Adobe Photoshop Introduction

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.

In addition to covering the general features of Photoshop, this course also incorporates a web graphics module specifically designed to help you produce and edit high-quality optimized web graphics and how Photoshop’s various splicing tools, masks, layers and other functions can be effectively utilized to achieve impressive results on any website. With a specific view to the utilization of Photoshop as a web graphics creation and editing tool, these additional modules teach you the specific techniques that web designers use to produce impressive web imagery, and how best to optimize your images for use on websites and within email campaigns.

A variety of techniques are explained, from creating web banners, backgrounds, buttons and logos and how best to utilize selections and masks in your image work, to how to export your images into Dreamweaver (or other CMS tools such as WordPress) and perhaps most importantly of all, how to best slice your images into web site templates complete with HTML. This intensive and highly creative course ensures that you find yourself well on the way to making the utmost of Photoshop for all of your current and ongoing web design and printing needs.

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.

Price: £195.

Location: 21st Century Studios, St Albans, Hertfordshire. For security reasons, further details are only provided upon booking.

Times: 10.00am to 4.30pm.

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.

Further assistance: Our FAQ page contains the answers to many common questions. Alternatively please call 07543 403616 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
• Channels
• Paths
• History
• Navigator
• Styles
• Actions
• Info

Working with Photoshop Tools

• Painting
• Selecting
• Editing
• Using Vectors and Paths
• Canvas Size
• Image Size
• Transform
• Rotate Canvas
• Photoshop Filters

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
• Complementary 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
• TIFF
• JPEG
• EPS

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