Photoshop® 7.0: Web Production
Course Specifications
Course number: 078824
Course length: 1 day
Software: Photoshop 7.0
Certification: Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Photoshop 7.0
Course Description
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.
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
Certification
Photoshop® 7.0: Web Production is one of five Element K 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.
Performance-Based Objectives
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.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Web Image Preparation
Topic 1A: Web Images
Topic 1B: File Size Considerations
Lesson 2: Optimizing Images
Topic 2A: Format Specifications
Topic 2B: Optimizing Images
Topic 2C: Using Transparency in Web Images
Lesson 3: Preparing for Cross-platform Viewing
Topic 3A: Color Management for the Web
Topic 3B: Compensating for Display Differences Across Platforms
Topic 3C: Managing Dithering and Reducing the Color Palette
Lesson 4: Web Page Layout and Slicing
Topic 4A: Web Design Uses for Photoshop and ImageReady
Topic 4B: Creating Tiled Web Page Backgrounds
Topic 4C: Slicing Images
Lesson 5: Animation
Topic 5A: Creating Animations
Appendix A: Photoshop 7.0
Managing Dithering
Appendix B: Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Program®
Adobe® Photoshop® 7.0 ACE Exam Objectives