Requisite: Photoshop® CS® (or newer) - Levels 1 & 2

Fee:

$180

This class is a continuation of the Photoshop CS3 course series. It focuses on specific information needed to create and manage images for the Web. In this course, students will learn how to optimize images. They will explore techniques for slicing an image into multiple parts and then exporting them. They'll learn how to automate Web tasks as well as explore how to create animation.

Unit 1: Optimizing Web images
Topic A: Web image size
Topic B: Optimization
Topic C: Fine-tuning quality
Topic D: Creating transparency

Unit 2: Slicing images
Topic A: Full-page designs
Topic B: Basic slicing
Topic C: Advanced slicing
Topic D: Exporting Web pages

Unit 3: Web and device features
Topic A: Links and status-bar messages
Topic B: Device Central
Topic C: Zoomify

Unit 4: Automating Web tasks
Topic A: Color and size adjustments
Topic B: Droplets
Topic C: Web photo galleries
Topic D: Data-driven graphics

Unit 5: Animation
Topic A: Creating animation
Topic B: Animation output options