Adobe Photoshop CS Introductory Course

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Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th July 2009
Location: Guildford, Surrey

Price: £425 +vat, including course notes, lunch and unlimited e-mail support.

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adobe photoshop introduction training course duration

This course has been designed for the new and inexperienced Photoshop user who wishes to learn Adobe Photoshop training and become familiar with the basics of bitmap image editing and creation. Step by step, you will be taken through a series of practical sessions that aim to progressively build your skills and help you to understand the processes by which bitmap images are created.

Adobe Photoshop has become the benchmark application of its type against which all similar products are measured. It is without doubt the industry-standard programme for bitmap image creation and editing.

During the course you will learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to create simple effects that will enhance your creative portfolio, and leave you feeling confident and enthusiastic about taking on new challenges using this powerful software programme.

This Adobe Photoshop training course can also be tailored to a clients particular needs.

Course reference notes, unlimited e-mail support, and, for courses held in our Training Centre, lunch and refreshments, are included in the price.

No previous experience in the use of Adobe Photoshop is required or expected for those attending, but participants will be presumed familiar with the Windows or Macintosh operating system environment as appropriate.

During this Adobe Photoshop training course you will learn about:

adobe photoshop introduction training course user interface

  • Menu Explanation
  • Greyed Out Options
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Basic Palettes
  • Basic Tools
  • Image Window
  • Opening an Image
  • Undoing Mistakes

adobe photoshop introduction training course working with images

  • Image Size
  • Canvas Size
  • Ruler Guides
  • Understanding Resolution and Size
  • Creating a New Document
  • Getting Around the Image
  • Colour modes: Bitmap Mode, Duotone, Grayscale Mode, CMYK conversion, RGB
  • Changing Size
  • Saving the Image

adobe photoshop introduction training course brushes

  • Brushes Basics
  • Brush Tool Presets
  • Brush Control
  • Brush Dynamics
  • Pencil Tool
  • Healing Brush!
  • Clone Tool
  • Pattern Tool
  • Eraser Tool
  • Blur/Sharpen/Smudge
  • Burn/Dodge/Sponge Tools
  • History Palette
  • History Brush
  • Using the History Palette to Retouch

adobe photoshop introduction training course selections

  • Selection Basics
  • Magic Wand Tool
  • Lasoo Tool
  • Transforming Selection
  • Paths – Clipping and Saving
  • Using Alpha Channels to Save and Load Selections
  • Cropping the Image

adobe photoshop introduction training course putting it all together

  • A sample project using what you have learnt so far!

adobe photoshop introduction training course colour adjustments

  • Contrast/Brightness
  • Auto Adjustments
  • Levels
  • Levels Effects
  • Curves
  • Color Balance
  • Hue/Saturation
  • Replace Color
  • Adjustment Files
  • Channel Mixer
  • Other Adjustments
  • Variations

adobe photoshop introduction training course layers & masking

  • Adding & Deleting Layers
  • Layer Effects
  • Raster versus Vector
  • Vector Mask
  • Linking Layers
  • Opacity & Layer Masks
  • Adjustment Layers

adobe photoshop introduction training course practical work

  • Project 1:
    Using what you have learnt so far to create a layered montage.
    This will use layer masks, effects, adjustments and various brushes etc...
  • Project 2
    — Interactive with options. This will show an example workflow in an agency environment. Changing back and forth between different images and styles and giving the delegates the role of creative director!

adobe photoshop introduction training course questions & answers

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