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Photoshop Class for Web Design: Online August 25, 2023 Web Graphics
Photoshop Class for Web Design & Web Graphics
$495.00
In this Photoshop class for web design, discover how to quickly and easily create images for use on the web , social media, and HTML email. This Photoshop course covers image optimization and creating effective web graphics with impact. You can attend this Photoshop class as a stand-alone course, or start with the introductory Photoshop course to gain a comprehensive set of image editing skills. This class is an essential for all web designers.
Photoshop Class for Web, Social Media, and Email: Course Topics
Module 1: Overview of Photoshop for web, social media, and email
- Understanding when to use Photoshop
- Types of work where Photoshop is useful
- Overview of Photoshop tools used for online images
Module 2: Image file size for online images
- Photoshop resize wizard
- Manually resize
- Fit image
- Building a resize action
Module 3: Online file formats for images used online
- Understanding file formats used online: JPG, GIF, PNG
Module 4: The JPEG format
- Saving a JPG
- Using the matting feature for JPEG
Module 5: The GIF format
- General information about GIFs
- Exporting a GIF
- Lossy
- Color reduction algorithm
- Dithering
- Matting
- Transparency
- Interlaced
- Web Snap
- Modifying the color table
- Locking colors in the color table
- Saving Custom color tables
Module 6: The PNG Format
- PNG-8 vs PNG-24
- Transparency
Module 7: Photoshop production tips for web and online image use
- Zooming
- Guides & grids
- Taking advantage of the Info panel
- Using the transform features
Module 8: Color in web design and online images
- Hexadecimal system
- Color picker for HTML
- Converting Pantone colors for web use
- Using Color panel for Hexadecimal colors
- Using Color Picker
- Using and creating custom swatches
- Locking colors in the color table
Module 9: Using type with web and social media using Photoshop
- Overview of text on the web
- Anti-aliasing
- Layer styles for type
- Saving styles
- Converting text to vector
Module 10: Understanding Photoshop selection tools for web design
- Marquee tool
- Selection tips and tricks
- Feathering
- Lasso
- Polygon Lasso tool
- Magic Wand
- Magic Eraser
- Using the Refine Edge feature
Module 11: Taking advantage of layers when creating images for online use
- Aligning and distributing layers
- Moving layers to other documents
- Layer sets
- Using Adjustment layers to change color
- Building a background
- Creating a pattern
Module 12: Layer masks for web and social media using Photoshop
- Creating masks
- Painting and editing masks
Module 13: Photoshop Actions for web and social media with Photoshop
- Saving tasks
- Building a droplet
- Saving optimization settings
- Creating droplets from settings
Module 14: Filters that improve your online images
- Using Smart filters
- Unsharp mask
Module 15: Slicing web graphics and online images using Adobe Photoshop
- Using the Slice panel
- Creating slices with guides
- Creating slices with the Slice tool
- Managing slices
- Saving slice selections
- Alt tags
- Updating XHTML files
- Exporting slices as CSS
- Export options for CSS
- Customizing code generated from Photoshop
Module 16: Creating special effects for web designs and online images
- Layer styles
- Using layer styles
- Creating and saving custom layer styles
Module 17: Creating animations using Photoshop for web and social media
- Frame-based animation
- Timeline-based animation
- Using layers in animations
- Importing images as frames
- Optimizing an animation
- Animation frame shortcuts
- Timeline-based animation
Module 18: Creating imagemaps using Photoshop
- Tool-based imagemap
- Layer-based imagemap