Course Specifications

Course Number:

092013

Course Length:

1 day

Course Description

Overview:

Adobe® Photoshop® CC: Part 1 focuses on some of the basic features of Photoshop so that the student can navigate the environment and use Photoshop tools to work with photographic images. In addition, the orientation to Adobe® Bridge and organization of files in Bridge is covered. Although Photoshop is used by a variety of professionals, from photographers to designers to videographers, Photoshop Part 1 will focus mainly on the photography component. The illustration and animation techniques are covered in subsequent levels of Photoshop.

This course is a great component of your preparation for the Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) in Visual Design Using Adobe Photoshop exam.

Course Objectives:

This course will prepare you to use the most common basic features of Adobe Photoshop. In this course, you will:

• Identify the components and capabilities of Photoshop.
• Create basic images.
• Manage selections and layers.
• Modify and repair images, and manage color.
• Refine images by adjusting layers, using camera raw, and applying advanced image refinement.
• Import, export, organize, and save files.

Target Student:

Target students include professional or amateur photographers who want to use the robust features of Photoshop to enhance, modify, and organize their photographs, and anyone interested in working toward the Visual Design Using Adobe Photoshop certification.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success in this course, you should have a basic comfort level with digital photography. For example, you have used a digital camera and have downloaded images to your computer or other storage device.

Course-specific Technical Requirements

Hardware:

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:

• Sufficient processor speed, RAM, and disk space for good system performance when running Microsoft Windows 10 and Adobe Photoshop.
• Mouse, keyboard, and monitor
• High-speed, stable Internet connection
• For the instructor's computer, a method to project and/or share the screen as needed for local and remote class participants.

Software:

• Microsoft® Windows® version 1909 or later
• Adobe® Photoshop® : Photoshop Plan
  

  NOTE: You might also see this version referred to as the October 2022 release, Photoshop 2023, or version 24.0.

• Adobe® Bridge
• If necessary, software for viewing the course slides (instructor machine only).

NOTE: In October 2022, Adobe updated Photoshop. This course is based on the Photoshop Plan. This course was created and keyed using Windows 10.

NOTE: The course was not tested on Windows 11 or using the Photography Plan or the All Apps Plan, so if you are using any combination of those versions, be sure to test the activities before class begins.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Photoshop

Topic A: Organize Photoshop Assets by Using Adobe Bridge

Topic B: Organize the Photoshop Workspace

Topic C: Customize the Photoshop Workspace

Lesson 2: Creating Basic Images

Topic A: Manage Image Elements and Formats

Topic B: Apply Design Principles, Elements, and Graphic Composition

Topic C: Work with Digital Devices

Lesson 3: Managing Selections and Layers

Topic A: Use Selection Tools

Topic B: Manage Layers

Lesson 4: Adjusting Images

Topic A: Modify Images

Topic B: Repair Images

Topic C: Implement Color Management

Lesson 5: Refining Images

Topic A: Adjust Layers

Topic B: Apply Camera Raw

Topic C: Refine Images by Using Advanced Tools

Lesson 6: Managing Files in a Production Workflow

Topic A: Import, Export, and Organize Files

Topic B: Save Images for the Web

Topic C: Save Images for Print

Topic D: Format Images for Other Programs

Appendix A: Mapping Course Content to the Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Design Using Adobe Photoshop Exam