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		<classInfo>
			<classTitle>Adobe Photoshop CS4 Level Two</classTitle>
			<softwareUsed>
				<software url="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/family/?promoid=BPDEK" icon="../images/softwareIcons/photoshopICON.gif">Adobe® Photoshop® </software>
			</softwareUsed>
			<swVersions>
				<version>CS4</version>
			</swVersions>
			<levels>
				<level>2</level>
			</levels>
			<duration>
				<hours>7</hours>
				<days>1</days>
			</duration>
			<certification>
				<company url="http://www.adobe.com/support/certification/ace.html">Adobe Photoshop CS4 ACE Exam</company>
			</certification>
			<courseCode partner="">pho2</courseCode>
			<courseDescription>Photoshop CS4: Advanced is the second of four Photoshop classes. In this course, students will learn how to use color fills, gradients, patterns, and overlays. Students will also create layer masks, grayscale masks, and clipping masks to show or hide various parts of an image. Students will then learn how to create and edit paths and convert type to paths. In addition, students will learn how to apply a variety of creative effects, use the Vanishing Point feature and Smart Filters, create layer comps, and prepare images for use in video productions. Finally, students will learn how to work more efficiently in Photoshop.</courseDescription>
		</classInfo>
		<hwRequirements>
			<requirement>IIntel ® Pentium ® 4, Intel ® Centrino ®, Intel ® Xeon ®, or Intel ® Core™ Duo (or compatible) processor.</requirement>
			<requirement>512 MB RAM or above.</requirement>
			<requirement>1 GB hard-disk space to install software, and an additional 500 MB to run the course.</requirement>
			<requirement>Color monitor with 16-bit or greater video card

24-bit color recommended.</requirement>
			<requirement>A mouse or compatible tracking device.</requirement>
			<requirement>1024 x 768 or higher monitor resolution.</requirement>
			<requirement>CD-ROM drive.</requirement>
		</hwRequirements>
		<swRequirements>
			<platformRequirements>
				<requirement>Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 , Windows 98, or Windows NT with options pack 4</requirement>
				<requirement>Mac OS X</requirement>
			</platformRequirements>
			<requirement>Adobe® Photoshop® CS4</requirement>
		</swRequirements>
		<preRequisites>
			<preReqClass>
				<preReq url="Photoshop_CS4_L1.xml">Adobe Photoshop Level One</preReq>
			</preReqClass>
			<preReq>Ability to create and modify images using Adobe Photoshop</preReq>
			<preReq>Effectively use the various tools in the Photoshop Toolbox</preReq>
			<preReq>Understand the basic terminology used with bitmap images</preReq>
		</preRequisites>
		<performanceObjectives>
			<objective>Hide and show various parts of an image by using tools to mask and clip the contents of an  image</objective>
			<objective>Produce complex line drawings by creating and editing vector paths</objective>
			<objective>Use vector paths to hide and show various parts of an image</objective>
			<objective>Use the tools available in Photoshop to enhance an image</objective>
			<objective>Create special effects</objective>
			<objective>Use the video tools available in Photoshop to edit video files</objective>
			<objective>Work more efficiently by automating tasks in Photoshop</objective>
		</performanceObjectives>
		<supplementalMaterials>
			<book/>
			<website/>
		</supplementalMaterials>
		<courseContent>
			<lesson number="1">
				<lessonTitle>Fills and Overlays</lessonTitle>
				<topic>Filling image areas</topic>
				<topic>Gradients and patterns</topic>
				<topic>Layer overlays</topic>
				<lessonTime/>
			</lesson>
			<lesson number="2">
				<lessonTitle>Masks</lessonTitle>
				<topic>Mask channels</topic>
				<topic>Layer masks</topic>
				<topic>Grayscale masks</topic>
				<topic>Clipping masks</topic>
				<lessonTime/>
			</lesson>
			<lesson number="3">
				<lessonTitle>Vector Paths</lessonTitle>
				<topic>Creating vector paths</topic>
				<topic>Editing vector paths</topic>
				<topic>Vector masks</topic>
				<topic>Paths for creative imagery</topic>
				<lessonTime/>
			</lesson>
			<lesson number="4">
				<lessonTitle>Creative Image Effects</lessonTitle>
				<topic>Painted effects</topic>
				<topic>Warping</topic>
				<topic>Efficient compositing</topic>
				<topic>Vanishing Point</topic>
				<topic>Smart Filters</topic>
				<topic>Layer comps</topic>
				<topic>Images for video</topic>
				<lessonTime/>
			</lesson>
			<lesson number="5">
				<lessonTitle>Automating Tasks</lessonTitle>
				<topic>Actions</topic>
				<topic>Organizing actions</topic>
				<topic>Batch processing</topic>
				<topic>Customizing Photoshop</topic>
				<lessonTime> </lessonTime>
			</lesson>
			<nextClass url="../../html/advanced.html">PowerPoint 2007 Advanced Topics</nextClass>
		</courseContent>
		<courseware>
			<bookTitle>Photoshop CS4: Advanced, ACE Edition + CertBlaster, Student Manual with Data</bookTitle>
			<publisher>ILT Series</publisher>
			<bookNumber>1-4260-0542-3</bookNumber>
			<notes/>
			<author/>
		</courseware>
	</class>
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