Photoshop CS4:
Web Design, ACE Edition

Topic-Level Outline

Days: 1

Prerequisites: Photoshop CS4: Basic, ACE Edition and Photoshop CS4: Advanced, ACE Edition or equivalent experience

Unit 1 : Optimizing Web images

Topic A: 0 Web image size

A-1: Discussing Web image size

A-2: Downsampling images

A-3: Trimming images

Topic B: 0 Optimization

B-1: Optimizing with the JPEG format

B-2: Optimizing with the GIF format

Topic C: 0 Fine-tuning quality

C-1: Optimizing to a target file size

C-2: Changing lossiness

Topic D: 0 Creating transparency

D-1: Creating transparent GIF images

D-2: Choosing matte colors for GIF and JPEG images

D-3: Simulating partially transparent areas

Unit 2 : Slicing images

Topic A: 0 Full-page designs

A-1: Creating a Web-page layout

A-2: Laying out a Web page with a grid and Smart Guides

Topic B: 0 Basic slicing

B-1: Creating slices with the Slice tool

B-2: Creating layer-based slices

B-3: Editing slices

B-4: Optimizing slices

Topic C: 0 Advanced slicing

C-1: Creating table cells with HTML text

Topic D: 0 Exporting Web pages

D-1: Naming slices

D-2: Saving HTML and image files

Unit 3 : Web and device features

Topic A: 0 Links and status-bar messages

A-1: Assigning links and status-bar messages to slices

Topic B: 0 Device Central

B-1: Creating content for mobile devices

B-2: Optimizing content for mobile devices

Topic C: 0 Zoomify

C-1: Exporting an image with Zoomify

Unit 4 : Automating Web tasks

Topic A: 0 Color and size adjustments

A-1: Running the Image Processor script

Topic B: 0 Droplets

B-1: Creating an action

B-2: Creating a droplet

Topic C: 0 Web photo galleries

C-1: Generating an HTML-based Web photo gallery

Topic D: 0 Data-driven graphics

D-1: Creating variables for a data-driven graphic

D-2: Creating data sets

D-3: Exporting a separate file for each data set

Unit 5 : Animation

Topic A: 0 Creating animation

A-1: Creating animation frames

A-2: Tweening

A-3: Blurring to simulate fast motion

Topic B: 0 Animation output options

B-1: Saving an animation in Animated GIF format

Appendix A : ACE exam objectives map

Topic A: 0 Comprehensive exam objectives