Selections and Layers in Photoshop CS3

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Overview/Description
To harness the power of Adobe Photoshop CS3's digital manipulation tools, it is first necessary to understand the fundamental concepts of selecting portions of images, and isolating image components into layers. This course introduces the new Quick Selection tool and its refinement settings, and explains other selection tools including an assortment of lasso and marquee tools and the Magic Wand tool. The course also describes layers, and demonstrates how layer arrangement allows Photoshop users to edit the contents of each layer discretely. Users can modify text, shape, and rasterized layers, and even apply layer effects such as drop shadows to individual layers.

Target Audience
The audience predominantly comprises a range of in-training or established Graphic Design and IT professionals needing to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop CS3 without any experience with the specific product. Students should have basic computing and word-processing skills, familiarity with some web and design terminology, and experience working in a Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh environment.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Selections and Layers in Photoshop CS3

distinguish between the lasso tools

recognize the functions of the magic wand tool

use the Quick Selection tool

edit selections

copy selections

use appropriate selection tools to capture and copy specific parts of an image.

create a new layer

manipulate layers

transform layers and object within layers

merge layers

apply style effects to layers

use adjustment layers in an image

apply effects to text

create shapes as layers

create a Smart object

apply a Smart filter

manipulate layers

Course Number:
at_pcst_a02_it_enus