Adobe Photoshop Introduction
- Create eye catching designs and images for print and multimedia using Adobe Photoshop
- Save time , and costs by becoming a proficient user of this professional image editing software
- Speed up workflow and deliver projects faster by using the most effective ways to complete tasks
- Create and retouch digital images and manage and control your workflow for better image optimisation.
- Format and save pictures for the web, pdf and other applications
- Beginners have the opportunity to acquire good habits and avoid time consuming and costly mistakes.
- Advanced users will also benefit greatly from this course with many tips and tricks to help increase productivity.
- If you are self-taught, and have found getting the results you want frustrating, this course will empower you to focus on tasks that add value to your creativity, projects and job satisfaction
Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard and professionals’ choice for image editing, graphic design, photographic retouching, web development, multimedia, post-production, animation and more besides.
It is widely used in every facet of the visual communications sector from photographers and graphic designers, to scientists and 3D artists. Now in its twelfth version, and part of a larger Suite of products, Photoshop provides highly efficient methods for editing scanned artwork, digital photographs and even movies. Its tight integration with each of the Creative Suite applications provides unrivalled synergy for publishing to print, web and mobile devices.
If you wish to aim for certification, on top of the practical skills you’ll learn from Photoshop, then you can come back and take the ACA examination with us.
Recommended for:
Those who work images as part of their job role. Learning how to use professional image editing software correctly can be hugely rewarding, cost effective and timesaving. If you are a complete beginner you have the opportunity to acquire good habits and avoid time consuming and costly mistakes. If you are self taught and have found getting the results you want frustrating this course will help empower you to focus more of your time on the tasks that add more value to your work and job satisfaction.
You will learn how to:
- Evaluate and output high quality artwork for print, web and mobile devices.
- Understand digital image characteristics, and how they are constructed.
- Explore and navigate the application interface, and tailor its appearance to suit your needs.
- Browse, manage and save files to the appropriate size and format by exploring different output scenarios.
- Work with layers to maximise your workflow efficiency.
- Select regions of artwork and apply local edits.
- Blend artwork and create montages.
- Apply filters and effects to add creative flair and finesse to your artwork.
- Manage and characterise typography.
- Create simple vector objects.
- Remove blemishes and defects in photographs.
- Correct colour and exposure in artwork.
Other people who have done this course say:
- "Very enjoyable, have learned a lot - will recommend!!" November 2010
- "Excellent workshop, I learned a lot" Gary
- "I have learned a significant amount of new skills and knowledge through nti training - All well organised" Keith
- "Really good, told us exactly what we wanted to know relevant to our own work"
Course outline:
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Digital Imaging Essentials |
Understanding the characteristics of digital images is key to successfully deconstructing and editing |
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Workspace |
To make the best use of its extensive editing capabilities, you must first learn to navigate the work area and how to adapt it to your own workflow |
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Selections |
Learning how to select areas of an image is of paramount importance - you must first select what you want to effect |
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Layers |
Isolate different parts of an image in layers. Each of which can then be edited as a disparate element of artwork, allowing tremendous flexibility |
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Drawing and Painting |
Many of the tools found within Photoshop utilise intuitive brush tips and shapes. Understanding how to work with brushes correctly is as important as deploying the correct tool. |
| 6 | Masks and Channels | Masking is the skill of protecting your images from modifications, as well as changing the visibility of artwork to create montages or to simply extract subject matter from its background |
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Colour and Tone |
The powerful tools in Photoshop can enhance, repair and correct the colour and tonality in an image |
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Healing and Retouching |
Learn how to correct capture defects and enhance critical parts of an image with Photoshop's 'airbrushing' tools |
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3 |
Vector Tools |
Draw vector shapes and paths in your Photoshop images and re-create logos |
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4 |
Filters |
Use filters to clean up or re-touch your photos, apply special art effects that give your image the appearance of a sketch or impressionist painting |
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DAM |
Digital Asset Management - DAM - is a term that encapsulates your entire digital image ecosystem and how you work and interact with it |
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Output |
To produce consistent colour, you define the colour space in which to edit and display RGB images, and proof artwork for output to web and print |
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