Digital Photography with Photoshop CS4

DESCRIPTION
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:

• 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
  
  

How digital differs from film

• Lens focus length
  Chips
  Image Quality
  

Digital file formats

• Pixels
  
• Compression
  
• What settings to use
  
• Mega-pixels needed for particular image sizes
  

File fundamentals

• What file sizes to expect
  
• System requirements
  
• File format differences
  
• Bitmap vs Vector
  

Raw

• RAW images in Photoshop
  
• Correcting raw images
  

Hardware

• Display and output
  
• Scanners, monitors and printers
  

Colour Theory

• Additive and subtractive
  
• Perceptual colour
  
• Colour gamuts
  
• Device and dependent colour
  
• CMYK preview
  
• Bit-depth - 8 and 16 bit
  

Retouching

• Cloning images
  
• Using patterns
  
• Smudging, blurring and sharpening
  
• Cropping and repairing scratches
  
• Healing tools
  
• Match colour tool
  

Image Adjustment

• Brightness and contrast
  
• Gamma
  
• Hue / Saturation
  
• Colour balance for shadows, highlights and mid-tones
  
• Levels and curves
  
• Converting to Black & White
  

Output

• Re-sampling and printing
  
• Resizing and adjusting resolution
  
• File formats for export
  
• Colour profiles