Outline Week 1: Setting Up and Navigating the Workspace Setting Up and Setting Preferences Navigating images using the

Bridge The Interface and Image Window The Basics on Tools Tool Options Bar and Preset Manager The Palettes and Context Menus Week 2: Working with Images Aligning, Cropping and Sharpening Images Working with Resolution Creating Web-ready images Week 3: All about Layers! Layer Basics The Layer Palette Selecting and Managing Layers Aligning Layer Content Later Blending Modes and Opacity Layer Styles Using the Info and Navigator Palettes Week 4: Selections and the Quick Mask The Selection Tools Working with Selections Isolating and Extracting Image Selections Quick Selection and Quick Masks Week 5: Retouching and Enhancing Images Erasing the Past Basic Image Retouching Basic Color Correction and Color Theory Week 6: Painting Tools Color Modes The Color Picker The Color and Swatches Palettes Painting Tools and Techniques All About Gradients Week 7: Working With Type Filters An Introduction to Type The Type Tool Character and Paragraph Palettes Transforming Type Warp Type Type Styles and Effects Week 8: Using Filters, Vector Shapes and Adding Creativity Creating Photographic Edges and Frames Fun with Filters

Hand-colored Images and Graphics All About Vector Shapes Final Project