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Photoshop Training Course

2 days - £445 + vat

During this Photoshop training course you will learn how to optimise your images for print or for the web.  Adobe Photoshop allows designers, photographers and web creators to produce all kinds of graphics by manipulating and composing scanned or drawn images, using powerful layering and masking techniques and a wealth of special effect filters. This Photoshop course is delivered by experienced trainers.

In addtion to this Introductory Photoshop Training Course we offer an Advanced Photoshop Training Course and a Photoshop for Web Graphics Training Course

Top 5 Tips for Photoshop Beginners

Photoshop Training Course Objectives

Upon completion of this Adobe Photoshop course, the delegate will be able use Photoshop to:

• Scan, re-touch, and optimise images for print or the web.
• Work effectively and flexibly with layer masks in the production of montage and image manipulation.
• Use filters and layer effects both as tools and effects.
• Export from Photoshop using the most appropriate file format for the job in hand.
• Develop Photoshop skills further using the in depth knowledge gained during this training course.

Photoshop Training Course Content

Photoshop Basics

• Overview of the Photoshop CS4 interface
• Bitmaps and vectors explained
• Image modes
• Image size and resolution
• Image colour concepts

Photoshop Basic Tools and Colour

• Overview of the Photoshop toolset
• Brushes and brush types
• Adjusting brushes
• Choosing colours by eye
• Numerical colour
• Pantone colour
• Do's and don’ts of choosing colours
• The background image
• Erasing and canvas colour

Photoshop Selection Techniques

• Essential image navigation shortcuts
• The marquee tools
• Adding and subtracting selections
• Automatic selection using the wand tool
• Automatic selection using the quick selection brush
• Manual cut-out techniquesl
• Transforming a selection
• Understanding selection edges
• Refining selection edges
• Saving and reloading a selection

Layer Masks in Photoshop

• Introduction to the power of layer masks
• Creating a layer mask from a selection
• Modifying a layer mask using the paintbrush tool
• Tricks for modifying mask edges for cut-out
• The gradient tool and masks

Photoshop Layers - Combining Images

• Layer blending modes
• Layer opacity
• Transforming and distorting layers
• Working with multiple layers
• Creating montages

Image Adjustments in Photoshop

• Destructive verses non-destructive techniques
• Using adjustment layers
• Levels explained
• Colour balance and colour balance considerations
• Hue and saturation
• Selective adjustments using masks

Photoshop Filters

• An overview of Photoshop filters and their uses
• Pixel (100%) view and what it means
• Advantages of using smart filters
• Image sharpening in detail
• Image blurring
• Selective filtering

Layer Effects in Photoshop

• Overview of layer effects
• Applying drop shadow
• Applying other layer effects

Steps to Prepare and Image for End Use in Photoshop

• Opening an image using Adobe Bridge
• Scan resolution and dpi explained in depth
• Reference to colour bit depth
• Cropping and sizing (the quick way)
• Image adjustments using levels, colour balance and hue/saturation
• Further correction to images using Shadow/highlight
• Re-touching using the clone tool
• Re-touching using the healing tool
• The new Clone Source Palette

Photoshop File Formats

• Considerations when choosing a file format
• Common file formats explained

Photoshop Course Prerequisites

• All delegates attending this photoshop training course must be confident with Windows or Macintosh environments, including creating, moving and deleting files and folders.
• Silicon Beach Training recommends that all delegates attending this photoshop training course familiarise themselves with the Photoshop interface, or that of a similar package before attending the training course.
• Trial software can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/uk/downloads/#printpub

Book this Photoshop training course one to one for £895 + vat

Photoshop Training Recommended Reading

Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Classroom in a Book S.) - Adobe Creative Team, Anita Dennis – buy from amazon
Photoshop CS 2 for Windows – buy from amazon

Download course outline as pdf.

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