Adobe photoshop class for web, email, and social media: Course overview

  • Using Photoshop for web and social media images
  • Image file size
  • Web file formats
  • The JPEG format
  • The GIF format
  • The PNG format
  • Photoshop production tips
  • Color on the web
  • Using type on the web
  • Selection tools
  • Taking advantage of layers
  • Layer masks
  • Actions
  • Filters that improve your web imagery
  • Slicing in Adobe Photoshop
  • Creating special effects
  • Creating animations
  • Creating imagemaps
This course is available individually or as part of these certificate programs

Photoshop class for web design & web graphics - Course Dates

All classes are led by a live instructor. Class times listed are Eastern time.

Live instructor-led class online
$495.00
Live instructor-led class online
$495.00
Live instructor-led class online
$495.00
Live instructor-led class online
$495.00
Live instructor-led class online
$495.00

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 the 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

 

Photoshop course instructors

Learn Photoshop from expert instructors who authored Photoshop Digital Classroom, Photoshop Classroom in a Book, and Creative Cloud for Dummies. Benefit from skilled teachers with many years of using and teaching Photoshop who help you learn quickly and easily.

Grace
Grace

MS, Information Design

BA, Digital Communications

Adjunct Professor, St. Olaf

Jennifer
Jennifer

MS, Human Factors Information Design

BA, Commercial Art

UXQB Certfied

Adjunct Professor, Boston University

Greg
Greg

BA, Advertising Design

Adobe Certified Instructor

Author, multiple Adobe Creative Cloud books

Patti
Patti

BA

BFA

Adjunct Professor

Custom and private Photoshop classes

This Photoshop course is available as a private class. Curriculum can be customized for your specific needs. Photoshop classes can be delivered at your location, online, or in our classrooms. For more information, call 781-376-6044 to speak with a training consultant or contact us.

Adobe Photoshop Class for Web Design: Prerequisites

We recommend that you have the Adobe Photoshop software before starting this Photoshop class for web design. If attending in our classrooms, the software is provided, and if attending a live online class you can purchase the software or obtain a trial version of it from the Adobe website. Basic knowledge of Photoshop is helpful, but is not required for this course.

Adobe Photoshop Class for Web Design: Course Materials

You will receive a comprehensive course manual for this Photoshop class developed by the Adobe Certified Instructors at AGI. AGI instructors that have created many of the official Photoshop training guides and books for Adobe Systems.

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Available Delivery Methods For This Class

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