Photoshop Print Design Course
Preparing and Designing Images for Print with Adobe Photoshop.
Learn
to produce Photoshop designs and images for print and desktop publishing
with this Adobe Photoshop course in Birmingham and Midlands and around the UK.
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Photoshop course summary
This intermediate Photoshop course will cover the most common Photoshop features and the techniques used in preparing images and designing for print and for use in page layouts and page designs in desktop publishing applications.
Photoshop course content is flexible and may be altered to better suit your needs. It will normally be partly based around working through some of your own projects and designs.
Photoshop course duration: 1 day course
Level: intermediate
Software: Photoshop 7, CS, CS2, Photoshop CS3 or Photoshop CS4.
Numbers: One to one or small groups of up
to 4 trainees
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) One to one, here in South Birmingham (limited availability). *
Photoshop design course requirements:
You should already have knowledge
of Photoshop tools and general Photoshop usage.
Photoshop print design course can be combined with the beginners Photoshop course
Photoshop print design course outline
Colour correction
Using Levels, Colour Balance and Selective Colour to colour correct an image
Changing only selected areas of an image
also including:
Setting pure black and pure white
Creating a faded image to go behind text
Making certain that the files you create and the colours used are printable
Creating a good quality greyscale image from a colour photograph
Working
with CMYK files
Creating Duotones or Tritones
Resolution and image sizes for print work
Simple retouching techniques:
Removing spots, scratches and lines, text, etc.
Changing photo background colours
(more retouching can be included if required *)
Fading out an image to solid colour
Creating vignettes and borders around
images
Paths and Clipping Paths
Using the pen tools for creating and modifying paths
Editing and saving a path with an image
Saving as a clipping paths to use with with DTP applications to mask off
areas of an image
Actions and Batch processing
Recording a series of steps to be performed on a number of images
e.g. changing resolution and resizing a number images to the same size.
Naming, editing, saving, loading and applying actions
Batch processing a complete folder of files
Text & Design
Filling text with a texture or photograph
Creating drop shadows & emboss effects on text or artwork
Bringing Illustrator artwork and EPS logos into Photoshop
Creating textures and patterns for backgrounds
Working with spot colour channels *
Simple montage and compositing
Creating designs with images, text and artwork
Using
Blend Modes and opacity settings
Using Layer Masks
Creating a contact sheet from a folder of images
Saving the correct file formats
* optional - will only be covered if requested in advance of training and if there is time available
Custom Photoshop courses are available if required, please ask.
Elements from other courses may be included if required.
This Adobe Photoshop course is available on-site in Birmingham and Midlands areas, including Solihull, Worcester, Bromsgrove and Redditch, and around the UK.
* one to one Adobe Photoshop training - for CS3, CS2 or 7 is available at our premises in South Birmingham.
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