Photoshop CS5 for the Web

In Photoshop CS5 for the Web, author Jan Kabili shows a wide range of optimal uses for Photoshop in the web graphics workflow. This course shows the most efficient ways to optimize images so that they maintain quality and download quickly in a browser, the why and the how of image slicing, and practical techniques for designing web page layouts, page backgrounds, navigation bars, and buttons in Photoshop. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics include:

• Customizing a web workspace
• Coloring web graphics
• Optimizing images as JPEG, GIF, or PNG files
• Creating background graphics for sites
• Working with transparency
• Building navigation bars, buttons, and rollover graphics
• Designing web page mock-ups
• Adding animation
• Automating web-related tasks in Photoshop
• Integrating with the rest of the Adobe Creative Suite

00-Introduction

01- Welcome

02- Using the exercise files

01- Customizing Photoshop for Web Work

01- Customizing a web workspace

02- Creating web shortcuts

03- Setting preferences for the web

04- Color managing web images

02- Working with Color

01-The decline of web-safe color

02- Selecting color in the Color Picker

03- Other color selection methods

04- Working with custom swatches

05- Choosing color themes with Kuler

06- Recoloring a web graphic

07- Copying color as hex value and HTML

03-Optimizing Images for the Web

01- Touring the Save for Web window

02- Understanding file types

03- Optimizing photos as JPEGs

04- Optimizing graphics as GIFs

05- Locking GIF colors

06- Optimizing graphics as PNGs

07- Adding copyright information

04- Making Web Backgrounds

01- Design considerations for web backgrounds

02- Optimizing a background graphic

03- Making a vertical horizontal background graphic

04- Building a seamless background graphic

05- Creating a full-screen background image

05- Optimizing Transparent Graphics

01- Optimizing Transparent Graphics

02- Working with transparent graphics on a solid background

03- Working with transparent graphics on a patterned background

04- Working with transparent graphics with shadows

05- Starting with a non-transparent graphic

06- Simulating transparency in a JPEG

06- Creating Navigation Graphics

01- Building a navigation bar

02- Creating web buttons with layer styles

03- Creating web buttons as Smart Objects

04- Creating web icons from custom shapes

07- Web Photo Preparation Workflow

01- Understanding the web photo workflow

02- Resizing a copy for the web

03- Sharpening output for the web

08- Mocking Up a Web Page

01- Determining page size

02- Creating a new file from scratch

03- Laying out a page structure

09- Slicing

01- Understanding slicing

02- Making user slices

03- Making layer-based slices

04- Optimizing and saving slices

10- Making Rollover Graphics

01-Understanding rollovers

02-Creating rollover graphics from styles and layer comps

03- Optimizing rollover graphics

04- Installing the lynda.com rollover script

05- Using the lynda.com rollover script

06- Creating rollover graphics from layers and layer comps

11- Animating

01- Creating frame-by-frame animation from layers

02- Tweening layer opacity

03- Tweening layer position and styles

04-Building simple animated GIF slideshows

12- Automating

01- Speeding image prep with the Image Processor

02-Making a gallery of online images

03- Using Zoomify to put high-res images online

04- Using datasets and variables with web graphics

05- Using datasets and variables with web graphics

13- Integrating with Other CS5 Applications

01- Integrating with Dreamweaver Smart Objects F

02-  Integrating with Dreamweaver

03- Integrating with Fireworks

04- Integrating with Illustrator

05- Integrating with Flash

14- Conclusion

01- Goodbye