An Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CS4

This workshop is aimed at new Photoshop users. It is designed to introduce delegates to Photoshop's essential tools and techniques used for digital imaging.

The course provides an opportunity for hands-on practice and is structured around both practical examples and theory.

Delegates will acquire a good understanding of Photoshop and gain confidence in producing images for both print and screen use.

Course content:

• The Basics
• The Photoshop Workspace
• The toolbox, palettes and menus
• Rulers and guides
• Navigation
• Shortcuts Basic techniques
• Cropping, resizing and saving images
• Creating and working with selections
• Transforming images
• Sharpening images Retouching techniques
• Using the retouching tools
• Red-eye correction Colour
• Techniques for adjusting contrast, colour and tone
• Understanding CMYK, RGB and greyscale colour modes
• Converting colour modes Working with type
• Using type layers
• Formatting type Working with layers
• Creating layers
• Managing layers
• Layer styles Production
• File formats
• Integration with other applications
• Saving files for print and web