Photoshop CC Getting Started

Short course

Online

£ 445 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Beginner

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    2 Days

  • Personal tutor

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

Photoshop CC Getting Started is a 2 day live online course, taught by one of the UK's leading Adobe Certified Instructors with over 20 years experience using Adobe's design tools.

About this course

Over two days you will learn to understand all about resolution and colour modes. You will create accurate selections in Photoshop, work with layers, create transparency masks and make complex adjustments with a variety of tools.

This course is aimed at users with little or no experience of Photoshop. Attendees will often include graphic designers, photographers, marketing and comms professionals, medical and forensic imaging specialists as well as others.

You should be computer literate, and comfortable with standard operating system functionality such as copy and paste or opening new files. As the course is a live online course, you will need a machine with Photoshop installed, and a stable internet connection. For the best experience we also recommend a headset and a second monitor, although the course can be completed without these.

This course is taught on the latest version of Photoshop by Andy Gardiner, an Adobe Certified Instructor with over 20 years experience. In addition to holding Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor status on Photoshop, Andy is also an Adobe Certified Design Master and a CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer.

Upon receiving your request you will be contacted by one of our training advisors, who will be able to answer any questions you have. They will advise on upcoming course dates, as well as other options such as private team training if appropriate.

The course runs as a regular scheduled live online course, meaning you can attend from your own desk, whilst getting a fully interactive experience in which you can chat with the instructor. It can also be delivered as a private course for groups, either online or face to face.

Yes, we offer private courses either face to face or live online. These are popular for small teams of between 3 and 10 people.

Yes, you will receive a certificate of completion to confirm you have undertaken the course.

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Subjects

  • Adobe
  • Photoshop
  • Image Editing
  • Retouching
  • Image Manipulation

Teachers and trainers (1)

Andy Gardiner

Andy Gardiner

Adobe Certified Instructor and MD

Andy has run Highlander for over 25 years and is an Adobe Certified Instructor, Adobe Certified Design Master, CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer and In5 Certified Professional. He specialises in delivering courses at all levels on tools including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and After Effects. In recent years Andy has delivered courses for staff from organisations including Burberry, Manchester City FC, Joe Browns, Mishcon de Reya, Bank of England, Aviva, Lloyds Banking Group, LNER, Eversheds, Interflora and a range of NHS, Police and Government organisations.

Course programme

The course typically covers the following topics:
Exploring Photoshop
  • The panels
  • The tools
  • Preferences
Creating Documents
  • Settings
  • Resolution
  • Resizing Documents
  • Colour modes
  • Web vs Print
  • Mobile/tablet settings
  • Presets
Colour Theory
  • RGB v CMYK
  • Spot colours (eg: pantones)
  • Previewing for print
  • Gamut Warnings
  • Web colour
  • Channels
Layers
  • Why use layers
  • Creating layers
  • Organising layers
  • Blend modes and opacity
  • Smart layers v rasterised
Selections
  • Selection tools
  • Making selections
  • Add to and remove from selections
  • Adjusting your selections
  • Saving your selections
  • Select by colour range
  • Select and mask workspace
Layer Masks
  • What are layer masks
  • Creating layer masks
  • Editing layer masks
  • Using layer masks
  • Selections from masks
Cloning and Repairing
  • The clone tool
  • The Healing brush tool
  • The Spot healing brush tool
  • The patch tool
  • Content aware options
  • Content aware Move
  • Content aware patch
Cropping
  • Cropping images
  • Cropping options
  • Delete data option
  • Straighten tool
  • Perspective cropping
Adjustment Commands
  • Hue and Saturation adjustments
  • Black and White adjustments
  • Brightness and Contrast
  • Levels
  • Curves
  • Non destructive versus destructive adjustments
  • Auto adjustments
Brushes
  • Changing brushes
  • Changing brush size
  • Hardness and Spacing
  • Finding and loading brushes
Filters
  • Filter Gallery
  • Sharpening
  • Blurring
  • Liquify
  • Neural Filters
  • Smart Filters
Text
  • Adding text
  • Formatting text
  • Text Effects
  • Clipping to a layer
Saving and Outputting
  • File Types
  • Save PSD files
  • Export Preferences
  • Save for Web
Highlander reserves the right to adjust the topics covered in order to ensure all delegates get the maximum benefit.

Additional information

The course is backed by extensive post course support including access to over 6.5 hours of HD video designed specifically for the course by the instructor.

Photoshop CC Getting Started

£ 445 + VAT