Photoshop Advanced

Title:	Photoshop Advanced	Price: €150
Duration:	26 hrs
Course Code:	C08
Prerequisites	Photoshop Beginners Course
Starting Week:	January 2010

Description:	This course is aimed for the person that wants to learn everything about Photoshop. This course starts from graphic design basics, including history, theory of colours, logos and typography, to build a solid foundation on the basic photoshop user in real-life scenarios.


Syllabus
	History of Graphic Design
	Colour Theory
	Theory of Design
	Web Fashion
	Analysing client needs and audience expectations
	Getting inspiration
	Designing Techniques
	How to implement on the web
	Bandwidths and limitations
	Different Implementation environments
	Designing for different styles
	Photoshop for Internet

	Production
		Importing and exporting images - the mainstream file formats and their uses -
		further integration with other applications such as Illustrator, Quark, Indesign

	Advanced selection techniques
		paths, using the Extract filter, using channels to generate masks.

	Type
		Type on paths
		Type layers as masks and more design techniques
		Working with Smart Objects - pixel l and vector Smart Objects, nesting and transforming.
		Layer styles - creating styles, going into depth with style parameters.
		Working with vectors - creating custom vector shapes, using the pen tool l to create accurate
		Beziér curves
		Transformations - pixels, paths and selections
		Flex brushes
		The Vanishing Point filter.
		Using the Blur filters. Retouching and adjustments
		Retouching using masks and filters

	Selective adjustments
		Levels and Curves
		Working with Histograms and Colour Samplers

	Channels
		Understanding colour channels
		Saving selections

	General
		Working with Bridge and Version Cue - adding metadata, managing filles, saving versions and alternates.
		History - linear vs. non-linear, the Log

	Managing presets
		Customising keyboard shortcuts and menus
		Integration with other applications
		Selecting, masking and compositing techniques
		Using Layer Comps to create multiple versions

	Advanced selection techniques
		paths, using the Extract filter, using channels to generate masks.
		Layer masks - generating masks based on selections, gradients and other content; vector masks.
		Clipping Masks - applying transparency based masks to single or multiple layers.
		Adjustment and fill layers
		Working with layer groups

	Digital camera techniques
		Photographic techniques with Photo Filters
		Highlights and Shadows and the Channel l Mixer
		Working with Camera Raw files
		Working with Histograms and Colour Samplers

	Channels 2
		Alpha channels - channel l calculations
		spot colour channels
		Using channels with filters

	Production
		Colour management
		working with colour for the screen and for print
		customising colour settings, embedding colour profilles

	Automation
		Actions
		Batch Processing
		using Scripts
		Variable data sets

	Slicing
		Creating multiple images from a single layout
		Managing Slices

	Photoshop for the Internet