Adobe Dreamweaver & Adobe Photoshop Training - 2 Days

Platform: Windows PC and Apple Mac

Courseware: Comprehensive training manual provided per person

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Windows or Apple Mac operating system

Software version: Adobe Dreamweaver versions CS5.5, CS5, CS4, CS3, 8, MX 2004, MX and Adobe Photoshop versions CS5.5, CS5, CS4, CS3, CS2, CS, 7, 6, 5.5

Course Overview:
This 2 day beginners course is designed to teach you the basics of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Dreamweaver. You will first learn how to create and edit a variety of web ready images and graphics
using Photoshop before moving on to Adobe Dreamweaver where you will learn how to plan, create,
edit and maintain professional looking web pages. You will also gain an understanding of how the two applications work best together.

Dreamweaver and Photoshop 2 Day Training Outline

Training Course Introduction - Dreamweaver and Photoshop Overview

About Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Dreamweaver
How to plan a successful web project
Understanding compliant web design
Working with graphic types for the web

Day 1 - Working with Photoshop

Photoshop and Web Graphics

About Photoshop
Working with bitmap and vector images
Images on the web

The Interface

Interface overview
Opening and importing images/graphics
Creating new documents
Navigation and magnification

Basic Image Manipulation

Cropping
Resizing the image for onscreen display
Working with image resolution for web
Using the RGB colour mode
Making greyscale images

Image Enhancement

Basic levels
Using Hue and Saturation
Sepia effects
Sharpening images

Correcting Mistakes

Undo shortcuts
Using the History palette

Working with Selections

Using the range of selection tools
Working with selection options
Saving selections to channels
Editing selections
Feathering images with selections

Working with Layers

About Photoshop layers
Creating/deleting layers
Automatic layer creation
Adding text layers
Hiding/locking layers
Transforming layers
Working with layer effects
Text layers

Preparation for Web

PSD documents for preservation and future editing
Flattening layers for export
Working with the Save for Web feature
File formats - JPEG, PNG and GIF
Optimising files in the correct format
Saving and exporting images

Day 2 - Working with Adobe Dreamweaver

Concepts and Preparation

About Dreamweaver and Web Design
Understanding HTML
Planning a web site
Screen design considerations
Creating efficient web pages
Web browsers
Download times

Web Site Structure

Setting up a local site
Using the site window
Setting preferences
Site management
Creating a new file

The Assets Panel

About the assets panel
Adding objects to a page

HTML

Understanding HTML
How browsers and search engines read your pages
Viewing HTML

Working with Text

Adding text
Importing text
Text formatting
Using CSS to style text

Working with Photoshop Content

Placing Photoshop Images and graphics on a page
Positioning text to graphics
Creating alternate text

Working with Links

Internal and external links
E-mail links

Basic Interactivity

Creating rollover buttons/images

Working with Tables

Creating a table
Table attributes
Tables for layout
Applying contents and colour

The Upload Process

Checking links and preparing the site
Setting server details
Uploading
Synchronising/editing posted files

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