Course Overview
Adobe Photoshop has long helped graphic designers bring their visions to life in advertisements, magazine layouts, billboards, and virtually every other medium. Whether you create images professionally or just want professional results, you can count on Adobe Photoshop for the ultimate in creative control. At the end of this course the learner will be able to create and edit images, retouch, and correct adjustments.
Adobe Illustrator CC is an essential design tool for anyone who needs to express ideas visually in print, on the web, and in any other medium. You will also learn, step-by-step, the key techniques, as well as tips and tricks, for working in Illustrator CC. In this Illustrator Fundamentals training course, you will learn the basics of working with Illustrator CC through a combination of instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice led by Adobe certified instructors so that you can incorporate visual effects into your workflow.
Who Should Attend?
Graphic Designers, Web Designers
Pre-requisite
Strong working knowledge of Mac or Windows.
Course Outlines
PHOTOSHOP CC
- Arranging and Saving Workspaces
- Exploring the Tools Panel and Options Bar
- Navigating the Document
- Cropping and Straightening Photos
- Using cropping composition guides
- Using Perspective Crop tool
- Resizing images during Cropping
- Cropping tool modifier keys
- Understanding non-destructive editing and image
- modifications
- Understanding using Levels and Curves
- Image color correction and manipulation with Photo filters
- Utilizing Shadow/Highlights as a Smart Filter
- Using Hue/Saturation Globally and Locally
- Using additional Adjustment Layers
- Clipping an Adjustment layer to specific layer
- Understanding the Magic Wand and Quick Select Tools
- Using the Lasso Tools
- Using Color Range
- Using basic Marquee selection
- Transforming and Distorting Selections
- Refining selection edges
- Add to and Subtract from Selections
- Selection modifier keys
- Using Quick Mask
- Using Selections to create a Layer Mask
- Understanding Layer Masking
- Using Adjustment Layers with Layer Masks
- Localized image correction with Adjustment Layers
- Using the Paintbrush modify a Layer Mask
- Exploring Stacking Order
- Differentiating a Background layer from a transparency Layer
- Showing and Hiding Layers
- Linking Layers
- Manipulating the Opacity of Layers
- Duplicating and Deleting Layers
- Transforming and Distorting Layers
- Auto Selecting Layers
- Merging and Flattening Layers
- Applying Layer Styles
- Converting a Layer to a Smart Object
- Exploring Stacking Order
- Differentiating a Background layer from a transparency Layer
- Showing and Hiding Layers
- Linking Layers
- Manipulating the Opacity of Layers
- Duplicating and Deleting Layers
- Transforming and Distorting Layers
- Auto Selecting Layers
- Merging and Flattening Layers
- Applying Layer Styles
- Converting a Layer to a Smart Object
- Understanding non-destructive retouching
- Using the Healing Brush
- Investigating the Spot Healing Brush
- Using the Clone Stamp
- Fixing Red Eyes
- Differentiating Between Point Text and Area Text
- Improving the legibility of text
- Formatting and modifying text Project based learning
- Integrate and modify several layers to create a finished project
- Using the Place command to add layers to a project
- Modifying image area with Canvas menu
- Transferring selections between layers
- Using solid color layers
- Using both Layer Masks and Adjustment Layers with Clipping on a single layer
- Differentiating Between Point Text and Area Text
- Improving the legibility of text
- Formatting and modifying text Project based learning
- Integrate and modify several layers to create a finished project
- Using the Place command to add layers to a project
- Modifying image area with Canvas menu
- Transferring selections between layers
- Using solid color layers
- Using both Layer Masks and Adjustment Layers with Clipping on a single layer
ILLUSTRATOR CC
- Introducing Adobe Illustrator
- Starting Illustrator and opening a file
- Understanding the workspace
- Changing the view of artwork
- Navigating multiple artboards
- Arranging multiple documents
- Getting started
- Selecting objects
- Aligning objects
- Working with groups
- Exploring object arrangement
- Hiding and locking objects
- Creating a new document
- Working with basic shapes
- Editing and combining paths and shapes
- Working with drawing modes
- Using Image Trace to create shapes
- Working with artboards
- Transforming content
- Create a PDF
- Getting started with the Pen tool
- Creating the ice cream illustration
- Drawing and editing with the Pencil tool
- Understanding color
- Working with color
- Painting with patterns
- Working with Live Paint
- Adding type to a poster
- Formatting type
- Creating and applying text styles
- Warping text
- Working with type on a path
- Wrapping text around an object
- Creating text outlines
- Creating layers and sublayers
- Editing layers and objects
- Pasting layers
- Viewing layers
- Applying appearance attributes to layers
- Creating a clipping mask
- Working with gradients
- Working with blended objects
- Working with brushes
- Using Calligraphic brushes
- Using Art brushes
- Using Bristle brushes
- Using Pattern brushes
- Working with the Blob Brush tool
- Using live effects
- Applying Photoshop effects
- Working with 3D effects
- Creating a revolved object
- Changing the lighting of a 3D object
- Mapping a symbol to the 3D artwork
- Where to put the Effect