Course Outline

Interface Basics

• Exploring the interface
• Customizing the interface
• Resetting the interface

Getting Images

• Finding and opening photos
• Downloading photos from a digital camera
• Scanning photos
• Capturing photos
• Opening new images
• Saving images

Using the Browser Palette

• Exploring and navigating
• Organizing images
• Batch renaming images
• Sorting images
• Finding images
• Rotating images

Undoing and Redoing

• Undoing and redoing commands
• Using the History Palette

Working with Materials

• Understanding the Materials Palette
• Choosing color
• Choosing gradients
• Choosing patterns
• Choosing textures
• Choosing swatches
  

Working with Layers

• Understanding layers
• Creating, duplicating and deleting layers
• Renaming layers
• Moving and arranging layers
• Linking layers
• Adjusting layer opacity
• Using layer blending modes
• Grouping layers
• Highlighting layers
• Merging layers
  

Working with Selections, Channels and Masks

• Understanding selections, channels and masks
• Drawing selections
• Modifying selections
• Using the Freehand Selection tool
• Using the Magic Wand tool
• Painting selections
• Copying and pasting selections
• Saving and loading selections to disk
• Saving and loading selections as alpha channels
• Loading pre-made masks
• Creative masks
• Saving masks

Resizing, Rotating and Cropping Photos
Resizing

• Adding borders
• Rotating, mirroring and flipping
• Cropping
• Cropping for specific print sizes
• Straightening crooked images
• Straightening objects
• Correcting perspective

Correcting Color, Lighting and Noise

• Using One-Step Photo Fix
• Using Smart Fix
• Using automatic adjustments
• Removing color casts
• Balancing colors
• Adjusting hue and saturation
• Correcting underexposed images
• Correcting overexposed images
• Setting black and white points
• Adjusting brightness and contrast
• Adjusting lighting with curves
• Adjusting lighting with levels
• Using the histogram
• Using adjustment layers

• Sharpening images
  

Retouching Images

• Repairing red-eye
• Removing dust and scratches
• Removing blemishes
• Whitening teeth
• Adding facial color
• Removing wrinkles

Wizard

• Removing red-eye
• Cropping photos
• Converting photos
• Adding borders, edges and frames

Repairing Images

• Removing noise
• Correcting chromatic aberration
• Softening images

Working with RAW Images

• Opening and editing RAW files
• Setting RAW preferences

Painting

• Understanding the Painting tools
• Mixing colors
• Creating paintings from photos

Creating Interesting Effects

• Creating black and white images
• Creating sepia images
• Creating drawings
• Creating paintings
• Adding texture
• Creating halftones
• Simulating depth of field
• Simulating motion

Creating Fun Projects with Photos

• Framing photos
• Removing and replacing
• Hand tinting photos
• Changing the color of objects
• Creating collages with the Painting tool
• Creating collages by selecting, cutting and pasting

Working with Text

• Creating and editing text
• Creating text on a path
• Rasterizing text
• Applying drop shadows

Drawing and Editing Objects

• Using preset shapes
• Reshaping
• Saving shapes
• Drawing and editing with the Pen tool
• Aligning and arranging
• Rasterizing objects
• Applying effects

Printing

• Printing single images
• Printing with a template
• Printing multiple images

Preparing Images for the Web

• JPEG vs. GIF
• Optimizing JPEGs
• Optimizing GIFs
• Optimizing Transparent GIFs

Automating Common Tasks

• Playing scripts
• Recording and saving scripts
• Batch processing

Organizing Photos with Corel Photo

• Working with folders
• Selecting, moving and deleting photos
• Working with collections
• Using Photo Trays
• Creating favorite photos
• Cataloging folders and photos

Correcting and Enhancing Photos with Corel Photo Album

• Fixing photos in one step
• Fixing photos using the Adjust

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