Elstree Film Studios - Training Courses - An Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
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. User-friendly tools and features allow for complex tasks to be carried out quickly and easily and new users can achieve sophisticated results in a relatively short period of time. Photoshop is widely used by hobbyists, enthusiasts and professionals alike for private and public purposes when creating or manipulating images for use in print production and the web, making the software the number one priority on any photographer or designers CV.
Getting started with Photoshop however can be a daunting task and this essential 1 day course provides an ideal introduction to those digital imaging concepts and techniques that are so vital to know in order to master this powerful program. Attending 21st Century's Adobe Photoshop Introduction training course will arm you with the understanding you require to begin producing professional looking images. We include only the most relevant, useful and practical information to form this concise, yet comprehensive course.
Please note that if you are a web designer, you may prefer our Photoshop for the Web training course, which covers many of the specific Photoshop techniques used for creating web graphics and templates, as well as providing for a general introduction to the software.Also available is our Advanced Photoshop Course, if you require training in the more advanced techniques available in Photoshop.
You can also attend both of these courses in one discounted package in our Complete Photoshop Course.
Duration: 1 day.
Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of using Windows and the Internet is required.
Location: 21st Century New Media Ltd, Elstree Film Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1JG. [
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Times: 10.00am to 4.30pm. For security reasons, further details are only provided upon booking.
Software Versions: All of our Adobe courses include lessons generic to CS3, CS4 and CS5 versions of the Adobe suite: whichever version you use is covered in detail. Our Apple training courses utilise Final Cut Studio HD (also known of as version 3 or FCS 2009).
Equipment: Our fully featured training room includes six top-of-the-range iMac computers configured to work in both Macintosh (OSX) and PC (Windows) modes, ensuring you the maximum familiarity with your chosen operating system.
Accommodation: Details of local accomodation can be found
here.
Further assistance: Our
FAQ help page contains the answers to many popular questions. Alternatively please call
0844 844 2428 to arrange to speak to our training manager.
COURSE CONTENT
The Interface
- Toolbox
- Context Menus
- Tool Options Bar
- Menu Bar
- Palette Well
- Rulers
- Guides and grid
- Navigating in Photoshop
- Shortcuts
- File Browser
Managing Palettes
- Layers
- History
- Navigator
- Styles
- Info
- Tool presets
- Swatches
- Masks
- Adjustments
Working with Photoshop Tools
- Painting
- Selecting
- Editing
- Canvas Size
- Image Size
- Transform
- Rotate Canvas
Adjusting and Retouching Images Tonality
- Levels & Curves
- Auto Levels
Colour
- Complementary Colours
- Colour Balance
- Hue/Saturation
- Desaturate
Focus
- Actual Pixels
- Scaling
- Sharpen
- Sharpen More
- Sharpen Edges
Understanding Digital Colour
- Colour Channels
- Bit Depth
- Additive and Subtractive Colours
- RGB
- CMYK
- Greyscale
- Duotone
- Indexed Colour
Understanding File Properties
- Vector vs. Bitmapped Editing
- File Size, Image Size
- Input and Output Resolution
Saving Files
- PSD
- EPS
- PNG
- TIFF
- JPEG
- GIF
Creating a Montage
- Adjusting and retouching multiple images
- Using Selection Tools
- Cutting out multiple images
- Cropping images
- Managing layers
- Creating shapes
- Using Content and Object Layers
- Using Layer Masks
- Managing Layer Sets
Working with Selections
- Editing Selections
- Using Quickmask
- Transforming Selections
- Colour Range
- Adding
- Subtracting
- Transforming
- Contracting
Working With Layers
- Layers and Backgrounds
- Layer Types, Sets and Styles
- Layer Opacity
- Managing Layers
- Photoshop text
- Object layers
- Layer masks
- Layer options
- Layer blending modes
- Adjustment layers
- Gradient layers
- Solid Colour layers
- Pattern layers
- Shape layers
- Type layers
