Adobe Photoshop CS4 Advanced (1 day)

This is a tutor-led, advanced training course on Adobe Photoshop CS2 and assumes some familiarity with use of Photoshop tools, palettes and basic techniques.

Combining images
	Creating montages Saving feathered borders The gradient tool and selection Working with multiple layers Overlaying images Ways of combining images Creating layer masks Creating clipping groups

Working with paths
	Creating and saving paths Working with bezier curves Adding and deleting points Converting paths to selection Using clipping paths Exporting paths to illustrator
Filters and special effects
	Tips on using filters Blurring and sharpening The 3-D Transform filter

	Creating multimedia backgrounds Creating seamless tiles Using the Extract filter Using the Liquify filter

Adjustments
	Automatic adjustments Using adjustments layers Using the Levels command Using the Curves command Hue Saturation Channel Mixer Gradient Map

Buttons and rollovers
	Techniques for creating buttons Specifying different button states Optimising and exporting GIFs Creating rollover effects Adding animation to rollovers Using rollover styles Creating web photo galleries

Slices
	Overview of slices Using the slice tool Creating layer-based slices Modifying slices Naming slices Image and No Image slices Assigning URLs Optimising and exporting slices

Image maps
	Creating tool-based image maps Creating layer-based image maps Assigning attributes to image maps