Photoshop CS3 Animation and Automation

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
Adobe Photoshop CS3 allows users to perform basic digital composition and animation. Photoshop Extended users can take advantage of advanced motion graphics features such as the ability to paint frames or adjust color in video layers, and create timeline-based animations. This course explores Photoshop's motion graphics functionality, and also explains Photoshop CS3's targeted Web features.

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)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Photoshop CS3 Animation and Automation

distinguish between the positioning tools

use the measurement tool

add animation

recognize how to create timeline-based animations

recognize the options for painting a frame in a video layer

recognize the 3-D options in Photoshop

create slices

export to Zoomify

create interactivity in a Photoshop file

merge images

create a contact sheet

use the merge to HDR command

create a contact sheet from a group of images

Course Number:
at_pcst_a04_it_enus