You have familiarizedyourself with the basic image editing tools of Adobe Photoshop CS2. Now, youmay want to enhance the images by creating appropriate masks, applying specialeffects and retouching them. In this course, you'll work with the advancedtools and features available in Photoshop CS2 to enhance your images.

Course Objective: You will learn skills to enhance your ability to createaccurate masks, image effects; retouch images; and automate repetitive tasks.

Target Student: This course is intended for new users of Photoshop.

Prerequisites: To ensure students' success with this course, werecommend that they are familiar with Photoshop CS2: Level 1 Second Edition.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-deliverylearning model with structured hands-on activities.

Uponsuccessful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• work with advanced tools and techniques to create accurate masks and for better image editing flexibility.
• create, edit, and save vector paths; and also convert a path to a clipping path to prevent pixels outside it from being printed.
• create and save swatches, gradients, and patterns to fill image areas.
• use Photoshop's wide range of tools and techniques to create special effects in images.
• use the Actions palette to combine a series of commands into a single command and to create keyboard shortcuts for frequently used commands.