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Photoshop 7.0 Basic Skills 2
(16 hours)

Course Description
Students will learn skills that go beyond those covered in the Beginning Photoshop 7.0 course. This course will give students a firm grasp on Photoshop concepts that are applicable to almost every facet of using the application, including Web design, preparing photographic images for printing, and illustration. Prerequisites: Completion of the Beginning Photoshop 7.0 course or equivalent knowledge. (Text is included with the course fee).

Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
· Use Quick Mask mode, alpha channels, and layer masks to isolate image areas.
· Create clipping groups to use one layer's contents to mask another's.
· Create vector paths as tools for selecting images, for creating transparent areas in images to be used with other applications, and for drawing shapes.
· Create color swatches, gradients, and patterns, all of which can be saved and loaded in sets for convenience.
· Create layer styles that can apply effects, colors, patterns, and gradients in one step.
· Use the Background Eraser and the Extract command to create complex masks quickly and accurately, even for images with indistinct edges and very fine details.

Course Content
Lesson 1: Masking and Layers
· Editing Quick Masks and Alpha Channels
· Layer Masks
· Grayscale Masking
· Clipping Groups

Lesson 2: Vector Paths
· Vector Path Concepts
· Creating Vector Paths
· Editing Paths
· Using Paths for Masking

Lesson 3: Swatches, Gradients, and Patterns
· Swatches
· Gradients
· Patterns

Lesson 4: Layer Types andStyles
· Fill Layers
· Drawing and Painting Shapes
· Layer Styles

Lesson 5: Advanced Masking
· The Background Eraser
· The Extract Command

Text
Photoshop 7 Basic Skills 2 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.