Adobe Photoshop - Introduction

Training

In London

£ 435 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Training

  • Level

    Beginner

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    14h

  • Duration

    2 Days

Adobe Photoshop is the software of choice for professionals working with digital images. Whether you are using Photoshop for print or the web, this extremely popular course has proved to be the most efficient and effective way of getting started in Adobe Photoshop CC.

The course covers all major Photoshop features including compositing images, graphics and text, making colour corrections to an image, understanding resolution, creating a montage, using Photoshop filters, working with layers and channels and preparing images for use in print and the web.

This is an Adobe authorised training course which provides an ideal introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC. You need no previous experience to attend this course.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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127-129 Great Suffolk Street, SE1 1PP

Start date

On request

About this course

Anyone who is looking to enter publishing, or looking to further their career progression. The focus is on developing skills by learning in a practical environment.

No prior experience required.

This is an industry led, practical, CPD approved certificated course that demonstrates that the delegate has invested in their learning and development, in key digital publishing skills.

You will be contacted by a course advisor who will send you general information on the course and start dates and how to book your place. You will be encouraged to contact us back, in order that we can answer specific questions and provide you with the details you are looking for.

Our entry requirements reflect the needs of the industry. The publishing industry is generally graduate entry, although there are exceptions and people with relevant experience within a commercial environment are welcome. We will accept non-graduates with a minimum of two years commercial experience. If in any doubt, please do not hesitate to contact us by telephone or email. Graduates will have greater opportunities than non-graduates to secure a position, but experience and the training provided by LSP are also important in helping with employment prospects. For those who are non-graduates the courses can consolidate the training with commercial experience to enable a delegate to become more marketable.

Please contact the Course Co-ordinator if you have any questions relating to entry.

The London School of Publishing offers some of the most up-to-date courses of their kind in the UK. Course contents are up-dated regularly and content reflects changes and developments occurring within the industry.

None of our courses are run as distance learning. We firmly believe that course delegates training in areas of publishing learn new skills when being trained face-to-face with an expert tutor.

The key advantages of following the LSP courses include:

LSP has been established since 1984 and we continue to be one of the most recognised and well-respected training organisations in the country. Our courses provide comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the current publishing processes.
We work closely with our tutors to ensure that key developments are implemented within the training.
Detailed notes on each of the sessions are provided – with plenty of exercises given and homework set regularly.
Course tutors are all working within their respective fields with many years of working and teaching experience.
The courses have intellectual rigour and help course delegates develop specific publishing skills.
The courses teach in a practical way – ensuring that course delegates are prepared for the demands of the industry and are ready to be employed within their respective fields.

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Subjects

  • Adobe
  • Photoshop
  • Pixels
  • Colour Channels
  • Communication design
  • Desktop Publishing
  • Framemaker
  • Screen Design
  • InDesign
  • Graphics
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Applications
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Image Editing

Teachers and trainers (1)

Julian  Woodfield

Julian Woodfield

Course Leader

Julian Woodfield worked as a professional animator and graphic designer from 1984 to 1990, working on a wide range of television commercials, TV title sequences and special effects for feature films. In 1989 he was a member of the team that produced the BAFTA award winning Wired title sequence for Channel 4. In 1994 Julian co-founded Media Training which is now an Adobe, Quark and Apple authorised training centre and is acknowledged as a leading training provider in this field in the UK.

Course programme

Day One

INTRODUCTION

PHOTOSHOP ESSENTIALS

  • The Photoshop interface
  • Working with tabbed windows
  • Image Navigation tools
  • Using the History panel and multiple undo
  • History brush and snapshots
  • Working with Mini Bridge

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PHOTOSHOP FILE

  • Pixels and paint programs
  • Image resolution, dimensions and file size
  • Understanding colour channels
  • Understanding file formats

SETTING BASIC IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS

  • Creating new documents
  • Cropping and rotating artwork
  • Changing image size
  • Making colour mode conversions
  • Saving and exporting files for web and print
  • Upsampling low-resolution images

CORRECTING AN IMAGE

  • Understanding image Histograms
  • Using the Levels command
  • Adjusting colour balance
  • Editing Hue and Saturation
  • Replacing object colour

WORKING WITH SELECTIONS

  • Lasso and marquee tools
  • Quick Selection and Magic Wand tools
  • Feathering selections
  • Modifying selection shape
  • Saving and loading selections

RETOUCHING TECHNIQUES

  • Removing imperfections and unwanted details
  • The Clone and Heal tools
  • Healing Brush tools
  • Content Aware retouching tools

Q & A

Day Two

WORKING WITH PAINT AND COLOUR

  • Mixing and sampling colour
  • The Paint Brush tools
  • Working with Brush settings
  • Adding solid colour fills
  • Adding gradient fills

WORKING WITH LAYERS

  • Building a multi-layered document
  • Adding transparency to objects
  • Moving, scaling and rotating layers
  • Linking layers
  • Locking and protecting layers
  • Merging and flattening layers
  • Exporting layered documents

CREATIVE TECHNIQUES USING LAYERS

  • Layer opacity and blends
  • Creating layer effects
  • Shadow, glow and emboss effects
  • Introducing layer masks

SHAPE AND TEXT LAYERS

  • Vector shape layers
  • Adjusting shape layer properties
  • Working with the Text tool
  • Character and paragraph formatting

SPECIAL EFFECTS WITH FILTERS

  • Using Photoshop filters
  • Sharpen and Blur filters
  • Using the Liquify command
  • Camera shake reduction in Photoshop CC

PRINTING AND OPTIMISING DOCUMENTS

  • Printing from Photoshop
  • The Save for Web and Devices command
  • Image compression and optimisation settings

Q & A

*This course runs very regularly. For dates please call 020 7221 339

Adobe Photoshop - Introduction

£ 435 + VAT