Digital Photography with Photoshop CS4
Short course
In Southwark
Description
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Type
Short course
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Location
Southwark
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Duration
1 Day
This course gives photographers a thorough introduction to the theory and practice of digital photography. You will also get hands-on experience with Adobe Photoshop. The course will give you a good understanding of the techniques needed to achieve high quality images that will be output from digital files.
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About this course
There are no pre-requisites for this course, however, you do need to own or have access to a digital camera to bring with you on the day. This can be a "point & shoot" variety, Digital SLR or anything in-between, (providing it's digital)!
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Course programme
This course gives photographers a thorough introduction to the theory and practice of digital photography. You will also get hands-on experience with Adobe Photoshop. The course will give you a good understanding of the techniques needed to achieve high quality images that will be output from digital files.
PREREQUISITES
There are no pre-requisites for this course, however, you do need to own or have access to a digital camera to bring with you on the day. This can be a "point & shoot" variety, Digital SLR or anything in-between, (providing it's digital)!
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
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Know your camera and its functions in detail
Understand file types, file sizes and formats
Have a good understanding of what RAW files can do for you
Understand RGB / CMYK as well as bit-depths
Have a basic knowledge of retouching images in Adobe Photoshop
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Lens focus length
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Image Quality
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Pixels
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Compression
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What settings to use
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Mega-pixels needed for particular image sizes
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What file sizes to expect
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System requirements
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File format differences
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Bitmap vs Vector
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RAW images in Photoshop
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Correcting raw images
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Display and output
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Scanners, monitors and printers
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Additive and subtractive
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Perceptual colour
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Colour gamuts
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Device and dependent colour
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CMYK preview
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Bit-depth - 8 and 16 bit
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Cloning images
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Using patterns
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Smudging, blurring and sharpening
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Cropping and repairing scratches
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Healing tools
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Match colour tool
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Brightness and contrast
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Gamma
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Hue / Saturation
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Colour balance for shadows, highlights and
mid-tones
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Levels and curves
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Converting to Black & White
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Re-sampling and printing
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Resizing and adjusting resolution
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File formats for export
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Colour profiles
Digital Photography with Photoshop CS4