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Photoshop CS4 (also known as Photoshop 11.0) is the latest release of an amazingly powerful and complete program for
working with digital images, and yet for all its power, it’s surprisingly easy to
learn to start using it effectively. These workshops are for both the first-time user of
Photoshop, as well as for more experienced users who want to learn to do more with the
program, or to explore what this newest version has to offer.
Whether your images are destined for the Web, for home or kiosk printing, for
email, for PowerPoint presentations,
for commercial printing, or elsewhere, you’ll find that Photoshop will be able to meet nearly all of your
needs right out of the box. The Windows and Macintosh versions of the program are
identical in function.
| Our Introductory ("Level 1") Photoshop workshop is ideal
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• those new to Photoshop,
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• more experienced users who want to
dramatically improve their Photoshop skills and abilities (including
anyone who wants to "move up" to the full-featured Photoshop program
from other more limited or less convenient image editing programs) |
We'll start with a general tour of Photoshop’s features (including several added with Photoshop
CS2), and then quickly move into learning how to retouch and enhance your images
with a with number of easy-to-use techniques. Along the way, you'll
develop an understanding of the important characteristics of digital images, so
that you'll easily be able to decide how to best improve your own images after
the workshop's over.
After this workshop, you'll know how to make your images much better looking thanks to the
professional techniques you'll learn. You'll learn to use the new
"one-click red-eye correction" and "spot-healing brush" tools to easily
eliminate flaws in your photos. You'll also learn how to make
overall image adjustments, including how to optimize "tonal range" of your
image (using "levels" and "auto levels"), as well as to adjust
hue/saturation and color balance, and how to crop, "burn," and "dodge"
(cut, darken, and lighten) portions of your image.
You'll further
understand the important characteristics of digital images and appropriate
scanning resolutions, and will learn several other techniques for making overall adjustments as well as doing fine-detail
retouching -- including use of the cloning and pattern stamp tools to eliminate
unwanted details (or blemishes!), and sharpening an image using the new "smart sharpen" filter. You'll even pick up some simple
"adjustment layer" techniques (to try different adjustments without
permanently changing the image), and will do basic "image optimization" for
Web-destined images!
Photoshop CS4, Level 1
(also applicable for users of earlier versions)
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of using your PC (Windows or Mac)
Instructor: Peter Kimble, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
Hours: 6
UIUC CEUs: 0.6
CPDUs: 6 (Illinois teachers are eligible to earn 6 CPDUs for this
workshop)
Fee: $102 (includes handout)
Date / Time: May 11, 2009 (M); 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (lunch on your
own 11:30 - 1:00)
Windows User Registration Code:
W-1817-E
Mac User Registration Code:
M-1818-E
Location: UI Armory Building,
Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
Date / Time: July 21, 2009 (Tu); 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (lunch on your
own 11:30 - 1:00)
Windows User Registration Code:
W-1838-E
Mac User Registration Code:
M-1839-E
Location: UI Armory Building,
Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
Registration Form
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The Level 2 (Intermediate) workshop builds on techniques learned in Level 1.
You'll be amazed at that you'll be able to do by combining layers, masks, and
channels, easily creating incredibly sophisticated and professional-looking
results. The workshop includes learning more refined techniques for making selections (isolating part of
an image), including working in "quick-mask mode," using the "magnetic lasso"
tool, doing "free transforms" and more. You'll also learn how to "extract"
an image from a complex background, and how to combine multiple images and text into a single
"composited" image.
From among the many other capabilities of Photoshop, we'll also include
techniques for working with filters, layer effects (such as drop shadows and embossing),
creating "layer masks" and "clipping groups," tinting grayscale images using
"blending modes," and much more. While all this may sound complicated,
it's actually quite easy to start using these techniques and more. Whether
your images are
destined for print or for the Web, everything you learn in the Level 2 workshop can be combined
with techniques learned in the Adobe
ImageReady (Photoshop Web) Workshop as well!
Photoshop CS4, Level 2
(also applicable for users of earlier versions)
Prerequisite: An Introductory Photoshop workshop, or strong working
knowledge of Adobe Photoshop
Instructor: Peter Kimble, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
Hours: 6
UIUC CEUs: 0.6
CPDUs: 6 (Illinois teachers are eligible to earn 6 CPDUs for this
workshop)
Fee: $102 (includes handout)
Date / Time: May 12, 2009 (Tu); 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (lunch on your
own 11:30 - 1:00)
Windows User Registration Code:
W-1819-E
Mac User Registration Code:
M-1820-E
Location: UI Armory Building,
Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
Date / Time: July 22, 2009 (W); 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (lunch on your
own 11:30 - 1:00)
Windows User Registration Code:
W-1840-E
Mac User Registration Code:
M-1841-E
Location: UI Armory Building,
Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
Registration Form
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Learn the basics of manipulating photos such as fixing red-eye, adjusting
color and lighting, and working the layouts, as well as some exciting new
features of version 7. See how easy it is to remove unwanted elements from your
photos using Scene Cleaner; create the perfect group photo using Group Shot; and
much more!
Prerequisite: Familiarity with Windows
Instructor: Staff, Training Services
Hours: 2
Fee: $39
Date / Time: June 24, 2009 (W); 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Registration Code: W-1773-C
Location:
Illini Hall, Suite 26 (lower level)
Date / Time: Aug. 5, 2009 (W); 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Registration Code: W-1803-C
Location:
Illini Hall, Suite 26 (lower level)
Registration Form
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| ImageReady News Effective with the release of its
Creative Suite 3 ("CS3") software in May, 2007, Adobe discontinued
the ImageReady program. Instead,
Adobe has added more web-related features to Photoshop itself, and is now promoting Adobe Fireworks (formerly Macromedia
Fireworks) as its new web-specific web image processing program.
We are no longer offering ImageReady workshops, but will be offering
Adobe Fireworks workshops instead.
A Historical Note: Although many Photoshop users may
not have been aware of it, Adobe ImageReady was
automatically included and installed with Photoshop for
a total of 5 releases (from Photoshop 5.5 up through Photoshop CS2
(Photoshop 9.0). The bottom button on the Photoshop
toolbar automatically opened and transferred the current image to
the ImageReady program (and an equivalent button at the bottom
of the ImageReady toolbar transferred control back to Photoshop).
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