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Adobe Photoshop for the Web Course

Author : Rick Martin

7hrs (104 Lessons) 2001-06-19

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Virtual Training Company's Photoshop for the Web tutorial is designed for the user who has a basic comprehension of Photoshop and would like to brush up on the skills required for effective web design. Each of Rick Martin's lessons builds on the previous one, as he leads you through an example work project. He uses this project to show you how to format, slice, and save your work for the Web. You can begin learning now by simply clicking on one of the links below.

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Course: Adobe Photoshop for the Web
Author: Rick Martin
SKU: 33230
ISBN: 1930519761
Work Files: Yes
Captions: No
Subject: Graphics & Page Layout
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Course outline

Introduction & Setting Up

Welcome & About This Course (02:02)

Preferences - Saving Files - Display & Cursors (03:57)

Transparency & Gamut / Units & Rulers / Guides & Grid (04:33)

Plug-ins & Scratch Disks / Memory & Image Cache (02:05)

Photoshop Basics

Screen Areas Overview (05:31)

Layers (04:12)

Layer Styles (04:12)

Managing Assets (04:01)

Actions & Droplets (04:02)

Creating New Images (02:33)

Opening & Acquiring Images (04:03)

Blending Modes (04:16)

Vector Graphics vs. Bitmap Graphics (02:13)

Photoshop Tools & Techniques

Navigating (02:43)

Painting l (04:25)

Painting ll (02:35)

Drawing (05:10)

Shapes (05:03)

Selecting l (04:08)

Selecting ll (03:40)

Filling (03:18)

Modifying l ? Crop & Clone (03:06)

Modifying ll ? Retouching (01:34)

Modifying lll ? Sampling & Annotation (03:27)

Basics of Web Design

Origins & Behavior / Internet & World Wide Web (02:05)

Internet Architecture & Web Delivery (04:43)

Web Page Structure (03:36)

Graphic Architecture (03:20)

Animations (01:32)

Internet Constraints & Solutions

Download Time (02:25)

Optimizing (04:18)

Browser & Platform Compatibility (02:03)

Browser Offset (04:27)

JavaScript & Absolute Positioning (02:11)

Table Backgrounds (03:34)

Monitor Resolution (06:06)

Interpolation (05:48)

Image Shape (06:47)

Color For The Web

Color Modes (04:38)

Picking & Specifying Colors (05:53)

Monitor Bit Depth (04:05)

Web Safe Color (04:11)

Browser Compensation for Missing Colors (03:58)

Save for Web (07:25)

Using Type

Type on the Web (03:51)

Types of Type (02:50)

Setting Graphic Type l (03:57)

Setting Graphic Type ll (04:24)

Image Formats

Image Formats Overview (02:17)

GIF - Color Lookup Table (CLUT) (05:06)

GIF - LZW Compression (02:51)

GIF - Dithering l (04:38)

GIF - Dithering ll (03:24)

GIF - Color Reduction Algorithms (05:00)

GIF - Transparent & Matte & Avoiding Halos (05:41)

JPEG - Overview (03:46)

JPEG - Saving (04:47)

PNG - Overview & Saving (04:27)

Working With Photographs

Cropping & Rotating (04:14)

Removing Blemishes (04:27)

Histogram (03:26)

Levels (03:37)

Color Balance & Curves (05:10)

Selecting Areas (07:47)

Modifying Areas (04:18)

Photograph Effects for the Web (06:59)

Creating Backgrounds & Textures

Background Techniques (04:32)

Tiling Background Methods (08:35)

Parchment Background (03:22)

Muddy Concrete (04:29)

VTC Pattern Background (06:54)

Watermark Background (02:04)

Microtiles (03:40)

3d Pattern Background (05:05)

Layer Styles

Layer Styles Overview (04:21)

Simple Web Buttons (06:00)

Squeezed Green Paint (03:12)

Glass l (04:23)

Glass ll (03:53)

Water Drops & Liquify (06:33)

Work Project - Simple Interface

Border (04:01)

Navigation Panel (05:31)

Button Text (02:23)

Modifying & Tweaking (07:09)

Slicing l (05:54)

Save for Web l (03:59)

Formatting l (02:25)

Slicing ll & Save for Web ll (06:08)

Formatting ll (01:49)

Work Project - Layered & Perspective Interface

Formatting Text (03:24)

Text Effects (04:17)

Warped Text (05:00)

Perspective Text (03:37)

Swirl (04:39)

Slicing l (04:10)

Slicing ll & Save for Web (03:53)

Work Project - Top Border Interface With Glass Buttons

Overview & Top Panels (05:33)

Modifying the Top Panels (03:06)

Glass Buttons (03:16)

Divider Lines & Glowing Glass (04:59)

Add Text & Slice (04:03)

Save for Web & Formatting (03:30)

Where to Now?

VTC (01:28)

Credits

About this Author (00:59)