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Web Designers Photoshop CS2 Training DVD

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

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1. Understanding the Interface

2. Organizing Assets

Using the Welcome Screen
Understanding the Bridge Interface
Organizing Assets
Rating and Labeling Images
Keywording and Searching Images
Stock Photos

3. Working with Color

The Decline of Web Safe Color
Choosing Color
Using Swatches
Creating Custom Swatches
Recoloring Images
Copying Color as HTML

4. Working with Layers

Understanding the Benefits of Layers
Creating and Renaming Layers
Reordering, Flipping, and Moving Layers
Adjusting Blending Mode, Fill, and Opacity
Moving and Aligning Layers
Linking Layers
Using Layer Groups
Using Layer Comps
Using Layer Comps for Web Pages
Using Adjustment Layers
Using Fill Layers
Using Layer Styles
Using Clipping Masks
Merging and Flattening Layers

5. Creating Type

Understanding Vector-Based Type
Creating Character Type
Creating Paragraph Type
Checking Spelling
Finding and Replacing
Warping Type
Creating Type on a Path
Rasterizing Type

6. Optimizing Images

Understanding Web File Formats
Optimizing JPEGs
Selective JPEG Optimization with Alpha Channels
Optimizing GIFs
Locking Colors with GIF Optimization
Selective GIF Optimization with Alpha Channels
Previewing Images in a Web Browser
Optimizing JPEGs in ImageReady CS2
Optimizing GIFs in ImageReady CS2

7. Creating Web Backgrounds

Understanding Web Backgrounds
Defining and Previewing Web Backgrounds
Optimizing and Saving Web Backgrounds
Creating Symmetrical Web Backgrounds
Creating Seamless Web Backgrounds from Photographs
Creating Full-Screen Backgrounds
Using Directional Tiles
Defining Web Backgrounds in Photoshop CS2

8. Creating Navigation

Creating a Horizontal Navigation Bar
Creating Elliptical Buttons
Editing Multiple Buttons with Smart Objects
Creating Pill-Shaped Buttons
Creating Rounded Rectangular Buttons
Creating 3-Dimensional Buttons
Creating a Tabbed Navigation Bar
Creating a Navigation Bar with Icons

9. Optimizing Transparent Graphics

Optimizing and Saving Transparent GIFs
Optimizing Transparent GIFs in Photoshop CS2
Creating Transparent GIFs from Non-Transparent Images
Simulating Transparency with JPEGs

10. Creating Animations

Creating Animations from Layer Visibility
Tweening with Opacity
Tweening with Position and Layer Styles
Optimizing and Saving Animated GIFs
Optimizing Transparent Animated GIFs
Creating an Animated Slide Show

11. Creating SWF Files for the Web

Creating SWF Files for the Web
Creating SWF Animations for the Web

12. Slicing

Creating User Slices
Creating Layer-Based Slices
Renaming Slices
Optimizing and Saving Slices
Assigning Alt Text, Status Bar Messages, and URLs to Slices
Using Slice Sets

13. Creating Rollovers

Using Preset Rollover Styles
Optimizing and Saving Rollovers
Creating and Saving Rollover Styles
Creating Rollovers from Layer Visibility
Creating Rollovers with Type
Creating Remote Rollovers
Creating Remote Selected States
Creating Animated Rollovers

14. Creating Image Maps

Using the Image Map Tools
Creating Layer-Based Image Maps
Renaming, Optimizing, and Saving Image Maps
Assigning URLs
Creating Image Map-Based Rollovers

15. Creating Web Photo Galleries

Creating Web Photo Galleries
Customizing Web Photo Galleries
Creating Collaborative Web Photo Galleries

16. Automating Tasks

Automating Tasks
Using Conditional Actions

17. Creating Data-Driven Graphics

Understanding Data-Driven Graphics
Creating Visibility Variables
Creating Text Replacement Variables
Creating Pixel Replacement Variables
Exporting Data Sets
Importing Data Sets from Spreadsheets

18. Integrating with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat

Exporting Illustrator Files as Photoshop Files
Embedding Illustrator Content as Smart Objects
Creating PDFs
Creating PDFs with Password Protection
Creating Multipage PDFs
Creating PDF Presentations

19. Integrating with Macromedia Flash

Exporting Photoshop Files to Flash
Exporting Files with Pixel-Based Layers
Exporting Files with Vector-Based Layers
Exporting Files with Layer Styles
Using the PSD2FLA Plug-in by Media Lab

20. Integrating with Adobe GoLive and Dreamweaver

Using GoLive Smart Objects
Variables
Dreamweaver

Photoshop CS2 for the Web Info

Title Information.

Adobe Photoshop CS2 for the web Training Essentials with Tanya Staples teaches beginning to intermediate-level users how to design Web graphics in Adobe Photoshop CS2. The training covers designing effective navigation, optimizing images for the Web, creating background images, working with transparent images, slicing images, creating rollovers, creating image maps, designing animations, exporting images to Macromedia Flash, and much more. Integration with other applications, such as Adobe GoLive, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Macromedia Flash, is also covered. Sample files are included so you can work along with Tanya as she instructs.. Close »

Instructor : Tanya Staples

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Publisher:

lynda.com, Inc.

Duration:

11.5 hours - 121 lessons

Platform:

PC or Mac

Fomat :

Video CD

Price:

$149.95

£98.22

€110.06

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