Adobe® Photoshop® CC: Part 2
Course Specifications
Course Number: 
092014
Course Length: 
1 day
Course Description
Overview: 
Adobe® Photoshop® CC is a leading graphic creation application, popular among graphic designers, illustrators, and photographers. Photoshop’s numerous features work together to provide a comprehensive toolset for you, the design professional. This course delves into some of the more advanced image creation and editing techniques, and offers you hands-on activities that demonstrate how these techniques can be used in combination to create exciting visual effects. 
This course covers the Visual Communication Using Adobe Photoshop CC objectives to help students prepare for the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exam. This course is also designed to cover the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exam objectives. 
Course Objectives:
This course will prepare you to use the most common basic features of Adobe Photoshop CC. In this course, you will: 
•	Use brushes, gradients, and tool presets to create raster images.
•	Apply vector paths, shape drawing tools, type, and type special effects.
•	Apply advanced layer techniques with masks, filters, layers, and smart objects. 
•	Apply actions and batch processing to automate tasks.
•	Edit video by using timelines, transitions, graphics, titles, and animation.
•	Set project requirements by identifying the purpose, audience, copyright rules, and project management tasks. 
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 Communication with Adobe Photoshop exam certification. 
Prerequisites: 
To ensure your success in this course, you should have experience with the following tasks: 
•	Identify the basic components of Adobe® Bridge and the Photoshop workspace. 
•	Define image size and resolution.
•	Add and modify Photoshop layers.
•	Use tools to select, crop, and move images.
•	Work with image adjustment properties to correct and retouch photographic images. 
•	Open and modify an image in Adobe® Camera Raw.
•	Prepare images for print and web.
To meet these prerequisites, you can take the Logical Operations course: 
•	Adobe® Photoshop® CC: Part 1 
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: 
•	Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel® Centrino®, Intel® Xeon®, or Intel® Core™ Duo (or compatible) processor 
•	4 gigabyte (GB) RAM
•	Graphics card with 512 MB video RAM
•	2.5 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices) 
•	1024 x 768 resolution monitor (1,280 × 800 recommended)
•	Internet connection and registration necessary for required software activation, membership validation, and access to online services 
•	Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
•	Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen
Software
•	Microsoft® Windows® 7 or 8/8.1 (32-bit or 64-bit)
•	Adobe® Photoshop® CC
•	Adobe® Bridge CC
•	If necessary, software for viewing the course slides (instructor machine only) 
This course was created and keychecked using Windows 8.1. 
Course Content
Lesson 1: Creating Raster Images 
Topic A: Draw with Brushes 
Topic B: Create Gradients 
Topic C: Apply Tool Presets 
Lesson 2: Applying Vector Image Tools 
Topic A: Create Images with Vector Paths 
Topic B: Apply the Shape Drawing Tools 
Topic C: Work with Type 
Topic D: Apply Type Special Effects 
Lesson 3: Applying Advanced Layer Techniques 
Topic A: Modify Images with Masks 
Topic B: Apply Special Effects by Using Filters 
Topic C: Apply Special Effects to Layers 
Topic D: Apply Smart Objects for Nondestructive Editing 
Lesson 4: Automating Tasks 
Topic A: Create and Apply Actions 
Topic B: Batch Process Files with Photoshop and Adobe Bridge 
Lesson 5: Editing Video 
Topic A: Edit Video 
Topic B: Add Graphics, Titles, and Animation to Video 
Lesson 6: Setting Project Requirements 
Topic A: Identify Purpose, Audience, and Audience Needs 
Topic B: Adhere to Copyright Rules for Artwork, Graphics, and Graphics Use 
Topic C: Determine and Evaluate Project Management Tasks and Responsibilities 
Appendix A: Visual Communication Using Adobe Photoshop CC Certification Exam Objectives 
Appendix B: Adobe Certified Expert Photoshop CC Exam Mapping