Virtual Training Company's Photoshop for the Web tutorial is designed for the user who has a basic comprehension of Photoshop and would like to brush up on the skills required for effective web design. Each of Rick Martin's lessons builds on the previous one, as he leads you through an example work project. He uses this project to show you how to format, slice, and save your work for the Web. You can begin learning now by simply clicking on one of the links below.
Introduction & Setting Up
Welcome & About This Course Preferences - Saving Files - Display & Cursors Transparency & Gamut / Units & Rulers / Guides & Grid Plug-ins & Scratch Disks / Memory & Image Cache Photoshop Basics
Screen Areas Overview Layers Layer Styles Managing Assets Actions & Droplets Creating New Images Opening & Acquiring Images Blending Modes Vector Graphics vs. Bitmap Graphics Photoshop Tools & Techniques
Navigating Painting l Painting ll Drawing Shapes Selecting l Selecting ll Filling Modifying l ? Crop & Clone Modifying ll ? Retouching Modifying lll ? Sampling & Annotation
Basics of Web Design
Origins & Behavior / Internet & World Wide Web
Internet Architecture & Web Delivery
Web Page Structure
Graphic Architecture
Animations
Internet Constraints & Solutions
Download Time
Optimizing
Browser & Platform Compatibility
Browser Offset
JavaScript & Absolute Positioning
Table Backgrounds
Monitor Resolution
Interpolation
Image Shape
Color For The Web
Color Modes
Picking & Specifying Colors
Monitor Bit Depth
Web Safe Color
Browser Compensation for Missing Colors
Save for Web
Using Type
Type on the Web
Types of Type
Setting Graphic Type l
Setting Graphic Type ll
Image Formats
Image Formats Overview
GIF - Color Lookup Table (CLUT)
GIF - LZW Compression
GIF - Dithering l
GIF - Dithering ll
GIF - Color Reduction Algorithms
GIF - Transparent & Matte & Avoiding Halos
JPEG - Overview
JPEG - Saving
PNG - Overview & Saving
Working With Photographs
Cropping & Rotating
Removing Blemishes
Histogram
Levels
Color Balance & Curves
Selecting Areas
Modifying Areas
Photograph Effects for the Web
Creating Backgrounds & Textures
Background Techniques
Tiling Background Methods
Parchment Background
Muddy Concrete
VTC Pattern Background
Watermark Background
Microtiles
3d Pattern Background
Layer Styles
Layer Styles Overview
Simple Web Buttons
Squeezed Green Paint
Glass l
Glass ll
Water Drops & Liquify
Work Project - Simple Interface
Border
Navigation Panel
Button Text
Modifying & Tweaking
Slicing l
Save for Web l
Formatting l
Slicing ll & Save for Web ll
Formatting ll
Work Project - Layered & Perspective Interface
Formatting Text
Text Effects
Warped Text
Perspective Text
Swirl
Slicing l
Slicing ll & Save for Web
Work Project - Top Border Interface With Glass Buttons
Overview & Top Panels
Modifying the Top Panels
Glass Buttons
Divider Lines & Glowing Glass
Add Text & Slice
Save for Web & Formatting
Where to Now?
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