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Adobe Photoshop CS2 Training DVD

Learn how to take your skills to the next level. This Adobe Photoshop CS2 training DVD is the ultimate in comprehensive learning for the discerning professional.

The training uses broadcast quality audio and video to deliver concise and informative training right to your desktop. The Tutorial comes complete with practical working files and presented via an intuitive, easy-to-use interface, This Adobe Photoshop CS2 tutorial video makes learning simple, quick and enjoyable. All training courses are authored by certified professional instructors who have a passion for teaching.

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Introduction

Welcome

1. Interface Essentials

2. Navigation

3. Digital Image Essentials

File Formats
Resolution, Color Mode, and Bit Depth
What Resolution Does Your Image Need to Be?
Image Size: Resize vs. Resample
How Big a Print can You Make?
The Resize Image Wizard
Accurate Print Size Preview
Cropping Images
Adding a Border by Extending the Canvas

4. Adobe Bridge Essentials

Accessing the Bridge
Changing the Workspace
Sorting and Rating Your Images
Viewing Your Images in a Slideshow
Assigning Keywords and Finding Your Images
Using the Batch Rename Command
Ordering Prints Online

5. Camera Raw Essentials

What is Camera Raw?
Processing a Camera Raw File
Processing Multiple Camera Raw Files
Non-Destructive Cropping

6. Undo and History

Undo and History
History Palette Options
Painting with History States and Snapshots
Creating a History Log

7. Transformations

Rotating and Flipping
Straightening Crooked Images
Cropping and Straightening Photos Automatically
Correcting Perspective with the Crop Tool
Scaling, Skewing and Rotating with Free Transform
Warping Images

8. Selections and Channels

Using the Marquee and Lasoo Tools
Using the Magic Wand Tool
Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool
Saving and Reusing Selections

9. Painting

Brush Tool Essentials

10. Picking Colors

Using the Color Picker
Using the Color Palette
Saving Custom Colors as Swatches
Sampling Colors with the Eyedropper Tool

11. Tonal Correction

The Evils of Brightness/Contrast
Using the Histogram Palette
Improving Tonality with Levels
Using the Auto Contrast Command
Improving Tonality with Curves
Shadow/Highlight is Your Friend

12. Basic Color Correction

Removing a Color Cast with Auto Color
Adjusting the Auto Color Settings
Removing a Color Cast with the Levels Eyedroppers
Adjusting Color Balance
Selective Desaturation
Using Hue/Saturation
Matching Color Across Multiple Images

13. Layers Essentials

The Background Layer
Working with Layers
Changing the Opacity of a Layer
Using a Clipping Mask

14. Layer Masks

Layer Mask Essentials
Swapping Heads in a Family Portrait
Adding a Gradient to a Layer Mask to Isolate Corrections
Flowers of Hawaii Composition Project

15. Adjustment Layers

Adjustment Layer Essentials
Using Auto Color as an Adjustment Layer
Masking the Effects of an Adjustment Layer
Digital Photo Filters
Color to Grayscale with Channel Mixer
Using Multiple Adjustment Layers
Repairing Discolored and Noisy Shadows

16. Blending Modes

Three Blending Modes You Must Know
Cycling Through the Blending Modes
Adding a Lens Flare Effect with Screen
Tonal Correction with Screen and Multiply
Creating a Diffused Contrast Glow with Overlay
Dodge and Burn with Overlay
High Pass Sharpening with Overlay

17. Retouching

One-Click Red Eye Fix
Removing Unwanted Objects
Removing Blemishes with the Healing Brush
Using the Spot Healing Brush and Patch Tools
De-emphasizing Wrinkles
Brightening Teeth
Enhancing Eyes
Push and Pull with Liquify

18. Layer Styles

Creating Drop Shadows
Using Inner Shadow to Create a Carve Effect
Making an Object Glow
Creating a Stroke with Sharp Corners
How (and When) to Scale Layer Styles

19. Essential Filters

Gaussian, Surface and Lens Blurs
Lens Blur Pt. 2
Radial Blur
Simulating Film Grain with Add Noise
Reducing Noise
Smoothing Skin with Median
Smart Sharpening

20. Vanishing Point

Cloning in Perspective

21. Type Essentials

Character (Point) Type
Paragraph (Area) Type
Checking Spelling
Type on a Path
Warping Text

22. Vector Shapes and Tools

Shape Tools Essentials
Creating Multiple Shapes on a Single Shape Layer
Creating Custom Shapes
Using the Pen Tools

23. Printing and Sharing

Saving Paper and Money with Picture Package
Creating a Contact Sheet
Creating a Web Photo Gallery

Conclusion

Goodbye

Photoshop CS2 Training DVD Info

Title Information.

Photoshop CS2 Training Essentials with Michael Ninness is a set of movie-based tutorials designed for beginning users who want to learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop CS2. The training begins with an overview of the software, including simple functions such as managing documents and palettes, then quickly moves on to cover more specific topics such as image adjustment and manipulation, tonal and color correction, brush settings, cloning, healing and other advanced tools, layers, masks, type, blending modes, filters, layer effects and so much more. Exercise files accompany the training, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.. Close »

Instructor : Michael Ninness

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Publisher:

lynda.com, Inc.

Duration:

11 hours - 124 lessons

Platform:

PC or Mac

Fomat :

Video CD

Price:

$99.95

£65.47

€73.36

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