Who should attend this Adobe Photoshop course?
Our Photoshop Introduction course
enables delegates with no previous experience of Photoshop to acquire this level of theoretical and
practical proficiency and those with a repro background, and an understanding of related theory to
adapt their expertise efficiently.
How long is this Adobe Photoshop course?
2
Days
What are the benefits of attending this course?
Achieving high quality output
from Photoshop requires a comprehensive understanding of Photoshop features and processes, combined
with a knowledge of related theory including masking, scanning, resolution and colour principles.
The course includes the topics below and familiarity with the operating system and keyboard is a
prerequisite. The cost of the course includes a 3 months telephone support, a certificate,
refreshments and lunch.
Included in this course:
- Course book
- Lunch
- 3 Months post training support
- Certificate of attendence
Course Outline
Understanding Photoshop issues
- Introduction to the
interface
- Understanding resolution
- Looking at the differences between
raster and vector artwork
Overview of the toolbox
- Overview
of the menus
- Organising the palettes
- Using the navigator palette
- Changing views and displays
- Setting preferences
Using
various selection techniques
- Adding and removing selections
- Inverting and modifying selections
- Feathering and moving selections
- Saving and loading selections
- Working with quick mask
Colour theory
- Working with different colour models and modes
- Using custom colours
- Picking colour
- Analysing and editing
colour
- Looking at gamut issues
- Creating duotones
- Looking
at colour correctionissues
- Setting colour balance
- Setting hue and
saturation
- Adjusting brightness and contrast
- Using the levels
option
- Using curves and variations
- Working with histograms
Retouching images
- Colour range & replace colour feature
- Cropping images
- Using the pencil, the paintbrush and the airbrush tools
- Defining your own brushes
- Customising brushes
- Using the smudge
tool
- Using the clone stamp tool
- Using the spot healing brush
- Customising the tools
- Using the eraser tool
- Working with the dodge
and burn toning tools
- Using the sharpen and blur focus tools
- Removing
dust and scratches
Using the history palette
- Using the history
brush
- Creating images
Working with layers
- Creating new layers
- Selecting and deleting layers
- Flattening
layers
- Merging and linking layers
- Ordering layers
- Pasting
into layers
- Creating adjustment layers
- Creating layer masks
- Exploring channels
- Montaging images
Adding filters and
effects
- Adding lighting effects
- Exploring and using filters
- Vanishing point filter to move, copy and clone in perspective
Creating
gradients and patterns
- Creating and editing gradients
- Saving and
loading gradients
- Creating transparent gradients
- Creating and editing
patterns
- Using the pattern stamp tool
Adding and manipulating
type
- Using type mask tool
- Special effects with type
- Rasterizing type
Clipping paths
- Creating clipping
paths
- Understanding bezier paths
- Using anchor points
- Manipulating direction lines
- Exporting clipping paths
Saving
images
- Exporting images for print and the web
- Understanding file
formats
- Understanding compression
- Printing settings
