Elstree Film Studios - Training Courses - Photoshop Photography
Please note that this course has now been incorporated into our Advanced Photoshop Training Course. If there are dates listed at the bottom of this page, they will relate to the new course.This course is designed specifically for those wishing to correct, retouch and enhance their photographs, specifically regarding the essential methods and techniques that are most vital when working with photographs, digital cameras and scanners. Some of the main subjects taught include: adjusting and retouching images, working with selections, filters and creating special effects; how to perform adjustments using critical features such as curves and layer options, and a wealth of other advice, tips and tricks regarding photo manipulation and how to achieve the best results from your photographs. At the conclusion of this course you will be fully armed with the knowledge you require to produce impressive images.
Duration: 1 day.
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 both CS3 and CS4 versions of the Adobe suite: whichever version you use is covered in detail. In addition, we also now preview the functionality of the new Adobe CS5 suite. Our Apple training courses utilise the latest versions of 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.
Courseware: The book which accompanies this course is posted to you upon payment confirmation.
Accommodation & Transport: Details of local accomodation and transport 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
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
Retouching
- Rubberstamp Tool
- Healing Brush
- Patch Tool
- Non Linear vs. Linear Adjustments
- Colour Editing with Curves
- Unsharp-Masking
- Retouching Techniques
- Blending Modes
- History Brush Retouching
Working with Selections
- Editing Selections
- Using Quickmask
- Transforming Selections
- Saving Selections as Alpha Channels
- Colour Range
- Adding
- Subtracting
- Transforming
- Contracting
- Type selection
Working with Photoshop Filters
- Wave
- Polar Co-ordinates
- Twirl
- Ripple
- 3D Transform
- Colour Halftone
- Lighting Effects
- Displacement Mapping
- Minimum
- Maximum
- Noise
- Solarise
- Creating Custom Textures
Design Techniques and Special Effects
- Mask editing in Photoshop
- Masks for Montages
- Masks for Adjustments
- Image Extraction
- Complex Cut outs
- Selective blurring
- Matting and Defringing
- Levels on Masks
- Selections on Masks
