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Photoshop Introduction

Course description

Who Should Attend

 

It s used by photographers, designers, web professionals, and video professionals.

 

Prerequisites

 

You should have a good working knowledge of your computer and its operating system. Make sure that you know how to use the mouse and standard menus and commands, and also how to open, save, and close files, and navigate to other folders.

 

What You Will Learn

 

         An overview to the workspace

         Basic Photo Corrections

         Working with Selections

         Layer Basics

         Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photographs

         Masks and Channels

         Typographic Design

 

Read What Other Students Have Said About this Adobe Photoshop CC Training Course

 

This has been a wonderful experience; and the skills that I have learned will enhance my professional development. The instructor was the highlight of this learning experience. - Joan M.

 

Hands down, this has been one of the best and worthwhile trainings that I have attended in a long time. I will definitely utilize Think Big for future Adobe trainings. - Monique L.

 

This training helps me with all different types of skills of Photoshop. This training was very useful and helped me learned different tricks and shortcuts about the program! - Jordan L.

 

This course helped plug the holes and structure my foundation of Photoshop cs6 knowledge. I look forward to the advanced level course. - Anonymous

 

I have taken many classes in the past 10 years and this has been the best experience thus far. The class size was small and the teacher and learning center were excellent. Kristy G.- Oak Contracting

 

The Photoshop training course was very thorough with plenty of time for questions. Our instructor also tailored the program specifically to our use cases. It exceeded my expectations. Think Big is a wonderful onsite training facility and I will be returning for more courses. - Alexis M. Key Technologies

 

 

Related Training and Certification Courses

 

Photoshop CC Advanced

Photoshop Lightroom

Photoshop Elements

Illustrator CC Advanced

Illustrator CC Intro

InDesign CC Advanced

InDesign CC Intro

 

 

Course Outline

 

1. Getting to Know the Work Area

         Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop

         Using the tools

         Setting tool properties

         Undoing actions in Photoshop

         More about panels and panel locations

         Customizing the workspace

         Finding resources for using Photoshop

         Review questions and answers

 

2. Basic Photo Corrections

         Strategy for retouching

         Resolution and image size

         Getting started

         Straightening and cropping the image in Photoshop

         Adjusting the color and tone

         Using the Spot Healing Brush tool

         Using content-aware fill

         Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool

         Applying a content-aware patch

         Sharpening the image

         Review questions and answers

 

3. Working with Selections

         About selecting and selection tools

         Getting started

         Using the Quick Selection tool

         Moving a selected area

         Manipulating selections

         Using the Magic Wand tool

         Selecting with the lasso tools

         Rotating a selection

         Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool

         Selecting from a center point

         Resizing and copying a selection

         Cropping an image

         Review questions and answers

 

4. Layer Basics

         About layers

         Getting started

         Using the Layers panel

         Rearranging layers

         Applying a gradient to a layer

         Applying a layer style

         Adding an adjustment layer

         Updating layer effects

         Adding a border

         Flattening and saving files

         Review questions and answers

 

5. Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photographs

         Getting started

         About camera raw files

         Processing files in Camera Raw

         Applying advanced color correction

         Correcting digital photographs in Photoshop

         Correcting image distortion

         Adding depth of field

         Review questions and answers

 

6. Masks and Channels

         Working with masks and channels

         Getting started

         Creating a mask

         Refining a mask

         Creating a quick mask

         Manipulating an image with Puppet Warp

         Working with channels

         Review questions and answers

 

7. Typographic Design

         About type

         Getting started

         Creating a clipping mask from type

         Creating type on a path

         Warping point type

         Designing paragraphs of type

         Working with type styles

         Adding a rounded rectangle

         Adding vertical text

         Review questions and answers

 

Disclaimer:

All course objectives and outlines are a guide for students. To ensure student satisfaction, these course topics and order may be modified or added to ensure the latest information is covered to support real world use of the technology.


Disclaimer: All course objectives and outlines are a guide for students. The course topics and order of presentation may be modified based upon the needs of each individual class.