G Com Solutions Limited

Adobe Photoshop for the Web

    Scheduled courses in Peterborough or £595, plus VAT, on-site.

    This course is designed for beginners and covers: document setup; web colour; creating shapes; working with text; buttons and layer styles; creating a prototype website; slicing, optimizing and exporting; and animation.

    Document Setup

    Creating A New Web Document, Setting Up A Grid, Using The Snap To Grid Option, Displaying And Hiding The Grid

    Web Colour

    Overview Of Web Colour, Customizing Swatches, Applying Colour

    Creating Shapes

    Creating Vector-Based Shapes, Creating Pixel-Based Shapes, Filling And Stroking, Using Smart Objects, Using Imported Images, Cropping And Resizing Images

    Working With Text

    Creating Text Labels, Creating Paragraph Text, Web-Safe Fonts, Using Adobe Typekit And Google Web Fonts, Downloading Google Web Fonts, Using Character And Paragraph Styles

    Buttons And Layer Styles

    Techniques For Creating Buttons, Applying Layer Styles To Buttons, Using Bevel And Emboss, Using Drop-Shadows

    Creating A Prototype Website

    Using Layer Comps To Simulate Multiple Web Pages, Creating Navigation Controls, Creating Backgrounds, Creating Form Fields

    Slicing, Optimizing And Exporting

    Overview Of Slices, Using The Slice Tool, Creating Layer-Based Slices, Modifying Slices, Naming Slices, Image And No Image Slices, Assigning Urls, Overview Of Web File Formats, Using The Save For Web Dialog

    Animation

    Using The Timeline,, Working With Frames, Using The Tween Command, Animating Visibility, Tweening Position, Tweening Opacity, Tweening Effects, Setting Frame Duration