Web Start Women - Photoshop: Designing for the Web

Cost: 
$50 (covers both classes in the series)
Location: 
Cambridge Innovation Center, 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142
Description: 

 

What has a square blue logo and more tools than a Swiss Army knife? Photoshop!
 
The good news is that web crafters can get a lot done in Photoshop without having to master every last part of the program. The aim of this two-class series is to help you hone in on the tools that will serve you the best as you design your site.
 
Whether you're a legit web designer looking to improve your skills, a code-hacking developer who wants to be able to better visualize your ideas, or a complete web and Photoshop newbie, you'll walk away from this course with a jam-packed skillset. Here are some of the goodies we'll be covering:
  • Workspaces
  • Keyboard shortcuts and other workflow tips
  • Non-destructive editing
  • Blending options
  • Smart objects
  • Animated gifs
  • Saving layer styles
  • Swatches
  • Text tool
  • Font files
  • Brushes
  • Patterns
  • Save for web
  • Image formats: jpg, gif, png
  • Piecing apart your project for the web
  • Layer comps
  • Color shifting

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Web Start Women is an organization devoted to bringing more women into the web design and development fields. We believe that there are too few women producing awesome content online and we aim to change the ratio by cultivating open, supportive, intimidation-free environments where women and girls of all ages can learn, build and code together.