Design Software Training » 2 day Photoshop Print Images Course

Photoshop Basics – interface and tools
Introducing the Adobe Photoshop environment
Using the tools and changing tool options
Using the palettes: Layers, History, Info, etc.
Keyboard shortcuts for navigation and zoom

Cropping & rotating
Cropping images to remove unwanted areas
Rotating or flipping an image

Selection tools & cut-outs
Using the different selection tools
Making a selection around an 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
Removing or changing the background of a selected object

Layers
Working with layers: organising, naming and deleting layers
Combining photographs and text in separate Layers
Modifying the content of a layer, moving layer content, editing or erasing areas
Changing opacity and blending options on layers to get different effects
Add a drop shadow and emboss effects to an item on a layer

Text & Typography
Creating normal text and artistic text, setting text attributes, choosing colours
Applying drop shadow and emboss effects to text

Colour Adjustment
Using Levels to adjust brightness/contrast of an image
Adjusting image colours
Creating a tinted image

Filters
Filters for image enhancement – sharpening and blurring
Creating simple textures and patterns using noise, motion blur and other filters

Colours & Painting
Painting and brush tools: defining a brush size and painting
Choosing a colours
Filling areas with solid colour or gradient

Image Resizing & Resolution
Resizing an image using the image size command, keeping images sharp when resizing
Discussion of typical sizes and resolutions for different jobs e.g. brochure or, web page
Resizing images to the correct size for the job while maintaining image quality

Colour Modes
Converting between different colour modes (RGB to CMYK or Grayscale)

Day 2 – Photoshop print images and design for print
Course Outline

Colours and colour correction
Using Levels, Colour Balance and Selective Colour to colour correct an image
Changing only selected areas of an image
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

Simple Photo Editing and Retouching Techniques
Removing spots, scratches and lines, text, etc.
Changing photo background colours

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
(changing resolution and resizing a set of 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
Fading out an image to solid colour
Creating vignettes and borders around images
Bringing Illustrator artwork and EPS logos into Photoshop
Creating textures and patterns for backgrounds

Simple montage and compositing
Creating designs with images, text and artwork
Using Blend Modes and opacity settings
Using Layer Masks

Saving and organising Photoshop Files
Creating a contact sheet from a folder of images
Saving the correct file formats (PSD, Tiff, JPG, EPS, etc.)
Saving print ready images and designs

This is typical course outline, but the exact course content may vary depending on the requirements and needs of those being trained.