Adobe Course Overview

Photoshop® 7.0: Web Production is a course that will familiarize you with concepts and techniques important for optimizing images for display on the Internet.

Course Objective:

You will efficiently create, enhance, and access graphically rich and multimedia information within PDF documents for both interactive online use and commercial printing.

Target Student:

The target student for this course is a professional in the creative or printing field who needs to distribute documents intended for use via the Web or for commercial printing.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge:

• Photoshop® 7.0: Level 1
• Photoshop® 7.0: Level 2

Photoshop® 7.0: Web Production is one of five courseware titles that address the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Program objectives for the Photoshop 7.0 exam. The ACE Program is for graphic designers, Web designers, developers, systems integrators, value-added resellers, and business professionals who seek recognition for their expertise with specific Adobe products. Certification candidates must pass a product proficiency exam in order to become an Adobe Certified Expert.

Delivery Method:

Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom delivery learning model with structured, hands-on activities. Course duration:

1 day.

Hardware/Software Requirements:

You will need:

• A PowerPC-based Macintosh computer.
• Mac OS version 9.1, 9.2, or Mac OS X version 10.1.3.
• At least 128 MB of RAM (192 MB recommended).
• At least 320 MB of free hard-disk space to install software, and an additional 25 MB to run the course.
• A color monitor with 16-bit or greater video card (24-bit color recommended).
• A CD-ROM drive.
• Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and Adobe ImageReady 7.0.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Use basic techniques and concepts about image resolution, and identify factors that contribute to file size.
• Understand GIF, JPEG, and PNG file formats so that you can choose the right one for each image.
• Calibrate your monitor, and preview images for both platforms so you can adjust images to optimize their appearance on both Macintosh and Windows computers; control dithering in images, using it when necessary to improve images, and avoiding it at times when it detracts from the quality; and use the Web palette appropriately to optimize images for viewing on computers displaying only 256 colors.
• Use Photoshop and ImageReady to create layouts of Web pages, aligning items precisely to one another with guides and a grid; and slice complex images into sections, and use ImageReady to generate HTML code that joins the slices together in a table on a Web page, including JavaScript rollovers and URL links.
• Create animated GIF images that combine slow transitions and fast motion effects, while still maintaining small file sizes.

Lesson 1: Web Image Preparation

• Topic 1A: Web Images
• Topic 1B: File Size Considerations