Adobe Photoshop CS5: Web Production

 084387: Adobe  Photoshop CS5: Web Production (1 Day)

Course Description

Course Objective:You will set Photoshop’s unit preferences and save files in different formats to see how well each format balances image quality with file size reduction. You will then calibrate your system’s color display. You will also use Photoshop as part of creating finished web pages, export individual slices, and create an HTML web page that displays a table containing the sliced sections. Finally, you will create and optimize animations for the web and mobile devices.

Target Student:This course is intended for web professionals with a basic knowledge of Photoshop, who are interested in using Photoshop for web production. This course covers the Adobe® Certified Associate and Adobe® Certified Expert exam objectives, and is intended to help prepare students to take the Adobe Certified Associate exam and Adobe Certified Expert exam.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

    * prepare images for the web.

    * optimize images by saving them in different formats and applying transparency to them.

    * apply color management techniques, alter image brightness, and ensure color consistency to create images that are attractive to the widest possible audience who use different platforms such as Macintosh and Windows.

    * create web page layouts.

    * export a web page.

    * create animations for web and mobile devices.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Preparing Web Images

    Topic 1A: Understand Images for the Web

    Topic 1B: Reduce File Size

Lesson 2: Optimizing Images

    Topic 2A: Optimize Photographic Images

    Topic 2B: Optimize Flat Color Graphics and Illustrations

    Topic 2C: Apply Transparency Settings

Lesson 3: Preparing Images for Cross-Platform Viewing

    Topic 3A: Set Up Color Management for the Web

    Topic 3B: Alter Images for Displaying Across Platforms

    Topic 3C: Snap to Web-Safe Colors

Lesson 4: Creating Web Page Layouts

    Topic 4A: Create a Web Page

    Topic 4B: Create Web Page Backgrounds

    Topic 4C: Draw Editable Vector Shapes

    Topic 4D: Create Effects

Lesson 5: Exporting a Web Page

    Topic 5A: Prepare a Web Page for Export

    Topic 5B: Export a Web Page

Lesson 6: Creating Animations for Web and Mobile Devices

    Topic 6A: Create Frame Animations

    Topic 6B: Create Timeline Animations

    Topic 6C: Save Animations

    Topic 6D: Preview Animations on Mobile Devices

Appendix A: New Features in Adobe® Photoshop® CS5: Web Production