Adobe Photoshop - Introduction (Adobe Authorised)

Mekon Creatives

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In London, Sutton, Surrey, Nottingham

£ 425 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Beginner

  • Location

    London, sutton, surrey, ...

  • Duration

    2 Days

Achieving high quality output from Photoshop requires a comprehensive understanding of Photoshop features and processes, combined with a knowledge of related theory including masking, scanning, resolution and colour principles. Suitable for: Our Photoshop Introduction course enables delegates with no previous experience of Photoshop to acquire this level of theoretical and practical proficiency and those with a repro background, and an understanding of related theory to adapt their expertise efficiently.

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Location

Start date

London, Sutton, Surrey, Nottingham (Surrey)
Mekon House, 31-35 St Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey, Sm1 1jn, SM1 1JN

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On request

About this course

No previous experience is required for this Adobe Photoshop Course

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Course programme

Included in this course:
  • Course book


  • Lunch


  • 3 Months post training support


  • Certificate of attendence

    Course Outline

    Understanding Photoshop issues


  • Introduction to the interface


  • Understanding resolution


  • Looking at the differences between raster and vector artwork

    Overview of the toolbox


  • Overview of the menus


  • Organising the palettes


  • Using the navigator palette


  • Changing views and displays


  • Setting preferences

    Using various selection techniques


  • Adding and removing selections


  • Inverting and modifying selections


  • Feathering and moving selections


  • Saving and loading selections


  • Working with quick mask

    Colour theory


  • Working with different colour models and modes


  • Using custom colours


  • Picking colour


  • Analysing and editing colour


  • Looking at gamut issues


  • Creating duotones


  • Looking at colour correctionissues


  • Setting colour balance


  • Setting hue and saturation


  • Adjusting brightness and contrast


  • Using the levels option


  • Using curves and variations


  • Working with histograms

    Retouching images


  • Colour range & replace colour feature


  • Cropping images


  • Using the pencil, the paintbrush and the airbrush tools


  • Defining your own brushes


  • Customising brushes


  • Using the smudge tool


  • Using the clone stamp tool


  • Using the spot healing brush


  • Customising the tools


  • Using the eraser tool


  • Working with the dodge and burn toning tools


  • Using the sharpen and blur focus tools


  • Removing dust and scratches

    Using the history palette


  • Using the history brush


  • Creating images

    Working with layers


  • Creating new layers


  • Selecting and deleting layers


  • Flattening layers


  • Merging and linking layers


  • Ordering layers


  • Pasting into layers


  • Creating adjustment layers


  • Creating layer masks


  • Exploring channels


  • Montaging images

    Adding filters and effects


  • Adding lighting effects


  • Exploring and using filters


  • Vanishing point filter to move, copy and clone in perspective

    Creating gradients and patterns


  • Creating and editing gradients


  • Saving and loading gradients


  • Creating transparent gradients


  • Creating and editing patterns


  • Using the pattern stamp tool

    Adding and manipulating type


  • Using type mask tool


  • Special effects with type


  • Rasterizing type


  • Using the wrap text feature


  • Creating and editing actions

    Clipping paths


  • Creating clipping paths


  • Understanding bezier paths


  • Using anchor points


  • Manipulating direction lines


  • Exporting clipping paths

    Saving images


  • Exporting images for print and the web


  • Understanding file formats


  • Understanding compression


  • Printing settings

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