Adobe Camera Raw (ACR)

Using ACR to process a raw image and save the adjustments. Opening multiple files in ACR. Correcting and changing white balance (temperature and tint) in ACR manually and using presets. Tone adjustments in ACR, setting white and black points. Synchronising settings across multiple images. Introduction to Smart Objects

Masks

Definitions of Mask types. Creating and refining a pixel Mask. Using the Quick Mask function to facilitate selective edits. Re-posing a subject with the Puppet warp tool

Channels

Modes and channels. Black and White conversions. Channels and Alpha channels and the relationship to selections. Saving and loading alpha channels, isolating channel data to selectively edit an image.

Advanced Layers

Creating multi-layered designs and managing layers by grouping. Flattening, merging and stamping layers. Clipping masks and layer blending modes. Using the vanishing point filter to work in faux 3D. Placing an adobe illustrator file into a Photoshop document. Layer styles and adjustment layers. Adjusting canvas size, borders. Text layers including “point text” and “paragraph text”

Montage and Creative Techniques

Combining images in a montage and using Photo merge to create a panoramic image. Rulers, guides and grids. Point and paragraph type, text formatting and text effects. Text as a clipping mask. Pixel bender, filters and the filter gallery. Hand colouring a greyscale image. Smart filters

Layer Comps

creating, saving and using output options from comps

Advanced Automation

Useful scripts, including Image processor, actions and batches

Creating content for the Web

The “Design” workspace. Creating user and auto slices. Slice symbols and slice options, adding hyperlinks and HTML navigation buttons, optimisation and compression of images, JPEG and GIF using save for web and devices. Outputting a web gallery from Bridge

Colour

Colour spaces, colour management settings, soft proofing, identifying out of gamut colour, and printing.

Recap with Q&A session