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Photoshop Beginners

Title: Photoshop Beginners

Price: €120
Duration: 16 hrs
Course Code: C07
Prerequisites Basic computer use
Starting Week: End of October
Description: This course is aimed for the person that wants to learn everything about Photoshop. This course starts from basic colour theory to using the basic functions of Photoshop. This course is aimed for the Photoshop first time user.
Syllabus
Basic Photoshop Use
The Environment
Typography
Layers
Getting inspiration
Basic concepts
Pixels, resolution and colour depth
Image acquisition - scanning
requirements
The file browser - managing and finding
files
Setting up - setting preferences and
optimising performance
Using the Photoshop workspace -
navigation, tools, palettes etc.
Basic techniques
Cropping, resizing and saving images.
Understanding and using colour modes
RGB, CMYK, HSB etc., about 16-bit
mode.
Painting and editing - tools and
techniques.
Defining colours, patterns and gradients.
Multiple undo and version control using the History palette
Retouching techniques
Cloning pixels, the healing brush and the
patch tool, local colour corrections
Compositing techniques
Creating masks and cutouts - basic to
intermediate selection techniques
Understanding transparency
Working with Layers
Layer management,
sets, comps, adjustment layers, masks
blending modes and other techniques
Image correction
A range of techniques for correcting
contrast and colour problems
Non-destructive correction with adjustment layers
Working with type
Using type layers and mask type
Type warp, type on paths and in shapes
Effects
Layer styles - shadows, glows, bevels etc.
Using filters - corrective and creative
Effects filtering techniques
the Filter Gallery