Beginners Photoshop Course
Adobe Photoshop beginners course for Image Editing and Design.
This beginners Photoshop course is an introduction to the basics of image editing and design with Adobe Photoshop, including image resizing, resolution, colour correction, using type and colours, and creating basic designs.
This Photoshop course is designed to provide familiarity with the interface and tools while covering basic techniques of image editing and design which are important to understand before moving on to more advanced image editing and design techniques such as web graphics or photo montage.
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Beginners Photoshop course summary
Beginners Photoshop course duration: 1 day
Level: for beginners or those with some limited
Photoshop experience.
Software: all Photoshop versions
including Photoshop 7 and Photoshop CS, Photoshop CS2, Photoshop CS3.
Numbers: One to one or small group of up
to 4.
Trainees in a group should have the same skill level and the same requirements.
Locations:
1) At client's site in Birmingham, Midlands and around the UK.
2) For one or two trainees, here in South Birmingham.
Beginners Adobe Photoshop course requirements
You should have good general computer skills.
Some previous knowledge of design software would be helpful, but not
essential.
Beginners Adobe Photoshop - course outline
Photoshop basics - interface and tools:
Using the tools and changing tool option settings
Using floating palettes: Layers, Swatches, etc
Cropping, Rotating & Colour Modes:
Cropping images to remove unwanted areas
Rotating or Flipping an image
Converting between different colour modes (RGB to CMYK or Grayscale)
Colour Correction:
Using Levels to adjust brightness/contrast of an image
Changing image colours
Remove a colour cast from a photograph
Creating a sepia tinted image from either a colour or a B&W photo
Selection Tools:
Making a selection around an object - different selection tools
Removing or changing the background of a selected object
Moving or copying the selected
area to a different position on the image
Selecting an area of an image based on its' colour, and modifying that area
Filling a selection with colour, or painting in the selected area
Layers:
Combining photographs with text in separate Layers
Working with layers,
organising, naming, deleting layers
Modifying the content of a layer, moving, erasing areas
Add a drop shadow and emboss effects to an item on a layer
Text:
Creating normal and artistic text, setting text attributes, choosing colours
Applying drop shadow and emboss effects to text
Colours, Painting & Retouching:
Painting and brush tools: defining a brush size and painting
Choosing a colours
Photo retouching - removing small scratches and spots
Filling areas with solid colour or gradient
Image Resizing & Resolution:
Resizing an image using the image size command, keeping images sharp when
resizing
Typical image sizes and resolutions for different jobs, brochure,
web page, etc.
Resizing images to the correct size for the job while maintaining image
quality
Scanning and Digital Cameras: - optional *
Working with images from a digital camera
Resolution and image sizes
Scanning photographs, graphics and line art
Filters:
Filters for image enhancement: sharpening and blurring
Creating
simple textures and patterns
Create a simple border around an image
* optional - may be covered if requested in advance of the training.
One to one beginners Photoshop course and small group Photoshop beginners course:
The beginners Photoshop course above is available in Birmingham and surrounding
Midlands areas of the UK, including: Birmingham, Solihull, Redditch, Bromsgrove
and Worcester. Photoshop courses are also available for one or two people at our premises in South
Birmingham.
The Adobe Photoshop beginners
course can be arranged with trainers around the UK.
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