Certificate Course in Photoshop CS4

Photoshop, a well known tool for design purpose. It really works, if your thinking is creative. You can impress any one with your design and works. But don't worry, if you really want to make your canvas work digitally publish, ACLM is always ready with the solution.

We've a complete course for you which will definitely enhance your skill in framing your work digitally. The course content for this course is as under:

General Interface

• How the panels work

  docking

  panel groups

  document tabbing

• Creating/Saving workspaces

• The Application bar

  N-up display

Canvas rotation

• Basic shortcuts

Exploring Photoshop

• Explore the Photoshop Environment

• Using Photoshop Workspaces

• Customize Menus

• Explore Adobe Bridge

• Photoshop preferences

Painting and Retouching Images

• Learning about Colour

  Basic colour theory

  Kuler

• Learning the Brush tool

• Retouching Images

• Create a Gradient

• Using the History Brush tool

• Using the clone and healing tools

• Blurring/Sharpening

• Dodge and Burn

Enhancing an Image

• Adjust the Tonal Range of an Image

• Using Adjustments

• Working with the Adjustments panel

• Work with Filters

• Smart filters

Working with Layers and Selections

• Create and Use Layers

• Create and Use Smart Objects

• Create Layer Styles

• Work with Multiple Layers

• Create and Modify Selections

Working with Selections

• Magic Wand Tool

• Working with Oval and Circular Selections

• Selecting with the Lasso Tools

• Cropping an Image and Erasing with a Selection

• Quick selections

• Content Aware Scaling

Masks and Channels

• Creating a Quick Mask

• Editing a Quick Mask

• Saving a Selection as a Mask

• Editing a Mask

• Extracting a portion of an image

• Applying effects

• Creating a Gradient Mask

• Applying Effects Using a Gradient Mask

• Using the Masks panel

Correcting and Enchancing Digital Photos

• Correcting Digital Photographs

• Editing with Vanishing Point Perspective

• Correcting Image Distortion

• Creating a photo gallery and contact sheet

Typographic Design

• Using type

• Creating a Clipping Mask From Type

• Formatting Controls

• Designing a Paragraph of Type

• Warping a Layer

Importing / Exporting

• Placing and importing different file types

• Saving images for the web

• Using Save for Web and Devices

• Saving images for print

Photoshop and Animation Basic

• Creating animations

  keyframes

  animating properties

  animating styles

• Exporting Animations

Photoshop and Video Basic

• Importing Video

• Applying Effects to Video

• Basic Video Edits

• Exporting Video

• Keyframes

Photoshop and 3D Basics

• Importing 3D files

• Compositing 3D and 2D

• 3D File Formats

• Using Styles with 3D

• Using Masks with 3D

Using Photoshop files with the rest of the CS4 Suite

• Placing Photoshop files into Dreamweaver

• Placing Photoshop files into InDesign

• Placing Photoshop files into Illustrator

• Placing Photoshop files into Flash

• Using Photoshop files with Bridge

Photoshop and Bridge

• Organizing files in Bridge

• Photoshop scripts within bridge

• Meta-data and your images

• Export to pdf

• Bridge views (inc. the Carousel view)

• Search and find

• Preview 3D images and panoramas (created by Photoshop)

• Camera Raw

Photoshop and Analysis

• Counting

• Measuring

Adobe Bridge

• Loupe

• Compare

• Stacking

• Colour management

• Rotations, Ratings, and Labels

• Batch re-naming

• Customizing

• Slideshow

• Photoshop scripts within bridge

• Meta-data and your images

• Export to pdf

• Search and find

• Preview 3D images and panoramas (created by Photoshop)

Camera Raw 5

• Interface

• White balance

• Saving changes

• Exposure

• Warnings

• Vibrance/Saturation

• Tone curve adjustment

• HSL controls

• Colours to Black and white

• jpgs and tiffs

Actions

• Running

• Loading

• Recording

• Editing

Advanced Masking

• Background Eraser/Magic Eraser

• Extracting

• Layer Masks

• Masking Shortcuts

• QuickMask mode

• Refine Edge

Advanced Cloncing

• Clone source

• Healing Brush

• Spot Healing

• Patch

• Quick Masking

Editing Brightness and Contrast

• Curves, Brightness + Contrast

• Shadow/Highlight

• Levels – input and output

Advanced Compositing Stacks

• Auto Align

• Auto Blend (Photomerge)

• Image stack processing

• Creating 360 Panoramas

• Extended Depth-of-field

Colour Adjustment

• Colour balance

• Colour primaries

• Colour complements

• Hue-Saturation

• Hue Adjustment

• Refining the colour range

Sharpening

• Unsharp mask

• Smart sharpen

Advanced Layers

• Layer Comps

• Layer Clipping

• Fills

• Adjustment layers

Smart Objects and Smart Filters

• How to create smart objects

• How to use smart objects

• Smart filters

Vanishing Point

• Planes and perspective

• Multiple planes

• Gridlines – exporting

• Cloning

• Healing

• Blending

• Masking/Shading

• Adding type

• Swinging planes

• Wrapping art

• Measuring

Advanced Filter Techniques

• Displacement maps

• Lighting

• Patterns

Photoshop Animation Advanced

• Editing Animations

• Animating 3D objects

• Animating Camera position

• Exporting Animations

Photoshop Video Advanced

• Preview/Export audio

• Advanced Keyframes

• Advanced Editing

• Video Effects

  Using Filters

  Using Styles

• Cloning Video

• Healing Video

• 3D and Video

Photoshop and Devivces

• For the WII

• For the PSP

• For mobiles

• Using Device Central

Photoshop and 3D

• Paint directly onto 3D models

• Convert 2D images/gradient maps into 3D objects

• Volume Rendering

• Wrap a 2D design onto a 3D object

• Use video layers as textures

• Presets

• Export 3D layers

Usind Photoshop files with the rest of the CS4 suite

• Placing Photoshop files into Dreamweaver

• Placing Photoshop files into InDesign

• Placing Photoshop files into Illustrator

• Placing Photoshop files into Flash