HaiBSU-Store: Lynda.com - Photoshop CS4 for the Web

Friday, April 17, 2009

Lynda.com - Photoshop CS4 for the Web with: Jan Kabili

Photoshop CS4 offers designers a rich assortment of editing tools
with which to create compelling imagery for the web. Photoshop CS4
for the Web covers a wide range of uses for Photoshop in the web
graphics workflow. Instructor Jan Kabili explains how to optimize
graphics and photographs so they download quickly in a web browser.
She covers the why and how of image slicing, and demonstrates
practical techniques for designing layouts, backgrounds, navigation
bars, and buttons in Photoshop.

Introduction
	Welcome	1:18	12.7 MB
	What you'll learn in this course	2:58	9.6 MB
	Using the exercise files	0:48	0.6 MB
1. The Interface
	Looking over the interface	7:31	11.4 MB
	Working with tabbed documents	7:50	9.9 MB
	Customizing panels	6:29	6.1 MB
	Customizing web shortcuts	7:45	8.3 MB
	Saving a custom web workspace	6:08	6.2 MB
2. Preparation
	Setting preferences for the web	3:38	3.6 MB
	Choosing color settings for the web	9:31	13.1 MB
3. Working with Color
	The decline of web-safe color	1:48	1.4 MB
	Choosing color with the Color Picker	4:44	5.9 MB
	Sampling color with the Eyedropper tool	5:24	3.9 MB
	Choosing color with the Swatches panel	6:49	6.1 MB
	Making a custom color swatch	5:51	7.8 MB
	Recoloring web graphics	4:08	2.9 MB
	Copying color as HTML	1:36	1.4 MB
4. Optimizing Images for the Web
	Touring the Save for Web interface	6:45	8.9 MB
	Optimizing photos as JPEGs	9:22	19.1 MB
	Adding metadata	4:46	5.6 MB
	Optimizing graphics as GIFs	6:08	9.1 MB
	Locking GIF colors	4:15	8.6 MB
	Optimizing graphics as PNGs	3:55	6.0 MB
5. Making Web Backgrounds
	Designing web backgrounds	2:37	2.3 MB
	Optimizing a tiling background	5:21	6.1 MB
	Building symmetrical background	7:57	7.7 MB
	Building a striped background	5:08	5.9 MB
	Using a full-screen background	6:48	6.2 MB
6. Optimizing Transparent Graphics
	Understanding transparency	5:01	6.7 MB
	Optimizing transparent graphics for solid backgrounds	5:46	9.8 MB
	Optimizing transparent graphics for patterned backgrounds	4:41	7.0 MB
	Optimizing transparent graphics with shadows and glows	5:11	6.7 MB
	Starting with a non-transparent graphic	3:04	5.0 MB
	Simulating transparency for JPEGs	5:18	8.5 MB
7. Creating Navigation Graphics
	Building a simple navigation bar	8:31	6.7 MB
	Building a simple button with layer styles	4:40	4.5 MB
	Creating a navigation bar with Smart Object buttons	6:54	5.9 MB
	Creating a navigation bar with custom shape icons	9:29	13.8 MB
	Building a gel button	7:07	7.4 MB
8. Preparing Photographs for the Web
	Following a web photo workflow	6:31	6.2 MB
	Resizing a copy for the web	5:35	7.5 MB
	Sharpening for the web	6:26	9.8 MB
9. Laying Out Page Comps
	Starting a new file from scratch	6:01	5.6 MB
	Storyboarding	4:52	4.8 MB
	Adding images	7:00	6.5 MB
10. Slicing
	Why slice?	3:12	2.4 MB
	Creating user slices	5:53	5.1 MB
	Creating layer-based slices	6:12	5.7 MB
	Adding slice options	4:21	5.6 MB
	Optimizing and saving slices	8:49	13.5 MB
11. Making Graphics for Rollovers
	Understanding Photoshop and rollovers	1:56	1.2 MB
	Creating rollover graphics with layer comps	5:53	4.9 MB
	Optimizing rollover graphics	7:13	9.4 MB
	Installing the lynda.com rollover script	2:43	3.0 MB
	Exporting rollover graphics	4:29	3.8 MB
	Making rollover graphics from layer visibility	6:42	5.4 MB
12. Animating
	Creating animations from layer visibility	11:27	10.3 MB
	Tweening with opacity	5:35	4.8 MB
	Tweening with position and layer effects	4:54	4.8 MB
	Optimizing transparent animated GIFs	5:31	9.1 MB
	Creating simple animated slideshows	7:51	9.8 MB
13. Automating
	Using the Image Processor	7:12	10.2 MB
	Creating a web gallery in Bridge	9:00	9.0 MB
	Displaying high-resolution web images with Zoomify	4:59	6.4 MB
	Creating graphic variations with variables	10:22	12.1 MB
	Importing values for graphic variations	4:48	6.4 MB
14. Integrating with Other CS4 Applications
	Dreamweaver Smart Object integration	9:52	9.6 MB
	Dreamweaver Copy/Paste integration	5:03	6.9 MB
	Fireworks integration	7:05	6.7 MB
	Exporting from Illustrator to Photoshop	2:50	3.1 MB
	Illustrator vector Smart Object integration	4:37	4.0 MB
	Flash integration	5:12	6.8 MB
Conclusion
	Goodbye	0:20	0.4 MB