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Photoshop 7.0 Basic Skills 1
(16 hours)

Course Description
This beginning course will teach you how to modify and combine scanned photographs to create realistic composite images using Photoshop 7.0. You will learn to use several tools for selecting parts of images, and will move, duplicate, and resize images. You will also learn to use layers, and to apply layer effects and filters to create special effects, including lighting and texture effects. Additionally, you will use painting tools and blending modes to create shading effects, and will perform adjustments to contrast and color balance. (Text is included with the course fee)

Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

· Select appropriate resolutions for different image and output types.
· Resize and crop image areas.
· Select image areas using the Lasso, Marquee, and Magic Wand tools.
· Use alpha channels to save and load selections.
· Create and manipulate multiple layers to composite images easily.
· Apply blending and shading effects to create realistic composites.
· Select colors using the Color palette, Color Picker, and Eyedropper tool.
· Use Photoshop's painting tools to create artwork or to retouch photographs.
· Add and format text within an image.
· Apply layer effects and filters to create special effects including lighting effects and textures.
· Modify the brightness, contrast, color balance, hue, and saturation of images.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Photoshop's Environment
· Raster and Vector Graphics
· Photoshop Environment Elements
· Navigating in Photoshop

Lesson 2: Sizing Images
· Image Size and Resolution
· Cropping

Lesson 3: Selecting Image Areas
· The Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee Tools
· The Lasso Tools
· Saving Selections
· The Magic Wand Tool
· The Magnetic Lasso Tool
· Modifying Selections

Lesson 4: Layers
· Floating Versus Fixed Selections
· Undoing Previous Steps
· Copying Selections
· Creating Layers
· Transforming Layers
· Copying Layers between Images
· Arranging Layers
· Saving Images in Photoshop Format

Lesson 5: Blending and Compositing
· Defringing
· Opacity and Blending Modes
· Feathering Edges

Lesson 6: Image Modes
· Mode Characteristics
· Grayscale and Bitmap Modes
· Color Modes

Lesson 7: Color and Painting
· Selecting Colors
· Painting Tools
· The Clone Stamp Tool

Lesson 8: Text, Layer Effects, and Filters
· Type Layers
· Layer Effects
· Filters
· Merging and Flattening Layers

Lesson 9: Adjusting Images
· Brightness/Contrast
· Levels Adjustment Layers
· Toning Tools
· Hue/Saturation

Text
Photoshop 7 Basic Skills 1 for Windows by Element K Press

Course Requirements
Students must complete at 80% of the scheduled course, and score a minimum of 70% on a final end of course test.