?What is the purpose of this project

• Help those who can not use Photoshop learn Photoshop CS3 in a easy and quick way

• Serve as the instructional material for IT740, interactive instructional media, at the Instructional Technology program, The University of Southern Mississippi

The Potential Audience

• Students who enroll IT 740 at The University of Southern Mississippi (part-time students, full-time students)

• All others who don’t have pre-experience of using Photoshop but want to acquire the basic knowledge and skills of Photoshop in a fast and convenient way

?What instructional strategies does it convey

• Gagne’s Events of Instruction • Gaining Attention• Informing Learner of Objective• Stimulating Recall of Previous Learning• Presenting Stimulus Material• Providing Learner Guidance• Eliciting Performance• Providing Feedback• Assessing Performance• Enhancing Retention and Transfer

?In what way will it be presented

• CD-ROM based• Created mainly in Adobe Flash CS3• Multimedia

?What is inside the project

• Concepts• Step-by-step examples and tasks• Multiple choice questions• Task-based exercises• Recourses

Structure

MainMenu

StartingPage

Glossary

Resources

Unit 5Vector

Unit 4Layers

Unit 3Selection

Unit 2Basic Image

Editing

Unit 1Working place

Unit 1Working place

Lesson 2 -Using Tools

Lesson 3 -FloatingPalettes

Overview

Lesson 1 -Menu bar

Exercises

Unit 2Basic Image

Editing

ExercisesLesson 6 -Drawing &

erasing

Lesson 5-Retouching &

repairing

Lesson 4 -Adjust color

Lesson 3-Rotatingimage

Lesson 2 -Canvas Size &

Cropping image

Lesson 1 -Image size &Resolution

ColorBalance

Hue/Saturation

Curves

Gradient& Fill

PencilTool

Erasertool

Brush tool

Unit 3Selection

ExercisesLesson 3 - Savingand deleting

selection

Lesson 2 -Edit selection

Lesson 1 -Creatingselection

Using quickmask Modify

MoveSubtract& Add

Feather

Contract Expand

Smooth Border

Unit 4Layers

ExercisesLesson 4 -Flattening & saving

layered files

Lesson 3 -Text layers

Lesson 2 -Modifying

layers

Lesson 1 -Basic layeroperation

LayerStyles

CreatingClipping Mask

BlendingMode

Opacity

Unit 5Vector

Exercises

Lesson 4- Text& typography

operation

Lesson 3- Shapes

Lesson 2 -Using pen tool

Lesson 1 -What is vector

Thank you!