training:Courses:Adobe PhotoShop
Adobe PhotoShop Training Courses
"Fantastic !!! Great pace with loads of information that is clearly presented. Now looking at what other courses I can do..."
Kingswood Allied
Kingswood Allied
Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator are the industry standard and professionals' choice for image editing and graphic design. With expert training and the right direction the Photoshop user is able to manipulate photographs, create montages and using multiple layers and filters, restore, enhance or obscure image files. We will show you how to bleed or enhance colour, blur and sharpen edges, blend multiple images and much more. Photoshop is widely used by hobbyists, enthusiasts and professionals alike for private and public purposes when creating or manipulating images for use in print production and the web, making this suite the number one priority on any photographer or designers CV.
Attending this Complete Adobe Photoshop Training course will arm you with all of the essential skills, know-how and exclusive insider tips and tricks to set you on the way to digitally enhancing your photography and producing professional looking images, ready for the print in no time and with minimal effort. We include only the most relevant, useful and practical information to form this concise, yet comprehensive course.
"Very good course, knowledgeble and enthusiastic tutor."
Powergen.
Powergen.
In a short time you will become accustomed to working with various file formats, image sizes and resolutions, mastering professional airbrush and touch-up techniques and learning how to automate and speed up your work flow; all the methods, shortcuts, and hints used daily by leading photographers and designers. During the course there is time for you to work with personal projects, putting into practice your new found skills and transforming your images and creative ideas into works even the most experienced Photoshop user would be proud to credit.
"The course was well structured and very useful in helping me hit the groung running."
Serco.
Duration: 2 days.Serco.
Prerequisites: To gain the most from this class, it is essential that you are familiar with Windows, including creating, deleting and moving files and folders and understand how to use the web and basic terminology. It is recommended that delegates familiarize themselves with the Photoshop interface before attending the course, a free trial download can be found here.
"Really enjoyed it and found it very informative and useful. Thanks!"
Reed Learning.
Reed Learning.
COURSE CONTENT
The Interface
- Toolbox
- Context Menus
- Tool Options Bar
- Menu Bar
- Palette Well
- Rulers
- Guides and grid
- Navigating in Photoshop
- Shortcuts
- File Browser
Managing Palettes
- Layers
- Channels
- Paths
- History
- Navigator
- Styles
- Actions
- Info
Working with Photoshop Tools
- Painting
- Selecting
- Editing
- Using Vectors and Paths
- Canvas Size
- Image Size
- Transform
- Rotate Canvas
- Photoshop Filters
Adjusting and Retouching Images Tonality
- Levels Curves
- Auto Levels
Colour
- Complementary Colours
- Colour Balance
- Hue/Saturation
- Desaturate
Focus
- Actual Pixels
- Scaling
- Sharpen
- Sharpen More
- Sharpen Edges
Understanding Digital Colour
- Colour Channels
- Bit Depth
- Additive and Subtractive Colours
- Complementary Colours
- RGB
- CMYK
- Greyscale
- Duotone
- Indexed Colour
Understanding File Properties
- Vector vs. Bitmapped Editing
- File Size, Image Size
- Input and Output Resolution
Saving Files
- PSD
- TIFF
- JPEG
- EPS
Creating a Montage
- Adjusting and Retouching multiple Images
- Using Selection Tools
- Cutting out multiple Images
- Cropping Images
- Managing Layers
- Adjusting and Retouching multiple Images
- Using Selection tools
- Masking Multiple images
- Creating Shape
- Using Content and Object Layers
- Using Layer Masks
- Managing Layer Sets
Working with Layers
- Layers and Backgrounds
- Layer Types, Sets and Styles
- Layer Opacity
- Creating Layers
- Duplicating Layers
- Merging Layers
- Deleting Layers
- Photoshop text
- Re-arranging Layers
- Linking Layers
- Photoshop text
- Object layers
- Layer masks
- Layer options
- Layer blending modes
- Adjustment layers
- Gradient layers
- Solid Colour layers
- Pattern layers
- Shape layers
- Type layers
Retouching
- Rubberstamp Tool
- Healing Brush
- Patch Tool
- Non Linear vs. Linear Adjustments
- Colour Editing with Curves
- Unsharp-Masking
- Retouching Techniques
- Blending Modes
- History Brush Retouching
Working with Selections
- Editing Selections
- Using Quickmask
- Transforming Selections
- Saving Selections as Alpha Channels
- Colour Range
- Adding
- Subtracting
- Transforming
- Contracting
- Type selection
Working with Photoshop Filters
- Wave
- Polar Co-ordinates
- Twirl
- Ripple
- 3D Transform
- Colour Halftone
- Lighting Effects
- Displacement Mapping
- Minimum
- Maximum
- Noise
- Solarise
- Creating Custom Textures
Design Techniques and Special Effects
- Mask editing in Photoshop
- Masks for Montages
- Masks for Adjustments
- Image Extraction
- Complex Cut outs
- Selective blurring
- Matting and Defringing
- Levels on Masks
- Selections on Masks
Working with the Action Palette
- Automate
- Batch-Processing
- Droplets
- Recording Actions
- Playing actions
- Editing actions
- Break-Points
- Picture Package
- Resolution dependant actions
- Pre-set actions