Photoshop CS2 for the Web Essential Training

with:

Tanya Staples

Adobe Photoshop CS2 for the web Essential Training with Tanya Staples teaches beginning to intermediate-level users how to design Web graphics in Adobe Photoshop CS2. The training covers designing effective navigation, optimizing images for the Web, creating background images, working with transparent images, slicing images, creating rollovers, creating image maps, designing animations, exporting images to Macromedia Flash, and much more. Integration with other applications, such as Adobe GoLive, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Macromedia Flash, is also covered. Sample files are included so you can work along with Tanya as she instructs.

Released on: 5/27/2005

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Table of contents

1. Understanding the Interface
	Interface Overview	8:11	9.0 MB
	Customizing Palette Locations	7:01	8.3 MB
	Saving Custom Palette Locations	5:09	7.3 MB
	Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts	7:17	12.1 MB
	Customizing Menus	6:56	9.3 MB
	Saving Custom Workspaces	3:25	4.6 MB
2. Organizing Assets
	Using the Welcome Screen	1:44	2.3 MB
	Understanding the Bridge Interface	9:23	18.6 MB
	Organizing Assets	9:03	14.6 MB
	Rating and Labeling Images	7:21	11.9 MB
	Keywording and Searching Images	7:39	11.9 MB
3. Working with Color
	The Decline of Web Safe Color	3:05	4.8 MB
	Choosing Color	8:00	10.0 MB
	Using Swatches	5:04	8.5 MB
	Creating Custom Swatches	6:54	9.2 MB
	Recoloring Images	5:51	6.0 MB
	Copying Color as HTML	1:56	2.0 MB
4. Working with Layers
	Understanding the Benefits of Layers	3:24	4.3 MB
	Creating and Renaming Layers	6:09	8.7 MB
	Reordering, Flipping, and Moving Layers	6:53	9.7 MB
	Adjusting Blending Mode, Fill, and Opacity	5:23	7.5 MB
	Moving and Aligning Layers	7:54	9.9 MB
	Linking Layers	2:18	3.1 MB
	Using Layer Groups	7:32	12.4 MB
	Using Layer Comps	5:05	7.6 MB
	Using Layer Comps for Web Pages	5:57	9.5 MB
	Using Adjustment Layers	4:26	7.0 MB
	Using Fill Layers	2:26	3.6 MB
	Using Layer Styles	6:47	8.4 MB
	Using Clipping Masks	1:33	1.8 MB
	Merging and Flattening Layers	4:35	7.3 MB
5. Creating Type
	Understanding Vector-Based Type	4:23	5.9 MB
	Creating Character Type	8:33	10.5 MB
	Creating Paragraph Type	7:52	12.0 MB
	Checking Spelling	1:47	2.1 MB
	Finding and Replacing	1:32	2.1 MB
	Warping Type	3:33	4.5 MB
	Creating Type on a Path	5:42	7.1 MB
	Rasterizing Type	1:27	1.8 MB
6. Optimizing Images
	Understanding Web File Formats	2:04	1.8 MB
	Optimizing JPEGs	7:11	11.5 MB
	Selective JPEG Optimization with Alpha Channels	4:24	7.7 MB
	Optimizing GIFs	6:56	8.3 MB
	Locking Colors with GIF Optimization	2:33	3.3 MB
	Selective GIF Optimization with Alpha Channels	5:19	6.9 MB
	Previewing Images in a Web Browser	3:05	5.5 MB
	Optimizing JPEGs in ImageReady CS2	5:02	8.3 MB
	Optimizing GIFs in ImageReady CS2	4:12	5.3 MB
7. Creating Web Backgrounds
	Understanding Web Backgrounds	3:30	3.8 MB
	Defining and Previewing Web Backgrounds	1:40	2.4 MB
	Optimizing and Saving Web Backgrounds	2:54	3.6 MB
	Creating Symmetrical Web Backgrounds	4:09	5.8 MB
	Creating Seamless Web Backgrounds from Photographs	4:12	6.1 MB
	Creating Full-Screen Backgrounds	3:58	6.3 MB
	Using Directional Tiles	2:01	2.7 MB
	Defining Web Backgrounds in Photoshop CS2	2:16	3.0 MB
8. Creating Navigation
	Creating a Horizontal Navigation Bar	6:32	7.1 MB
	Creating Elliptical Buttons	4:21	5.2 MB
	Editing Multiple Buttons with Smart Objects	6:47	9.4 MB
	Creating Pill-Shaped Buttons	5:05	6.7 MB
	Creating Rounded Rectangular Buttons	6:41	9.3 MB
	Creating 3-Dimensional Buttons	5:46	7.6 MB
	Creating a Tabbed Navigation Bar	14:29	17.9 MB
	Creating a Navigation Bar with Icons	9:39	14.1 MB
9. Optimizing Transparent Graphics
	Optimizing and Saving Transparent GIFs	8:31	11.8 MB
	Optimizing Transparent GIFs in Photoshop CS2	3:36	6.1 MB
	Creating Transparent GIFs from Non-Transparent Images	4:20	6.0 MB
	Simulating Transparency with JPEGs	3:39	5.1 MB
10. Creating Animations
	Creating Animations from Layer Visibility	4:50	6.1 MB
	Tweening with Opacity	4:02	6.5 MB
	Tweening with Position and Layer Styles	3:20	4.8 MB
	Optimizing and Saving Animated GIFs	5:48	9.8 MB
	Optimizing Transparent Animated GIFs	4:28	7.8 MB
	Creating an Animated Slide Show	4:30	7.3 MB
11. Creating SWF Files for the Web
	Creating SWF Files for the Web	8:01	9.3 MB
	Creating SWF Animations for the Web	12:49	21.2 MB
12. Slicing
	Creating User Slices	6:36	9.0 MB
	Creating Layer-Based Slices	5:19	8.6 MB
	Renaming Slices	5:56	9.6 MB
	Optimizing and Saving Slices	10:01	16.7 MB
	Assigning Alt Text, Status Bar Messages, and URLs to Slices	7:17	13.0 MB
	Using Slice Sets	8:02	13.9 MB
13. Creating Rollovers
	Using Preset Rollover Styles	6:04	10.4 MB
	Optimizing and Saving Rollovers	5:19	8.5 MB
	Creating and Saving Rollover Styles	5:18	8.5 MB
	Creating Rollovers from Layer Visibility	5:00	6.3 MB
	Creating Rollovers with Type	8:37	11.2 MB
	Creating Remote Rollovers	6:51	10.1 MB
	Creating Remote Selected States	8:26	11.8 MB
	Creating Animated Rollovers	10:30	15.2 MB
14. Creating Image Maps
	Using the Image Map Tools	5:49	7.6 MB
	Creating Layer-Based Image Maps	5:16	8.7 MB
	Renaming, Optimizing, and Saving Image Maps	5:47	8.5 MB
	Assigning URLs	2:32	4.5 MB
	Creating Image Map-Based Rollovers	4:28	6.4 MB
15. Creating Web Photo Galleries
	Creating Web Photo Galleries	4:14	5.1 MB
	Customizing Web Photo Galleries	10:17	13.1 MB
	Creating Collaborative Web Photo Galleries	4:31	6.4 MB
16. Automating Tasks
	Automating Tasks	8:38	12.3 MB
	Using Conditional Actions	4:37	6.7 MB
17. Creating Data-Driven Graphics
	Understanding Data-Driven Graphics	4:44	5.9 MB
	Creating Visibility Variables	4:27	5.3 MB
	Creating Text Replacement Variables	2:49	3.6 MB
	Creating Pixel Replacement Variables	5:04	7.1 MB
	Exporting Data Sets	7:09	10.2 MB
	Importing Data Sets from Spreadsheets	7:18	11.8 MB
18. Integrating with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat
	Exporting Illustrator Files as Photoshop Files	3:10	4.7 MB
	Embedding Illustrator Content as Smart Objects	6:03	7.2 MB
	Creating PDFs	7:12	10.0 MB
	Creating PDFs with Password Protection	6:05	8.1 MB
	Creating Multipage PDFs	3:43	7.0 MB
	Creating PDF Presentations	5:36	8.3 MB
19. Integrating with Macromedia Flash
	Exporting Photoshop Files to Flash	2:28	3.6 MB
	Exporting Files with Pixel-Based Layers	5:56	9.9 MB
	Exporting Files with Vector-Based Layers	7:19	12.3 MB
	Exporting Files with Layer Styles	9:14	15.1 MB
	Using the PSD2FLA Plug-in by Media Lab	2:29	3.9 MB
20. Integrating with Adobe GoLive and Dreamweaver
	Using GoLive Smart Objects	7:44	12.9 MB
	Variables	7:41	12.1 MB
	Dreamweaver	4:59	7.9 MB