Adobe Photoshop CS4 Basic

Adobe Photoshop CS4 basic course

Target student

The target student for this course is someone who is familiar with computers and who
wants to use Adobe Photoshop to create and modify digital images, such as digital camera
images or scanned photographs or artwork. After completing this course, the
student will be able to use Adobe Photoshop CS4 to select part of an image, combine images,
adjust image color and contrast, retouch photographs, and prepare images for print and
Web media.

After completing this course, students will know how to:

• Identify the attributes of raster and vector graphics, customize the Photoshop
  environment, open and navigate within images in Photoshop and Adobe Bridge,
  and use Photoshop Help.
• Use several selection tools to select image areas, and modify and manipulate
  selections.
• Create layers; arrange and transform layers; create Type layers; and use opacity,
  layer blending modes, and layer styles to apply effects to layer contents.
• Switch among Photoshop’s image modes, adjust an image’s hue, saturation, and
  vibrance, use the Adjustments panel to create adjustment layers, and use the
  Levels command to adjust image contrast.
• Repair image defects, paint in an image, erase complex background areas, and
  apply filters to a layer or selection.
• Determine an image’s resolution and dimensions, resize images with and
  without resampling, and use the Crop tool and the Canvas Size command to
  change an image’s canvas size.
• Use the Save for Web & Devices command to save a copy of an image
  optimized for Web use; use the Save As command to save a copy of an image in
  a format for print use; add metadata and keywords to images and create
  metadata templates; use Photo Downloader to import images from a camera or
  memory card.

Adobe Photoshop is an image-editing program used to create and enhance digital images for multiple uses, including print, online, and video.