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Details on how to install Adobe Photoshop CS2 and register your product for support and updates.
Tutorial on creating multilayered images, applying layer masks, and adding text layers.
Tutorial on adjusting color management settings for predictable print results using Print With Preview.
Methods for performing searches with multiple criteria and saving search criteria as collections.
Overview of Version Cue features for managing projects, versions, and alternates.
Guide to configuring Version Cue preferences, workspace settings, and folder locations.
Details on creating, managing, and accessing Version Cue projects and files.
Explanation of how working copies function in Version Cue for collaborative editing and offline access.
Methods for adding files and folders to Version Cue projects using various Adobe applications and Bridge.
Process for deleting files, folders, and projects from Version Cue, including permanent deletion.
Working with files offline and synchronizing them with the workspace when it becomes available.
Overview of advanced tasks for managing Version Cue projects and workspaces.
Creating and managing backups of Version Cue projects and workspaces.
Steps for backing up project components like files, metadata, and user assignments.
Setting up and conducting web-based reviews of PDF documents within a Version Cue Workspace.
Acquiring digital images from cameras using Adobe Bridge or WIA.
Overview of camera raw files and their benefits for maximum control over image adjustments.
Explanation of the Camera Raw plug-in's features, profiles, and adjustment capabilities.
How to open and process camera raw files directly in Photoshop or via Camera Raw.
Instructions for processing camera raw files using the Camera Raw dialog box.
Detailed explanation of Exposure, Shadows, Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation controls.
Understanding white balance controls for correcting color casts in camera raw files.
Setting workflow options like color space, bit depth, and resolution for camera raw files.
Using Exposure, Shadows, Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation sliders for tonal adjustments.
Saving processed camera raw files in various formats like DNG, JPEG, TIFF, and Photoshop.
Managing default and custom camera raw settings, including saving and resetting them.
Rotating, cropping, and straightening images using Camera Raw tools.
Why colors don't always match across devices and the role of color spaces and profiles.
How a CMS interprets and translates color spaces between devices using color profiles.
Guidelines on when color management is necessary for consistent color across production processes.
Using Adobe's color management system to maintain consistent color appearance across applications.
Steps for achieving consistent color, including consulting partners and calibrating monitors.
Creating a monitor profile for accurate color decisions and consistent output.
Adding profiles for input and output devices for accurate color translation.
Configuring default or custom color management settings in Adobe applications.
Using soft proof to preview how colors will look when printed or viewed on a specific device.
Maintaining consistent color appearance across devices by enabling color management.
Managing colors for web viewing, recommending sRGB color space for consistency.
Using soft-proofing to preview colors on-screen and comparing them with the original image.
Steps to simulate output conditions using View > Proof Setup and View > Proof Colors.
Overview of essential tools for enhancing, repairing, and correcting color and tonality in images.
Key considerations before adjustments: monitor calibration, bit depth, and working on copies.
General workflow for correcting tonality and color: histogram, color balance, and tonal range adjustments.
Description of various color adjustment commands like Auto Color, Levels, Curves, Photo Filter, and Color Balance.
Adjusting hue, saturation, and lightness of color components for fine-tuning colors.
Matching colors between images, layers, or selections, adjusting luminance, and neutralizing color casts.
Replacing specified colors in an image with new color values, adjusting hue, saturation, and lightness.
Modifying process colors in primary components to correct color casts or make adjustments.
Ways to adjust image tonal range using Levels, Curves, Shadow/Highlight, and Posterize.
Overview of color adjustment tools and methods for altering image colors.
How color adjustment tools map pixel values to new ranges, offering varying levels of control.
Using eyedroppers in Levels or Curves to correct color casts by identifying neutral areas.
Steps to identify neutral areas and use eyedroppers to correct color casts.
Setting highlight and shadow target values for accurate printing and prepress output.
Assigning highlight and shadow values to preserve details within the output device's gamut.
Using Output Levels sliders to compress image range and preserve highlight/shadow details for printing.
Adjusting hue, saturation, and lightness of color components for fine-tuning colors.
Adjusting hue, saturation, and lightness of specific color components or the entire image.
Steps to adjust hue, saturation, and lightness using sliders and the color wheel.
Adjusting the overall mixture of colors for generalized color correction.
Correcting silhouetted images and subjects washed out by flash using Shadow/Highlight command.
Adjusting shadows and highlights independently to correct backlighting or flash exposure.
Using the Amount, Tonal Width, Radius, and Color Correction sliders for adjustments.
Matching colors across images, layers, or selections using Match Color command.
Matching colors by changing luminance, color range, and neutralizing color casts in RGB mode.
Automatically removing color casts by adjusting contrast and color using Auto Color command.
Controlling tonal and color corrections for Auto Color, Levels, and Contrast.
Isolating image parts using selection tools and commands in the Select menu.
Customizing lasso tool options for edge detection, contrast, frequency, and stylus pressure.
Methods for softening selection edges using anti-aliasing and feathering.
Working with selections and layers: moving, aligning, transforming, copying, and pasting.
Using the Extract filter to isolate foreground objects and erase backgrounds.
Overview of the Extract filter dialog box and its tools for image extraction.
Steps to extract an object by defining edges and foreground areas.
Creating masks to show or hide image portions and protect areas from editing.
Using Canvas Size command to add or remove workspace around an image.
Using Rotate Canvas commands to rotate or flip an entire image.
Process of removing image portions using Crop tool or Crop command.
Steps to crop an image using the Crop tool and its options.
Using the Crop tool's perspective transform option to correct keystone distortion.
Steps to define and adjust perspective planes using the Crop tool.
Fixing common lens flaws like distortion, vignetting, and chromatic aberration.
Overview of the Lens Correction filter for fixing barrel, pincushion distortion, vignetting, and chromatic aberration.
Using the Lens Correction filter to adjust grid, presets, and options.
Reducing image noise and JPEG artifacts using Reduce Noise and Despeckle filters.
Using Luminance and Color Noise Reduction sliders in Camera Raw for noise reduction.
Enhancing edge definition using sharpening techniques to improve clarity and focus.
Adjusting the Sharpness slider in Camera Raw for edge definition.
Using Smart Sharpen filter for controls not available in Unsharp Mask, including shadow/highlight areas.
Sharpening images by increasing contrast along edges using threshold and radius.
Steps to sharpen photos using the Unsharp Mask filter, including previewing and adjusting settings.
Applying transformations to selections, layers, paths, and shapes.
Using Transform commands like Scale, Rotate, Skew, Distort, Perspective, and Warp.
Applying various transformations to selections and items using handles or numerical values.
Applying multiple transformations like rotate, scale, skew, distort, and perspective in one operation.
Manipulating image shapes using control points and Warp Style options.
Steps to warp an item using the Warp command or Free Transform mode.
Using tools like Clone Stamp, Healing Brush, and Spot Healing Brush for retouching.
Sampling image areas and painting them over other areas to clone or remove defects.
Steps to use the Clone Stamp tool, including brush options and alignment.
Correcting imperfections by painting with sampled pixels and matching texture, lighting, and shading.
Steps to use the Healing Brush tool, including brush options and blending modes.
Quickly removing blemishes and imperfections by clicking or dragging.
Steps to use the Spot Healing Brush tool for removing blemishes and smoothing imperfections.
Repairing image areas with pixels from another area or pattern.
Replacing specific colors in an image by painting over a targeted color with a corrective color.
Moving, transforming, aligning, and distributing layer content.
Methods for selecting one or more layers, including contiguous, noncontiguous, and all layers.
Changing layer order, moving, copying, and locking layers.
Rearranging layers and groups within the Layers palette.
Specifying opacity and blending modes for layers and groups.
How layer pixels blend with underlying pixels to create special effects.
Applying effects like shadows, glows, and strokes to layers to change appearance.
Applying custom styles to layers using the Styles palette or Layer Styles dialog box.
Detailed explanation of layer style options like Angle, Anti-alias, Blend Mode, Choke, Color, Contour.
Applying color and tonal adjustments or fills non-destructively using adjustment and fill layers.
Advantages of adjustment layers: nondestructive edits, reduced data loss, selective editing.
Steps to create adjustment layers or fill layers using the Layers palette or menu.
Creating spot channels for storing premixed inks used in printing.
Combining channels within and between images using blending effects.
Using Apply Image and Calculations commands to blend channel information.
Creating, saving, and editing work paths and vector masks.
Repositioning, copying, merging, and deleting path components.
Converting paths into precise selection borders using the Direct Selection tool.
Converting paths to selection borders using Load Path as Selection or Channels palette.
Filling or stroking paths with color, patterns, or gradients.
Using Fill Path and Stroke Path commands to add color to paths.
Using painting tools to change pixel colors, with options for brush strokes, dynamics, and blending.
Painting with the Brush tool for soft strokes and Pencil tool for hard edges.
Paints color with soft edges, using brush dynamics and blending properties.
Painting with stylized strokes using source data from history states or snapshots.
Choosing and saving preset brushes for consistent characteristics.
Selecting preset brushes from the Brush Preset picker or Brushes palette.
Using the Brushes palette to select and design custom brushes.
Setting painting options like brush tip shape, blending mode, and opacity.
Setting options for dynamic elements like size, color, opacity, and scatter.
Controlling variance of brush marks for size, tilt, angle, roundness, and direction.
Determining number and placement of marks in a stroke using Scatter and Control options.
Changing image appearance using filters for artistic, cleanup, or distortion effects.
Methods for applying filters, including previewing effects and using the Filter Gallery.
Applying filters cumulatively, rearranging them, and viewing thumbnail examples.
Applying filters in order, rearranging them, and saving time by experimenting on small image parts.
Steps to apply filters cumulatively from the Filter Gallery dialog box.
Using the Fade command to change opacity and blending mode of filters.
Steps to apply filters, painting tools, or color adjustments and fade them.
Achieving painterly and artistic effects with filters like Colored Pencil, Cutout, and Dry Brush.
Softening hard edges and reducing detail using Blur filters.
Applying Lens Blur for depth of field effects, using depth maps, and adjusting iris shapes.
Geometrically distorting images using filters like Diffuse Glow, Glass, and Ocean Ripple.
Adding or removing noise, or pixels with random color levels.
Sharpening selections by clumping pixels of similar color values into cells.
Focusing blurred images by increasing contrast of adjacent pixels.
Adding texture for 3D effects or hand-drawn looks.
Understanding typefaces, adding type to images, and creating type on a path.
Controlling character appearance with font, size, color, leading, kerning, tracking, and alignment.
Selecting one character, a range, or all characters in a type layer.
Advantages of OpenType fonts, including alternate glyphs and layout features.
Setting paragraph options like alignment, indention, and spacing using the Paragraph palette.
Selecting paragraphs and applying formatting options from the Paragraph palette.
How type appearance depends on composition processes and methods like Every-line and Single-line Composer.
Working with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean type, including double-byte characters.
Photoshop's support for Asian type and operating system language requirements.
Overview of Photoshop and ImageReady tools for simplifying web design tasks.
Dividing page layouts into areas and specifying compression settings using the Slice tool.
Creating simple web animations using the Animation palette and exporting them.
Using Save For Web and Optimize palette for precise export and optimization settings.
Using Photoshop and ImageReady for automating repetitive tasks like batch image conversion.
Using slices to divide images for links, rollovers, and animations, and specifying compression.
Methods for creating slices: using Slice tool, guides, or selections.
Steps to create slices using the Slice tool and setting style options.
Selecting and organizing slices using the Slice Select tool and Web Content palette.
Selecting slices using the Slice Select tool, Shift-click, or dragging.
Converting slices into HTML tables for web output.
Setting options for slice output, including dialog box and palette displays.
Creating buttons or images that change appearance when viewer interacts with them.
Definition of rollovers and how to create them using layer-based slices or image maps.
Managing rollover states (Normal, Over, Down, Click, Custom, Selected) in the Web Content palette.
Selecting, grouping, and linking layers in the Layers palette or document window.
Creating animations as sequences of images displayed over time.
Steps to create animations using Animation palette, Layers palette, and Web Content palette.
Automatically adding or modifying frames by varying layer attributes.
Applying tweening to layers for automatic frame creation.
Compromising between image quality and file size for web display.
Saving images for the web in GIF, JPEG, PNG-24, or WBMP formats.
Selecting optimization options and previewing optimized artwork in the Save For Web dialog box.
Optimizing images for efficient download by setting file format and optimization options.
Optimizing animation frames by cropping or removing redundant pixels.
Saving animations in various formats like GIF, QuickTime, and SWF.
Comparing web graphics formats like JPEG, GIF, PNG-8, and PNG-24.
Choosing file formats based on image characteristics for web optimization.
JPEG quality, optimized settings, progressive display, blur, and ICC profile options.
Optimizing transparency and matte settings for PNG-24 images.
Adjusting color table, lossy settings, color reduction, and dithering for GIF/PNG-8.
Customizing color tables for GIF and PNG-8 images in ImageReady and Save For Web.
Adding, deleting, shifting, and locking colors in the color table.
Saving image files with varying options in Photoshop and ImageReady.
Saving files in formats like Photoshop EPS, Photoshop DCS, Photoshop Raw, BMP, and Cineon.
Saving files in EPS format, setting options like Preview and Encoding.
Saving documents in Photoshop PDF format, including layers and spot colors.
Using predefined settings for creating consistent Photoshop PDF files.
Setting options for saving files: naming, compatibility, optimized files, and metadata.
Choosing Adobe PDF standards like None, PDF/X-1a, and PDF/X-3.
Setting security options like passwords and permissions for PDF documents.
Creating and saving custom PDF presets for reuse in Photoshop or any product in the Adobe Creative Suite.
Saving documents in Photoshop PDF format, including layers and spot colors.
Process of sending images to output devices like printers, plates, or presses.
Photoshop commands for printing: Page Setup, Print With Preview, Print Online, Print One Copy.
Accessing Photoshop’s printing, output, and color management options.
Specifying how Adobe applications handle outgoing image data for consistent print colors.
Letting printer driver handle color conversion when custom profiles are unavailable.
Preparing images for offset lithography, digital printing, gravure, and commercial printing processes.
Workflow considerations for commercial printing, contacting prepress staff for requirements.
Options for preparing images for output to imagesetters or platesetters.
Setting HTML file formatting, slice naming, and background image handling.
Specifying how slice data appears in a web browser: Image, No Image, or Table.
Linking areas of an image to URLs using Image Map tools or layers.
Creating image map areas using Rectangle, Circle, or Polygon Image Map tools.
Overview of actions as recorded sequences of commands for automating tasks.
Using the Actions palette to record, play, edit, and delete actions.
Executing recorded commands on files, excluding specific commands, or playing single commands.
Steps to play an entire action or part of an action on a file.
Guidelines for recording actions, including recordable commands and tools.
Steps to create a new action by recording commands and tools.
Using Image Processor or Batch command to process multiple files.
Converting and processing multiple files, automating editing and saving.
Steps to convert files to JPEG, PSD, or TIFF format using Image Processor.
Running actions on folders of files, importing from cameras, or processing PDFs.
Processing files in folders, applying actions, and specifying destination.
Using scripting languages like JavaScript and AppleScript for automating tasks.
Producing multiple image versions quickly using templates and data sets.
Using variables to define changeable elements in templates for automated graphics generation.
Viewing and editing keyboard shortcuts, creating custom sets for different workspaces.
Steps to define new keyboard shortcuts for menu items, palettes, and tools.
Keyboard shortcuts for loading selections, grouping, ungrouping, and creating masks.
Shortcuts for transforming, selecting, and moving objects.
Shortcuts for selecting path components, deleting segments, and adjusting paths.
Keyboard shortcuts for selecting tools in the toolbox.
General| RAM | 320 MB |
|---|---|
| Hard Disk Space | 650 MB |
| Optical Drive | CD-ROM drive |
| Version | CS2 |
| Release Date | April 2005 |
| Operating System | Windows 2000/XP |
| Processor | Intel Pentium III or 4 Processor |
| Display | 1024x768 resolution with 16-bit color |
| Category | Software |
| File Formats Supported | PSD, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF |
| Graphics Card | 16-bit color video card |
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