Photoshop
- About Photoshop
- Navigating Photoshop
- Menus and panels
- Opening new files
- Opening existing files
- Exploring the Toolbox
- Creating & Viewing a New Document
- Zooming & Panning an Image
- Working with Multiple Images, Rulers, Guides & Grids
- Undoing Steps with History
- Adjusting Color with the New Adjustments Panel
- The New Masks Panel & Vibrance Color Correction Command
- Cropping & Straightening an Image
- Adjusting Canvas Size & Canvas Rotation
- Selecting with the Elliptical Marquee Tool
- Using the Magic Wand & Free Transform Tool
- Selecting with the Regular & Polygonal Lasso Tools
- Combining Selections
- Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool
- Using the Quick Selection Tool & Refine Edge
- Modifying Selections
- Understanding the Background Layer
- Creating, Selecting, Linking & Deleting Layers
- Locking & Merging Layers
- Copying Layers, Using Perspective & Layer Styles
- Filling & Grouping Layers
- Introduction to Blending Modes
- Blending Modes, Opacity & Fill
- Creating & Modifying Text
- Using the Brush Tool
- Working with Colors & Swatches
- Creating & Using Gradients
- Creating & Working with Brushes
- Using the Pencil & Eraser Tools
- Painting with Selections
- The Red Eye Tool
- The Clone Stamp Tool
- The Patch Tool & the Healing Brush Tool
- The Spot Healing Brush Tool
- The Color Replacement Tool
- The Toning & Focus Tools
- Color Spaces & Color Modes
- The Variations Command
- Adjusting Levels
- Quick Mask Options
- Painting a Selection
- Saving & Removing a Selection from the Background
- Understanding Paths & the Pen Tool
- Creating Straight & Curved Paths
- Creating Combo Paths
- Creating a Clipping Path
- Getting Started with Photoshop Filters
- Smart Filters
- Creating Text Effects
- Applying Gradients to Text
- Saving with Different File Formats
- Saving for Web & Devices
- Printing Options
Illustrator
- knowing the interface of Illustrator
- using selection tools and learning group selection, lasso selection, magic wand selection
- introduction to pen tool
- use pen tool to add and remove anchor points, joining anchor points
- concept of layers, grouping layers, selecting layers, duplicating layers, merging layers
- using strokes, converting strokes size, dashed stroke, removing strokes
- using text tool, vertical type tool, path type, area type tool
- using font attributes and formatting paragraphs, transforming text
- using shape object like rectangle tool, polygon tool, star tool, rounded rectangle tool
- transforming a shape using different techniques like rotate, scale, reflect, twist, reshape, reposition
- using different line tools
- using clipping path and mask
- applying color using color picker tool, color swatches, color palettes, Gradient Colors
- learn the use of pencil tool, eraser tool
- using brush tool, load and save brushes
- concept of transparency and masking
- Making pattern
- learn envelope and its options, using mesh, text distortions
- using guides and rulers while creating an illustration
- using scissor tool and knife tool while designing an illustration
- using pathfinder
- learning the use of appearance and styles
- use blend tool and learn blending multiple objects
- display chart and graphs
- knowing different image formats and learn how to save images for web
- learn to use slice tool to generate images for web
- using different symbol tools
Freehand
- apply unlimited stroke, fill and effects to your designs
- change color, size, stroke, fill using the object panel very easily
- see live effects of objects with altering the original object and apply different raster and vector based effects
- get sufficient editable points in object to transform their shapes easily
- using different tools from tool box.
- apply extrude feature to get 3D effects and use lighting effects
- Knowing the FreeHand Interface
- Working with documents and drawing
- knowing layers, symbols and styles
- Using objects, stroke and fills tools
- using color
- applying special effects
- Using type tool
- Import artworks and its customization
- Saving, Printing and Exporting documents in different formats
- learn keyboard shortcuts
InDesign
- Exploring document properties to setup margin and page size
- Exploring general preferences
- Concept of Bleed and its use
- Creating documents
- Using rulers and guides in document
- Using zoom tool to change the view
- Deleting unnecessary pages
- Moving pages within the document
- Creating master pages
- Multiple master pages concept
- Applying master pages
- Inserting page numbers
- Inserting and importing text
- Concept of paragraph spacing
- Applying and removing hyphens
- Changing case
- Creating text styles
- Applying text styles to paragraphs
- Concept of placeholder
- Flowing text across multiple frames
- Inserting Drop Cap
- Concept of text kerning, leading and tracking
- Paragraph alignment and its distribution
- Using eyedropper tool for color
- Inserting graphics
- Exploring text wrapping options
- Inserting graphics within frames
- Difference between frame and image resizing
- Modifying corners
- Inserting shapes and lines
- Using selection and direct selection tool
- Resizing and moving objects
- Concept of Scaling and Rotation objects
- Concept of Locking and unlocking objects
- Applying different fills and strokes color
- Exploring stroke variations
- Applying shadow and feather options
- Inserting table
- customizing size and design
- applying alternate row and column colors
- creating header and footer in tables
- adjusting table within a frame
- Automatic spelling correction
- Checking links to resources within the document
- Checking hidden text within text frames
- Designing Cover page with binding space
- Understand different export options
- Exporting document as PDF with high resolution for press
- Exporting document as PDF with medium or low resolution for online
- Concept of Package
- Creating a Package