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Classroom in a Book Instructor Notes Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 © 2005 Adobe Systems Incorporated and its licensors. All rights reserved. Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 Classroom in a Book® for Windows® and Mac OS. If this guide is distributed with software that includes an end user agreement, this guide, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. Except as permitted by any such license, no part of this guide may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Adobe Systems Incorporated. For information on obtaining permission, please write [email protected]. Please note that the content in this guide is protected under copyright law even if it is not distributed with software that includes an end user license agreement. 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The affirmative action clause and regulations contained in the preceding sentence shall be incorporated by reference. Printed in the U.S.A. GETTING STARTED 1 Adobe Photoshop CS2 Instructor Notes Introduction The Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 Classroom in a Book™ course • Lessons 13 through 15 are all Web-related. presents students with tips, techniques, and solutions for We recommend that, at an absolute minimum, you using the Adobe Photoshop software. teach Lessons 1 through 6. The majority of the most The Instructor Notes are intended to complement the basic Adobe Photoshop features and the Photoshop information in the Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a work environment are covered in these lessons. Book®. The information is organized to follow the However, completing all the lessons through Lesson 10 sequence of instruction in each lesson. would make a far superior introduction. About the workbooks Managing student projects One way to simplify file storage and retrieval in It is recommended that each student in the class have an classroom situations is to ask students to create a individual copy of the Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom folder on their hard disks, name it Suzie’s Lessons in a Book. Students will use this book as you lead them (use the student’s name here), and then copy each through projects. Additionally, the book can be used as project folder into the main Lessons folder. Having a self-paced tutorial. students keep all their working files in their own Les- You can buy more copies of the Adobe Photoshop CS2 sons folder makes it easy for you to clean up files Classroom in a Book for your students, or you can refer when a class is over. them to a local bookseller to purchase the book. For additional information, call Pearson Education at 800- 922-0579. Additional resources Instructors and users of Adobe Photoshop rely on a vari- ety of resources to supplement their knowledge of the Course strategy program. You may find the following resources useful to If you’re teaching a 15-session class, you can teach explore. approximately one chapter of this book per class. Because there are 16 lessons in the book, some of the Adobe Photoshop CS2 User Guide This guide contains lessons may need to be combined with related shorter feature descriptions. It’s useful for learning about areas lessons in a single class. For example: of the program that are outside the scope of the Class- room in a Book. • Lessons 1 and 2 are both focused on learning about the Photoshop user interface and file management. Photoshop Help The Help installed with Photoshop contains complete descriptions of all features, including • Lessons 3, 4, and 8 cover aspects of photo retouching. topics not covered in the User Guide, as well as step-by- • Lessons 5 and 7 both are about making selections. step tutorials on key features and concepts. Click More Also, Lessons 7 and 12 cover effects that are based on Resources in the Help Center to access many of the masking and selections. resources on the Adobe Web site and to create a list of • Lessons 6 and11 deal specifically with layers, although frequently visited user groups, Web sites, and valuable layering is a crucial element in almost every lesson contacts. following Lesson 6. GETTING STARTED 2 Adobe Photoshop CS2 Instructor Notes Photoshop Help The Help installed with Photoshop an online community where users share free actions, contains complete descriptions of all features, including plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe topics not covered in the User Guide, as well as step-by- products. step tutorials on key features and concepts. Click More Total Training Video Workshop CD Presented by Resources in the Help Center to access many of the experts in their fields, Total Training videos provide resources on the Adobe Web site and to create a list of overviews, demos of key new features, and tips and frequently visited user groups, Web sites, and valuable techniques for beginning and advanced users. Look contacts. for accompanying step-by-step instructions to Resources and Extras CD The Adobe Photoshop appli- selected Total Training videos in monthly updates at cation includes a Resources and Extras CD with a great Adobe Studio. Short Total Training Web videos on a deal of useful content. The Technical Information folder variety of products and topics are also available at contains several documents in PDF, fully searchable and Adobe Studio, and complete Total Training course- optimized for printing. These documents provide con- ware can be purchased online from the Adobe Store. ceptual and reference material on various in-depth top- Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) program This program ics. The Resources and Extras CD also includes the is designed to validate an expert skill level of Adobe Pho- entire Help content optimized for printing. (Note that toshop CS2. Careful testing of candidates ensures that the Help content includes everything in the printed User each ACE has demonstrated expert product knowledge Guide, plus much more.) The Resources and Extras CD of the current release of Adobe Photoshop, resulting in also includes a Goodies folder that contains bonus con- increased marketability and an added credential. tent and files for use with Photoshop. Training for the ACE program is available through Adobe Web site The U.S. Adobe Web site Adobe Authorized Learning Providers (AALP) and (www.adobe.com) contains a variety of Photoshop self-study. For more information about this program, training and support resources. The Downloads area send e-mail to [email protected] or visit the includes free updates, tryouts, and other useful soft- Adobe Web site at http://www.adobe.com. ware. The Plug-ins section of the Adobe Store offers access to thousands of plug-ins from third-party Note that several resources mentioned here are avail- developers, helping you automate tasks and custom- able directly from the Help menu in Photoshop, such ize workflows. The User-to-User Forums are a great as online Help and Photoshop Online. place for students to learn from more experienced users.