TOPICS

• Preparing Web Images
• Understand Images for the Web
• Reduce File Size
• Optimizing Images
• Optimize Photographic Images
• Optimize Flat Color Graphics and Illustrations
• Apply Transparency Settings
• Preparing Images for Cross-Platform Viewing
• Set Up Color Management for the Web
• Alter Images for Displaying Across Platforms
• Snap to Web-Safe Colors
• Creating Web Page Layouts
• Create a Web Page
• Create Web Page Backgrounds
• Draw Editable Vector Shapes
• Create Effects
• Lesson 5: Exporting a Web Page
• Prepare a Web Page for Export
• Export a Web Page
• Lesson 6: Creating Animations for Web and Mobile Devices
• Create Frame Animations
• Create Timeline Animations
• Save Animations
• Preview Animations on Mobile Devices

Exploring the Adobe Photoshop CS4 Environment

• Explore the Photoshop Interface
• Explore the Navigation Tools
• Customize the Workspace
• Explore Adobe Bridge
• Use Photoshop Help
• Determining Resolution and Graphic Type
• Differentiate Between Raster and Vector Graphics
• Understand Image Resolution
• Working with Selections
• Create a Selection
• Save a Selection
• Modify a Selection
• Apply Color to a Selection
• Working with Layers
• Create Layers
• Work with Type Layers
• Transform Layers
• Apply Layer Styles
• Manage Layers
• Enhancing Images with Paint and Filters
• Paint on an Image
• Apply Filter Effects
• Exploring Image Modes and Color Adjustments
• Explore Grayscale and Bitmap Modes
• Explore Color Modes
• Apply Color Adjustments
• Saving Images for Web and Print
• Save Images for Print
• Save Images for the Web
• Save Images as PDF
• Appendix A: Work with Adobe® Bridge
• Supplemental Lesson Managing Assets with Adobe Bridge
• Work with Adobe Bridge
• Work with Stacks and Filters in Adobe Bridge
• Apply Metadata and Keywords to Files

   Enhancing Images

• Retouch Images
• Adjust Tonal Range Using Adjustment Layers
• Working with Vector Paths
• Create Vector Paths
• Edit Paths
• Applying Custom Fills
• Create Swatches and Gradients
• Create Custom Patterns and Brushes
• Working with Layers
• Blend Layers
• Work with Shape Layers
• Work with Masks
• Apply Special Effects to a Layer
• Automating Tasks
• Work with Actions
• Automate Tasks in Adobe Bridge
• Working with Video Files
• Edit Video Files
• Export Video Files
• Integrating with Other Adobe Applications
• Integrate with Adobe Illustrator
• Edit a Photoshop File with Adobe Acroba

Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0

• Explore the Interface
• Obtain Help
• Transferring Photos
• Transfer Photos from a Digital Camera
• Transfer Photos from a Scanner
• Transfer Photos from Files and Folders
• Transfer Photos from a Mobile Phone
• Organizing Photos
• Group Photos into Albums and Stacks
• Organize Photos and Find Photos Using Keyword Tags
• Get Photos from PDF
• Create a Smart Album
• Search for Photos
• Correcting Photos
• Correct Camera Distortion
• Remove Red Eye
• Adjust the Color in a Photo
• Remove the Background in a Photo
• Enhancing Photos
• Change an Object’s Color
• Apply Artistic Effects
• Add Text
• Crop Photos into Shapes
• Add Shapes
• Transforming Photos
• Create an Old-Fashioned Photo
• Restore a Faded Photo
• Merge Photos
• Creating the End Product
• Create a Slide Show
• Create a Photo Book
• Create an Online Gallery
• Create a Themed Photo Email
• Print Photos
• Appendix A: Rectifying Photos Using Adobe Photoshop Elements
• Supplemental Lesson: Rectifying Photos
• Lighten Shadows
• Retouch Photos
• Sharpen Photos
• Defringe Photos
• Appendix B: Creating Products
• Supplemental Lesson: Creating Customized Products
• Burn Photos to a CD or DVD
• Create a Greeting Card
• Create a Photo Calendar.