Adobe Photoshop Introduction
Course
In London
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
London
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Duration
2 Days
This course is designed to provide delegates with knowledge of the fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop and all the key skills necessary to achieve professional-looking results with ease. Delegates will learn how to manipulate pictures and other graphic elements within different page formats for both one-off and regular production. Suitable for: Intending, new or less-experienced users of Photoshop wish to gain a good understanding of the software in a short space of time. Plus others who wish to learn about the scope of the software.
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About this course
A basic understanding of the Apple MAC interface and some understanding of word processing is desirable but not essential.
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Course programme
Adobe Photoshop Introduction
Structure:
PC for every delegate.
All pass training courses involve extensive hands-on activity including exercises that give participants practical experience of using the Internet's tools. Delegate numbers are restricted to 8, to ensure personal attention from the trainer.
Photoshop Basics
- Basic procedure
The Toolbox
- What the Tools do
Photoshop 5.0's Toolbox:
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Toolbox groups; Toolbox flyouts
- Toolbox "tooltips"
The Options palette
- Opening the palette
Selecting Colours
Keyboard Shortcuts
Photoshop Preferences
- General preferences and Resetting preferences
- Saving files
- Transparency and gamut; Units and rulers
- Plug-ins and scratch disks; Guides and grids
- Memory and memory cache; Physical memory usage
Painting Tools
- Airbrush & Paintbrush
- Pencil & Line tool
- History Brush & Rubber Stamp tool
- The Rubber Stamp tool in action
Working Views in Photoshop
- Monitor colour depth & resolution
- The Navigator palette
- The Zoom tool and the Hand tool
Making selections
- Magic Wand tool
- Modifying selections
- Quick Mask mode; Quick Mask options
- Useful conversions
Layers
Layer tips
- Copying and duplicating a layer
- Changing the layer palette thumbnail size
Layer modes
- Merge modes and Opacity
Bipmap file formats
- File compression
- Photoshop.PSD; Adobe Illustrator (A1 or EPS)
- Amiga IFF; Windows BMP
- CompuServe GIF; EPS
- Filmstrip FLM; JPEG (JPG)
- Kodak PhotoCD (PCD); MacPaint
- PCX; PICT; PIXAR; PixelPaint
- RAW; Scitex CT; Targa TIFF
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Payment options: All Courses can be held privately at our premises or otherwise.
Adobe Photoshop Introduction