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Adobe Photoshop - Course Information


Adobe Photoshop

 
 Adobe Creative Suite
 2
590

Photoshop has become an indispensible tool for photographers, designers, and all other creative professionals, as well as students. Photoshop Level 1 teaches a broad spectrum of core skills that are common to many creative fields: working with layers and selections; adjusting, manipulating, and retouching photos; painting; adding text; automating; preparing files for output, advanced selection and layer techniques; and more.

This course is indispensable to those who are new to the application, just learning this version, or expanding their skills.

Previous knowledge of this application is not required.

Participants should have good Windows operating skills .This includes understanding being able to navigate the Windows hierarchy, as well as being able to open and close files in an application.

Photoshop Overview
What Photoshop can do
Overview of workspace and UI

Creating documents / opening documents
Panning and zooming your image

Selecting Parts of the Photograph
Mastering the Marquee tool
Using the Move tool
Making selections using the Lasso tool
Working with the Magic Wand and Quick Select tools

Sizing Images
Resizing images and resolution
Cropping images
Transforming and rotating images

Repairing and Color Correcting Images
Repairing images with the Healing Brush
Changing colors using the Color Replacement tool
Fixing images with the Clone tool
Blurring and sharpening an image
Enhancing images with the Sponge, Dodge and Burn
Enhancing and Hand‐painting Photographs
Sampling colors – tools and shortcuts
Painting with the Brush tool
Filling selections with the Paint Bucket
Painting in time with the History Brush
Erasing pixels – tools and workflows
Using and customizing gradients

Creating Type and Shapes
Creating shapes using the Shape tool
Creating text in your document using the Text tool
Modifying the text using the Character panel

Color Adjustments
Picking the right color using the Color Picker
Adjusting tonal value with Levels
Using the brightness and contrast adjustments

Creating Composite Images with Layers
Mastering the Layer panel
Using blending modes and transparency

Saving Photographs / Choosing File Formats
Publishing your images to the web as a gallery
Creating panoramic images using Photomerge
Saving images for the web, using various compression settings
Saving images for print

New Features
Customizing your workspace
Measuring and counting objects in your image
Creating rich black and white images
Using Smart Filters to stack filters
New Curve features
New Clone tool features
Align Layers for composition

Advanced Selection Techniques
Making selections using the QuickMask mode
Storing selections using Alpha channels
Creating paths from selections
Extracting images from the background
Using Guides, Snapping and Aligning

Advanced Layer Techniques
Mastering the Layer Mask
Clipping layers and grouping

Non‐destructive editing with Smart Objects
Selecting and storing colors, creating custom styles
Adjustment Layers for non‐destructive color correction

Print Projects
Integrating Photoshop with InDesign and Illustrator

Web Projects
Integrating Photoshop with Dreamweaver and Flash
Slicing images for the web
Animating graphics in Photoshop

Automating Tasks
Creating multiple layouts using the Layer Comp panel
Leaving notes in your image using the Annotation tool
Creating snapshots and using actions