Photoshop 6 Web
Production
Course length: 1 day
Course
description
Overview: Students will
learn concepts and techniques for optimizing images for display on the
Internet.
Prerequisites: To ensure your success, you
must have first completed the 
Software Training course
Photoshop 6: Level 1 and Photoshop 6: Level 2 and have a strong
working knowledge of the Windows environment. For example, you should know
how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CDs
and other media. The Software Training courses
Windows 98: Introduction, Windows ME: Introduction and Windows XP: Introduction teach these skills.
Delivery
method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with
structured hands-on activities.
Benefits: Students will
learn basic techniques and concepts about image resolution and methods for
reducing file size. Students will also learn about several graphic formats that
are appropriate for Web images, and how to choose the best one for various
types of images. Students will learn to optimize images for display on multiple
platforms. Students will also use ImageReady with Photoshop to prepare images
for the Web, and will use ImageReady to create animations.
Target
student: Students enrolling in this course should understand the tools,
techniques, and concepts covered in the Photoshop
6.0 Basic Skills 1 and Photoshop 6.0
Basic Skills 2 courses, and should be interested in learning concepts and
techniques for optimizing Web graphics.
What's next: Photoshop 6 Basic Skills 1 is the first
course in this series, and is followed by Photoshop
6 Basic Skills 2.
This course, Photoshop 6 Web Production,
can be taken immediately after the Basics 1 and 2 courses. Students who want
to learn techniques for increasing their efficiency and create a variety of
interesting effects should take the Software Training course Photoshop 6 Tips
& Tricks. Students who want to learn
to use Photoshop’s color correction features, and
to prepare images for print should take Photoshop
6 Color Correction & Printing.
Performance-based
objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and
also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this
course, students will be able to:
- Use both Photoshop and
ImageReady to create small, efficient Web graphics for fast downloads.
- Understand GIF, JPEG,
and PNG file formats to 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 Windows and Macintosh computers.
- Control dithering in
images, using it when necessary to improve images, and avoiding it at
times when it detracts from the quality.
- 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.
- 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 Java rollovers and URL
links.
- Create animated GIF
images that combine slow transitions and fast motion effects, while still
maintaining small file sizes.
Lesson 1: Web
Image Preparation
HTML and Image Files
Web Image Resolution Units
Controlling File Size
Lesson 2:
Optimizing Images
Format Specifications
Optimizing Images
Lesson 3:
Preparing for Cross-Platform Viewing
Color Management for the Web
Compensating for Display Differences Across Platforms
Managing Dithering
Lesson 4: Web
Page Layout and Slicing
Web Design Uses for Photoshop and
ImageReady
Creating a Rough Web Page Layout
Creating Tiled Web Page Backgrounds
Slicing Images
Lesson 5:
Animation
Planning Animations
Creating an Animated GIF