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Adobe Photoshop Level 1
(2 days - £450, plus VAT)
Prerequisites
Computer literacy: the ability to use a mouse and keyboard; familiarity with common computer software; the ability to open and save files.
Course Goals
To equip delegates with core Photoshop skills for use in digital photography and graphic design.
Course Outline
Photoshop Basics
Finding Your Way Around
The Toolbox
The Tool Options Bar
What's on the Menus?
Setting Preferences
Opening and Saving Files
Working with Files
Saving Your Work
Undoing and Redoing
Using Adobe Bridge
Making Selections
The Selection Tools
The Select Menu
Selecting Large Areas
Advanced Selection Techniques
Cutting and Copying
Cropping
Color Modes and Color Models
Color Models
From Models to Modes
Color Bit Depth and Why It Matters
Adjusting Color
Evaluating Your Color Adjustment Needs
Adjusting by Eye with Variations
Making Other Adjustments
Preserving the Original with Adjustment Layers
Understanding Channels
Painting with Brushes
Making the Most of Brushes
Using Other Painting Tools
The Color Replacement Tool
Digital Painting
Foreground and Background Colors
Selecting Colors
Blending Modes
Summary
Workshop
Moving Paint
Smudges
The Focus Tools
The Toning Tools
Using Transformations
Resizing
Rotating
Flipping
Transforming Parts of an Image
Warp and Liquify
Using Layers
Using the Layers Palette
Working with Multiple Layers
Using Masks
Applying Masks
Using Quick Mask
Layer Masks
Using Paths
Creating Paths
Editing Paths
Using Paths
Getting Started with Filters
The Filter Gallery
Applying and Editing Smart Filters
Combining and Fading Filters
Filters That Improve Your Picture
Sharpen Filters
Blur Filters
Adding Type to Pictures
The Type Tools
Setting Type
Creating Drop Shadows
Cutting and Filling Type
Adding Glows
Creating Bevel and Emboss Effects
Warping Text
Setting Type on a Path
Checking Your Spelling
Compositing Images
Image Sources
Making One Picture from Two
Realistic Composites
Replacing a Background
Making Composites from Nothing
Putting the Pieces Together with Photomerge
Repairing Photos
Using the Eyedropper
Using the Clone Stamp
Using the Healing Brush and Patch Tools
Color Retouching
Removing Objects
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Photoshop Advanced
(1 day - £245, plus VAT)
Prerequisites
Familiarity with Photoshop tools, panels and basic techniques.
Course Goals
To give experienced users of Photoshop an insight into the finer points of retouching and image adjustment.
Course Outline
Color & Tonal Correction
Using color samplers
Using the Shadow/Highlight command
Reducing noise
Increasing contrast by using the Curves command
Neutralizing a color cast
Simulating a neutral density filter
Dodging and Burning
Retouching Portraits
Correcting a color cast in a portrait
Smoothing skin
Creating a soft-focus portrait
Brightening the eyes
Recoloring eyes
Removing under-eye circles
Changing lipstick color
Using Liquify to trim a waistline
Whitening teeth
Removing blemishes
"Curing" a sunburn
Smoothing out small areas
Combining Images
Aligning and blending shots of the same scene
Erasing to an underlying layer
Enlarging the canvas area
Blending imagery via layer masks
Using the Clone Source palette
Using the Vanishing Point filter
Sharpening
Sharpening a whole image with the Unsharp Mask filter
Enhancing details with the High Pass filter
Sharpening areas selectively
Using the Smart Sharpen filter
Selecting edges for sharpening
Sharpening edges
Tinting & Blending
Layering gradients
Lighting a background
Desaturating colors selectively
Tinting an image
Restoring color selectively
Creating an infrared effect
Creating a duotone
Fine Art Media
Creating brush tips from imagery
Creating a sketch by using filters
Simulating pastels
Turning a photo into a painting
Creating a watercolor
Creative Type
Using layer effects
Using layer styles
Applying layer effects to type
Applying filters and gradients to type
Creating graffiti
Corroding type
Cutting up a rasterized type layer
Transforming type to fit onto a perspective plane
Putting screened back type on a bar
Actions
Recording actions
Playing actions
Editing actions
Deleting commands and actions
Saving and loading actions sets
Print & Export
Preparing a file for print output
Printing from Photoshop
Preparing a file for commercial printing
Exporting Photoshop files to Adobe Indesign and Adobe Illustrator
Exporting a silhouetted image from Photoshop
Saving files in the TIFF format
Saving files in the Adobe PDF format
Saving files in the EPS format
Optimizing files for the Web
Previewing optimized files
Optimizing files in the GIF format
Optimizing files in the JPEG format
Using the Adobe Media Gallery
Using Zoomify
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