Photoshop Training for Web Graphics

When used with Dreamweaver, Photoshop is a powerful tool for web designers to produce any web graphics required on their site.

This Photoshop course for the web is part of our Web Design Week package, and provides the knowledge you need to create web graphics with Photoshop, optimise your images and export them for use in Dreamweaver and CMS tools like Wordpress.

In addition to this Introductory Photoshop for Web Graphics Course we offer Photoshop Training and Advanced Photoshop training courses for print design.

The Industry Standard

No other image editing package comes close to Photoshop in terms of its power, usability and popularity - both among graphic designers and web designers.

Photoshop now includes all of the features formerly included in ImageReady - including the ability to optimise and prepare images for a wide range of purposes - most notably the web.

Coupled with easy to use slicing tools, enabling designers to divide up large images for use on the web - Photoshop is an indispensable tool for web designers.

Photoshop Training for Web Graphics Course Objectives

Upon completion of this Photoshop training course, delegates will be confident in using Adobe Photoshop to:

• Create and optimise images for the web.
• Work effectively and flexibly with Photoshop tools to create stylish web graphics
• Use filters and layer effects both as tools and effects
• Export from Photoshop using the most appropriate file formats for the web.
• Develop Photoshop skills further using the in depth knowledge gained during this course

This Photoshop training for Web Graphics course forms part of our Web Design Week, comprising of our 1 day Web Design course, our 2 day Dreamweaver course and our 2 day Photoshop Training for Web Graphics courses

All three of these web design training courses can be booked together to form a comprehensive week of web design training for just £795 (£1,105 if booked separately).

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Photoshop for Web Graphics Training Course Content

Basics

• Basic Photoshop concepts
• Ways of acquiring images
• Overview of Photoshop tools
• Background and foreground colours
• How text works in Photoshop
• Photoshop and web graphics creation
• Colour and web graphics

Creating Website Graphics

• Logos
• Header images
• Navigation Bars
• Backgrounds
• Gradient Boxes
• Buttons
• Banner and other adverts

Selection & Masks

• Use of layer masks in montage
• Rectangular and elliptical marquees
• Using the lasso tool
• How the magic wand works
• Subtracting and adding
• Essential keyboard image navigation
• Transforming and editing

Tools and Layers

• Brushes and brush types
• How text works in Photoshop
• The advantages of using layering
• Transforming and distorting
• Layer blending modes
• Using layer comps for site mock-ups

Image Preparation & Retouching

• Layer masks adjustment layers
• Colour correction techniques
• Using levels. Levels explained
• Colorizing grayscale images

Combining Images

• Creating montages
• The gradient tool and selection
• Working with multiple layers
• Overlaying images
• Ways of combining images
• Creating layer masks

Working with Paths

• Creating and saving paths
• Converting selection to paths

Filters as Tools

• Tips on using filters
• Blurring and sharpening

Images for the Web

• Slicing an image
• Animation
• Saving animation for the web
• Mocking up a website in Photoshop
• Photoshop and Dreamweaver
• Transferring designs to Dreamweaver

Exporting Files

• Setting transparency for web images
• Optimising images for the web
• Resolution considerations for the web
• Examination of file types
• Advantages of various formats
• Converting the image type

Photoshop Training for Web Graphics Course Prerequisites

All delegates attending this Photoshop training course must be confident with Windows or Macintosh environments, including creating, moving and deleting files and folders.

Silicon Beach Training recommends that all delegates familiarise themselves with the Photoshop interface, or that of a similar package before attending.

Trial can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/uk/downloads/#printpub

Book this Photoshop Training for Web Graphics course one to one for £895 + vat

Photoshop for Web Graphics Training Recommended Reading

Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers: a professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)