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Learning Adobe Photoshop CS4
by Greg Bowden

The tutorials have been developed for Adobe Photoshop CS4 on the Windows and Macintosh systems as single or multi-user versions. The multi-user version has a detailed project at the end of each Module so that students can practice the skills that they have learned from the module.

Module 1: Introduces the Adobe Photoshop CS4 basics such as the use of layers, using workspaces, using the drawing tools, selection techniques, modifying images, combining shapes and photographs, adding text to designs, adjusting the look of photographs, using masks, creating 3D shapes, saving files in different formats and saving files for the web.

Module 2: Introduces advanced Adobe Photoshop CS4 features including cloning parts of images, applying filters to images, Adjustment layers, Fill layers, improving photographs of faces, using the History panel, working with perspective, adjusting the colour in photographs, creating animations, creating artwork, the Magnetic Lasso tool, replacing colours in images and content aware scaling.

Module 3: Provides examples of some of the applications of Photoshop including the use of reflection, creating three-dimensional objects such as spheres and boxes, creating and saving 3-D styles, creating graffiti on a brick wall and on a building, creatiing accurate designs, displacing one image into another to add depth and motion to a 2D image and animation exercises using frames and the timeline.


Contents and Sample Pages

Sample pages from selected chapters can be downloaded. The sample pages contain COMPRESSED screen pictures so their quality is lower than the actual product.

Module 1: Photoshop CS4 Basics

Contents (Modules 1, 2 & 3) view pages (222k)
Chapter 1: Introduction to Photoshop (22 pages) view sample pages (585k)
Chapter 2: Selecting Parts of Images (26 pages) view sample pages (559k)
Chapter 3: Modifying Images (18 pages) view sample pages (454k)
Chapter 4: Drawing Shapes (18 pages) view sample pages (573k)
Chapter 5: Adjusting Shapes (11 pages)  
Chapter 6: Adding Text to Designs (21 pages) view sample pages (627k)
Chapter 7: Adjusting the Look of Images (18 pages) view sample pages (680k)
Chapter 8: Combining Photographs (7 pages)  
Chapter 9: Creating Masks (15 pages) view sample pages (513k)
Chapter 10: Creating 3D Shapes (17 pages) view sample pages (585k)
Chapter 11: Saving Files (11 pages)  
Project 1: Create a Poster (Multi-user only)  

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Module 2: Photoshop CS4 Advanced Features

Chapter 12: Patches and Healing Brushes (9 pages)  
Chapter 13: Cloning Images (12 pages) view sample pages (426k)
Chapter 14: Applying Filters (12 pages) view sample pages (510k)
Chapter 15: Adjustment Layers (14 pages) view sample pages (433k)
Chapter 16: Advanced Layer Uses (17 pages) view sample pages (437k)
Chapter 17: Working With Perspective (17 pages) view sample pages (404k)
Chapter 18: Colour Adjustments (16 pages) view sample pages (331k)
Chapter 19: Applying Artistic Filters (16 pages) view sample pages (459k)
Chapter 20: Animations (26 pages) view sample pages (479k)
Chapter 21: The History Palette and History Brush (15 pages) view sample pages (521k)
Chapter 22: Useful Tools (16 pages) view sample pages (460k)
Project 2: VicSports (Multi-user only)  

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Module 3: Photoshop CS4 Applications

Chapter 23: Using Reflections (10 pages)  
Chapter 24: Creating 3D Styles (16 pages) view sample pages (604k)
Chapter 25: Graffiti on a Brick Wall (12 pages) view sample pages (500k)
Chapter 26: Graffiti on a Building (20 pages) view sample pages (530k)
Chapter 27: Creating Balls and Spheres (16 pages) view sample pages (424k)
Chapter 28: Creating Accurate Shapes (20 pages) view sample pages (574k)
Chapter 29: Creative Text Effects (12 pages) view sample pages (543k)
Chapter 30: Displacing Images (9 pages)  
Chapter 31: Using Blurs in Animations (14 pages) view sample pages (510k)
Chapter 32: Timeline Animations (14 pages) view sample pages (573k)
Chapter 33: Animating 3D Objects (8 pages)  

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