Advanced Photoshop CS4
Course
In Bristol
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
Bristol
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Duration
2 Days
Recommended as a follow up to the two day Fundamentals of Photoshop CS4 course, or can be taken in its own right by those with equivalent experience.
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About this course
Existing competence in Photoshop CS4, at least to the level of the Transmedia Fundamentals course.
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Course programme
Recommended as a follow up to the two day Fundamentals of Photoshop CS4 course, or can be taken in its own right by those with equivalent experience.
Pre-requisites:
Existing competence in Photoshop CS4, at least to the level of the Transmedia Fundamentals course.
Course Includes:
A comprehensive set of reference notes covering course topics, follow-up telephone support and, for training on Transmedia premises, lunch and refreshments.
Course Outline
Recap and Consolidation
· Recap and consolidation of material covered on the two day
Fundamentals
course
Layers
· Duplicating layers
· Layer masks
· Preserve transparency and locking layers
· Grouping
· Adjustment layers and adjustment layer masks
· Layer comps
· Detailed use of 3D layers including live 3D edit and texture editing (Photoshop CS4 Extended only)
Painting modes and layer modes
· Colorising
· Hand-tinting
Displacement maps
· What is a displacement map?
· Creating your own displacement map
· Using Photoshop's in-built maps
· Using displacement maps with type to create special effects
Clipping groups
· Clipping paths to create selected areas
· Using displacement maps with type to create special effects
Customising Photoshops Interface
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Shortcuts
· Workspace
Advanced Sharpening Techniques
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Unsharp Mask on highpass
· Unsharp Mask on edges using channel (alpha)
Shape tool
· Working with and editing shapes
· Creating and importing custom shapes, eg logos for re-use
· Saving in shapes panel
Alpha Channels
· Creating effects adjusting images and selections with channels
· Creating metallic appearances eg brass, chrome
· Spot channels
Montages
· Creating montages with layer masks
· Creating realistic photo montages to include reflections on various surface types (eg metal, water etc) and custom shadows
· Creating 360-degree panoramas
Automation and Scripts
· PDF Presentation
· Droplets
· Photomerge
· Web Gallery
Using the Actions panel
· Using, adjusting and creating textures
· Batch-processing several files
Video
· Non-square pixels for TV
· Video painting, cloning and text on multiple frames (Photoshop CS4 Extended only)
Advanced Photoshop CS4