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photoshop
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
Course Duration: 1 Day
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Course Objectives
By the end of the course,
delegates will be able to
- Understand the various screen elements of Photoshop
- Set preferences
- Load photographs and other images from difference sources
- Use the toolbox
and palettes
- Save, import and export files
- Work with shapes, photos, paths and pens
- Edit images
- Create simple special effects
- Work with layers
Delegate Profile
Existing PC users who wish to produce and enhance professional looking
graphic images for use in business and other documentation
and graphic presentations.
Pre-Requisites
A working knowledge of the Windows operating system and the mouse is
assumed. No previous experience with Photoshop is required
Structure
Each delegate has the exclusive use of a PC and training
includes extensive hands-on activity
Course Content
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop Environment
Navigating in Photoshop
Raster and vector graphics
The toolbox
Saving images in Photoshop format
Setting preferences
The preference pile
Screen and drawing defaults
Layers
Creating and deleting
Moving objects and reordering layers
Blending layers and special effects
Final retouching
Flattening layers
Printing
Creative workshop
During this session, delegates will
have the opportunity to create and work with images meaningful to their
own business requirements with
advice and guidance from the course tutor.
Main elements:
Selecting image areas:
- the lasso tool
- deselecting areas
- crosshair pointers
- selecting polygon
areas
- rectangular and elliptical marquees
- the magic wand tool
- saving selections
loading photos and images:
- from digital cameras
- from other hardware
- from clipart
- from scanners
Image size, cropping and resolution
Using the toolbox and palettes
The colour palette
The colour picker
The info palette
The eyedropper tool
Painting photos
Working with shapes
Paths and pen tool
Editing images
Lightening and darkening
Blurring and sharpening
Duplicating and blending
Patterns
Rotating, sizing and inverting
Filters, masks and channels for special effects
Saving and importing files
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