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Module – 1
- Basics
- General preferences
- Bitmap v/s vector, common file formats
- Interpolation, resolution and quality issues
- Import percentages (maximum)
- Viewing/opening documents, browsing
- Title bar info, new document specifications
- Color mode
Module – 2
- Tools and Palettes
- Tool bar, variations
- Options bar (introduction)
- Most commonly used palettes
- Palette options
- Editing tools v/s vector tools
- Rulers, guides and grids
- Using control
Module – 3
- Image
- Image sizes (handout)
- Image size vs. canvas size
- Cropping (and resizing), plus manual
- Image modes
- Basic retouching with clone, heal, patch tool
Module – 4
- Color adjustment
- Basic tonal adjustment/enhancement
- Brightness/contrast: when to use levels (+ auto), shadow/highlight
Module – 5
- ‘Quality’ adjustment
- Dust and scratches, reduce noise
- Blur, Gaussian blur
- Sharpen/unshapen, and size issues
Module – 6
- Transaction Control
- Transactions
- Command Classification
- Save points
- The SET TRANSACTION Command
Module – 7
- Transformation
- Flipping, scaling, rotating, distorting, perspective
- Control options
- Free transform, straighten or tilt
Module – 8
- Brushes
- Brush options and parameters
- Brush size and hardness
Module – 9
- Selections
- Various tools, tool options
- Adding/subtracting
- Inversing, feathering, grow, smooth, expand, similar
- Moving, transforming
- Show/hide
- Pen tool specifics
- Shape tools, options
- Selecting a path, show/hide, active/inactive
- Saving, clipping
- Paths to selections
Module – 10
- Layers
- Background v layer, creating layers
- Preserving data
- Re-arranging
- Hiding, locking/unlocking
- Naming, deleting
- Layer opacity
Module – 11
- Type
- Rasterized vs. character, selecting and editing
- Formatting palettes
- Fill and stroke
- Type on a path
Module – 12
- Workflow
- Automating contact sheets
- Automating batches
- Saving the workspace
- Navigation, using guides and info
Module – 13
- Saving
- Save options, file formats for InDesign, web etc
- Paths to Illustrator
- Keyboard shortcut
Module – 14
- Project achievements:
- House ad/poster
- Web gallery
- Duotone photograph
- Repaired photograph