Length: 1 day

Prerequisites: Before taking this course, students should have taken the Adobe® Photoshop® CS3: Level 1 course or have equivalent knowledge.

Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
• use the various tools to mask and clip layers to edit an image.
• create and edit vector paths to use the paths to create masks.
• use the tools available in Adobe® Photoshop® to enhance an image.
• create special effects.
• use the video tools available in Adobe® Photoshop® to edit video files.
• automate tasks in Adobe® Photoshop®.

Course Content
Lesson 1: Masking and Clipping Layers
Topic 1A: Edit an Image Using Quick Mask Overlay
Topic 1B: Save and Edit a Selection as an Alpha Channel
Topic 1C: Work with Layer Masks
Topic 1D: Clip a Layer

Lesson 2: Masking with Vector Paths
Topic 2A: Create Vector Paths
Topic 2B: Edit Paths
Topic 2C: Mask Images with Paths

Lesson 3: Enhancing Photographs
Topic 3A: Retouch Photographs Using Photoshop Tools
Topic 3B: Adjust Tonal Range Using Adjustment Layers
Topic 3C: Create Patterns
Topic 3D: Create Swatches and Gradients
Topic 3E: Create a Custom Brush

Lesson 4: Creating Special Effects
Topic 4A: Preview Text Effects Using Layer Comps
Topic 4B: Warp an Image  create and edit
Topic 4C: Work in Vanishing Point

Lesson 5: Working with Video Files
Topic 5A: Preview Videos in Photoshop
Topic 5B: Retouch Videos

Lesson 6: Automating Tasks
Topic 6A: Create an Action
Topic 6B: Manage Actions
Topic 6C: Automate Tasks in Adobe Bridge

Appendix A: Working in Adobe Device Central CS3
Supplemental Topic Preview Images in Adobe Device Central CS3
Appendix B: Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Objectives Mapping