UW Computer Training

R868: Intermediate Adobe Photoshop

Description:

Learn tips for increasing efficiency and techniques for molding scanned images and illustrations into creative artwork. Learn techniques for quickly creating attractive textures for backgrounds, compositing images seamlessly, simulating surface reflections and shadows, creating effects with type, and creating actions to automate repetitive tasks.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Use the Background Eraser, Quick Mask mode, alpha channels, and layer masks to isolate image areas quickly and accurately, even for images with indistinct edges and very fine details
• Create clipping masks to use one layer's contents to mask another's; and create vector paths as tools for selecting images, for creating transparent areas in images to be used with other applications, and for drawing shapes
• Create color swatches, gradients, and patterns
• Distort type by warping it, wrapping it on a path, and transforming it; create layer comps to quickly compare multiple versions of a document; retouch and restore old damaged photographs; and simulate natural media painted effects
• Automate multi-step processes with actions and batch processing

Prerequisite:

R867: Introduction to Adobe Photoshop, or equivalent experience.

Course Fee:
$280 staff, alumni and faculty, $140 students