Advanced Photoshop CS4

Course

In Bristol

£ 295 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Bristol

  • 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.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bristol (Avon)

Start date

On request

About this course

Existing competence in Photoshop CS4, at least to the level of the Transmedia Fundamentals course.

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Course programme

Objectives

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
·

Shortcuts
· Workspace






Advanced Sharpening Techniques
·

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

£ 295 + VAT