Adobe Photoshop Level 1

Course suitable for:
This programme is for you if you have no experience, or you are starting to familiarise yourself with image editing using Photoshop and now would like to learn more about the tools and features available to you in Photoshop. In this programme, you will work with and learn how to use several tools for selecting parts of images, move, duplicate, resize images, to use layers and to apply layer effects and filters to create special effects, including lighting and texture effects. You will also use painting tools and blending modes to create shading effects and perform adjustments to contrast and colour balance and save images in formats for print and web use.
Course objectives:
-Identify the differences between raster and vector graphics and manipulate Photoshop's various graphic tools and controls
-Select appropriate resolutions for different image and output types, and resize and crop image areas
-Select image areas using the lasso, marquee and magic wand tools and use alpha channels to save and load selections
-Create/manipulate multiple layers to composite images easily
-Apply blending and shading effects to create realistic composites-Identify the characteristics of bitmap, grayscale, duotone, and colour images
-Use various colour and painting features
-Add and format text within an image, and apply layer effects and filters to create special effects including lighting effects and textures
-Modify the brightness, contrast, colour balance, hue, and saturation of images
-Save images in various file formats
Course content:
Photoshop's environment
-Raster and vector graphics
-Photoshop environment elements
-Navigating in Photoshop
Sizing images
-Image size and resolution
-Cropping
Selecting image areas
-The rectangular and elliptical marquee tools
-The lasso tools
-Saving selections
-The magic wand tool
-The magnetic lasso tool
-Modifying selections
Layers
-Floating versus fixed selections
-Undoing previous steps
-Copying selections
-Creating layers
-Transforming layers
-Copying layers between images
-Saving images in Photoshop format
-Arranging layers
Blending and compositing
-Defringing
-Opacity and blending modes
-Feathering edgesImage modes
-Mode characteristics
-Grayscale and bitmap modes
-Colour modes
Colour and painting
-Selecting colours
-Painting tools
-The clone stamp tool
-Setting colour Gamut
Text, layer effects, and filters
-Type layers
-Layer effects
-Filters
-Filter previews
-Merging and flattening layers
-Liquify tool
Adjusting images
-Brightness/contrast
-Levels adjustment layers
-Colour match
-Hue/saturation
Saving completed images
-Saving for use in print applications
-Saving for the web
Review of Programme
Other Recommended Programmes
-Adobe Photoshop Level 2
-Adobe Illustrator Levels 1 and 2
-Adobe Acrobat Professional
-QuarkXPress Levels 1 and 2
-Adobe Dreamweaver Levels 1 and 2
-Microsoft FrontPage Levels 1 and 2