Adobe Photoshop^® CS
Introductory Course

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Location: Guildford, Surrey

Price: £399 +vat, (£478.80 including vat) including course notes, lunch and unlimited e-mail support.

Duration: Two Days

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Discover easy-to-learn techniques with proven results that will guarantee you get the most out of your investment in Photoshop.

This course has been designed for the new and inexperienced Photoshop user who wishes to learn Adobe Photoshop and become familiar with the basics of digital 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 digital 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 digital image creation and editing.

During the course you will discover 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 Adobe Photoshop.

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

Course reference notes, unlimited e-mail support, and, for courses held in our Training Centre, a pub-lunch and refreshments throughout the day, 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.

• Some Useful Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts
• Basic Photoshop Palettes
• Basic Photoshop Tools
• Photoshop Image Window
• Opening an Image in Photoshop
• Undoing Mistakes

• Understanding Resolution, Size and Image Mode
• Understanding the Difference between Image Size and Canvas Size in Photoshop
• Creating a New Photoshop  Document/Image
• Navigating around an Image in Photoshop
• Understand and use Appropriate Colour modes: Bitmap Mode, Duotone, Grayscale Mode, CMYK, RGB
• Saving a Photoshop Image
• Understanding File Formats: JPG, TIF, EPS, PSD etc
• Saving an Image with a Transparent Background in Photoshop

Learn how to create this....

from this...

• Using the Photoshop Selection Tools to Work on or Protect Parts of an Image
• Learn How to Use the Photoshop Magic Wand Tool
• Using the Photoshop Magnetic Lasoo Tool
• Transforming Selections
• Adding to/Subtracting from Selections
• Remove Unwanted Backgrounds with Photoshop Clipping Paths
• Using Alpha Channels to Save and Load Selections
• Cropping an Image
• Create a Simple Montage from Selections of Different Images
• Use the Extract Filter to Remove an Unwanted Background

• Understanding Photoshop Brush Settings like Size, Feather, Flow, and Opacity

• Brush Tool Presets
• Brush Control
• Brush Dynamics
• Using the Pencil Tool
• Using the Healing Brush and Clone Tools to repair and modify an Image
• Using the Eraser Tool
• Learn how to use Photographic tools such as Blur/Sharpen/Smudge, and Burn/Dodge/Sponge
• Understanding the Photoshop History Palette
• Using the History Brush
• Using the History Palette to Retouch an Image

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Who says the camera never lies?

This "photo" has been created from 5 separate images: the house, the 2 people in the background, the girl in the foreground, the boxes, and the teddy are all from separate originals

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

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

• Understanding How Photoshop uses Layers

• Objects and Object Layers
• Adding & Deleting Layers
• Layer Effects
• Learn the Difference between Raster and Vector Effects
• Vector Mask
• Linking Layers
• Layer Opacity
• Create an Intricate Cut-Out by Using a Layer Mask
• Adjustment Layers

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...

Question and Answer Session

Learn how to manipulate images to get exactly the right effect when you need it.

Learn how to create a professional looking photo montage that can turn single images like this...

into this...

Example of Course Exercise Project 1:
a montage from 5 separate images

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This course is offered by PPA Education & Training, an independent training organisation which is in no way connected with the trading entity known as Adobe Systems Incorporated. No attempt is made herein to represent PPA as an agent or representative of Adobe Systems Inc., and the courses described on this website are not endorsed or authorised in any way by Adobe Systems Incorporated.

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