PHOTOSHOP/CS3-5 My 25 years plus of applicable experience of application/software development within the government, encompassed with more than 20 years of professional instruction of complex programming languages at the collegiate level led me to create this in-depth 200 page book covering in-depth the following topics: Contents Photoshop CS3 Basics ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Course Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Introducing Photoshop CS3 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Learning Objectives ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 1. Introducing Photoshop CS3 ............................................................................................................................................................. 7 2. Photoshop file formats .................................................................................................................................................................... 9 3. Photoshop Help ............................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Summary ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 The Photoshop CS3 Interface .................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................... 15 1. The Photoshop interface ............................................................................................................................................................... 15 2. Customizing the interface .............................................................................................................................................................. 17 Summary ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Save, Print, and Undo Changes in Photoshop CS3 .................................................................................................................................. 20 Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................... 20 1. Saving images and duplicates ........................................................................................................................................................ 21 2. Setting up images for printing ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 3. Undoing with the History palette .................................................................................................................................................. 26 Summary ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Using Adobe Bridge CS3 with Photoshop CS3......................................................................................................................................... 29 Learning Objective ............................................................................................................................................................................. 29 1. Using Adobe Bridge CS3 ................................................................................................................................................................ 29 Summary ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 View and Edit Images in Photoshop CS3 ................................................................................................................................................. 34 Learning Objective ............................................................................................................................................................................. 34 1. Image size and resolution .............................................................................................................................................................. 34 2. View and zoom tools ..................................................................................................................................................................... 36 3. Editing image size .......................................................................................................................................................................... 39 4. Cropping images ............................................................................................................................................................................ 41 Summary ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Open and Resize Images in Photoshop CS3 ............................................................................................................................................ 44 Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Exercise overview .............................................................................................................................................................................. 44 Task 1: Using Adobe Bridge ............................................................................................................................................................... 45 Task 2: Customizing the interface ...................................................................................................................................................... 45 Task 3: Viewing and resizing an image .............................................................................................................................................. 45 Make Color Adjustments in Photoshop CS3 ........................................................................................................................................... 45 Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................... 45 1. Working with color ........................................................................................................................................................................ 46 2. Automatic color correction ............................................................................................................................................................ 48 3. Working with channels and Variations .......................................................................................................................................... 50 Summary ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 53 Fine-tune Color Effects in Photoshop CS3 .............................................................................................................................................. 53 Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................... 53 1. Understanding levels ..................................................................................................................................................................... 53 2. Adjusting levels .............................................................................................................................................................................. 54 3. Adjusting shadows and highlights ................................................................................................................................................. 56 Summary ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 58 Further Color Adjustments in Photoshop