Session #1  
(four sessions, each session is three hours)
			
I. Correcting a grayscale image
    A. Convert color image to grayscale
    B. Crop image: size, rotate
    C. Correct grayscale tonal values
        1. Histogram---is image usable?
        2. Interpreting a histogram
        3. Levels command: adjust darks, lights & midtones 
        4. Curves command: adjust continuous tones
    D. Sharpening your image: make edges crisper
        1. Unsharp mask command
        2. Amount, Redius and Threshold controls
        3. Tips for sharpening

II. Retouching people shots--color images
    A. Brighten whites of eyes
        1. Lasso selections
        2. Adjust hue & saturation
    B. Whiten teeth 
        1. Magic Wand selections
        2. Show/hide selection
    C. Remove wrinkles, blemishes, freckles
        1. History panel - multiple levels of Undo
        2. Healing Brush and Patch tool
    D. Remove dark circles under eyes: Clone Stamp tool
 
III. Color Correction using selections & Adjustment Layer
    A. Automatic color adjustments
    B. Color correction: remove color casts with Curves command
    C. Adjustment Layer - change your settings any time
    D. Color Balance - as an adjustment layer
    E. Correct backlit subjects: Shadow & Highlight command 
 
IV. Selections
    A. Select commands: Select All, Deselect, Reselect, Expand/Contract 
    B. Marquee, Lasso & Magic Wand
        1. Add to selection, remove from selection
        2. Magnetic Lasso
        3. Grow & Similar commands
        4. Save Selection

 
V. Toolbox (tool functions & keyboard access)
    A. Selection tools
    B. Painting & Retouching tools
    C. Editing tools
    D. Color Selection tools
    E. Navigating tools
    F. Masking tools
 
 
Session #2
 
I. File management: Adobe Bridge
    A. Viewing options
    B. Rename files, rank files
    C. Find a file, open a file, move & rotate files
    D. Metadata and Keyword searches 

II. Filters  & Filter Gallery: apply one or more filters
 
III. Combining images of same resolution
    A. Inverse Selection command
    B. Save & Load Selections
    C. Check resolution settings
    D. Combine by dragging 
 
IV. Layers panel
    A. Layer options: name, show/hide, lock/unlock
    B. Layer order & rearranging layers 
    C. Moving pixels on a selected layer
 
V. Transformations: positon, scale, skew, rotate, perspective effect
 
VI. Zoom & scoll: keyboard shortcuts
 
VII. Effects
    A. Smudge tool
    B. Making a glow around a layered item
    C. Make a glow using Layer Styles
    D. Feather edge of background layer

VIII. History panel
    A. Making a snapshot
    B. Creating a new document from current state
    C. History Brush: paint in your corrections
    D. Non-Linear editing
 
IX. Gradients with type
    A. Making gradient, controlling colors, angle, transparency
    B. Type in Photoshop
        1. Keeping type vector-based
        2. Entering & formatting
        3. Rotate & color type
 
X. Layer management
    A. Layer sets
    B. Nested layers
    C. Color-coded layers
 
XI. Workspace management
    A. Save your panel arrangements
    B. Restore the panels to their original positions
 
 
Session #3
 
I. Paths, Masks and Channels
    A. Reorganize panels
    B. Pen tool - Photoshop support for vectors
        1. Shape layers (vector shapes/lines) vs. filled paths
        2. Straight-line paths
        3. Smooth-edged paths
        4. Edit/move path with Selection tools
        5. Paths panel: work paths
        6. Show Rulers
    C. Swatches & Color panels
        1. Change color of shape layer
        2. Add new color to Swatches
    D. Refine a selection: Quick Masks & editing in the channel
        1. Make selection: Color Range command 
        2. Change color & opacity of mask
        3. Edit mask: use Eraser and Pencil tools
        4. Switch views: Quick Mask & Standard Modes
        5. Save selection & Load Selection (review)
    E. Channels
        1. Channels panel & Channel Options
        2. Editing a channel to clean up selection
    F. Posterize the image: make it look more graphic, less photographic
    G. More on paths
        1. Pen Tool: "non-contiguous" paths
        2. Stroking a path - custom Brush settings
        3. Filling a path again onto another layer
        4. Fill path with imported EPS pattern
        5. Experiment with color overlays: Layers panel, Modes menu
    H. Gradient-filled type with transparency
 
 
Session #4
  
I. Combining images of different resolutions
    A. Resolution
        1. Pixel Dimensions
        2. Bit resolution (bit depth)
        3. Image resolution
        4. File size
        5. Device resolution
        6. Screen resolution
        7. Sizing an image - resampling on or off
    B. Resolution rules of thumb: print & web
    C. How Photoshop displays high-resolution images on screen
    D. Resample image "up"
        1. Change resolution, keep original dimensions
        2. Change dimensions, keep original file size
        3. Resize without resampling: best choice
    E. Canvas size: add or subtract dimensions
 
II. Clipping groups
    A. Control which part of image displays without removing pixels
    B. Use text as mask for clipping an image
    C. Layer Masks
       1. Creatively combine images using a gradient layer mask
       2. Drop out background of an image, no deleting pixels
 
III. Layer Comps: save various arrangements with layers for comparison
    A. With one set of layers, many variations can be created
    B. Turn selected layers on or off, disable layer masks or not, layer styles