Photoshop CS - Introduction

Course Length: One or Two Days
Fees: Training at Client Offices: One delegate: £495 per-day + VAT
Additional delegates attending: £100 each per-day + VAT

Overview: Adobe Photoshop CS introduces the next generation of image-editing capabilities with powerful features that offer something for every user.

The introduction course teaches delegates to use tools for selecting parts of images, and will move, duplicate, and resize images. You will learn to use layers, and to apply layer effects and filters to create special effects, including lighting and texture effects. Additionally, you will use painting tools and blending modes to create shading effects, and will perform adjustments to contrast and colour balance. You will save images in formats for print and Web use.

Objectives:

	Identify the differences between raster and vector graphics; identify Photoshop® environment elements; and navigate in the Photoshop® environment.
	Select appropriate resolutions for different image and output types; and resize and crop image areas.
	Select image areas using the Lasso, Marquee, and Magic Wand tools; and use alpha channels to save and load selections.
	Create and manipulate multiple layers to composite images easily.
	Apply blending and shading effects to create realistic composites.
	Identify the image mode characteristics, channels and bit depth; identify attributes that distinguish greyscale mode from bitmap mode; and identify attributes that distinguish each colour mode.
	Select colours using the Colour palette, Colour Picker, and Eyedropper tool; use Photoshop's painting tools to create artwork or to retouch photographs; and use the Clone Stamp tool to duplicate parts of an image.
	Add and format text within an image; apply layer effects and filters to create special effects including lighting effects and textures; and merge layers.
	Modify the brightness, contrast, colour balance, hue, and saturation of images. Save images in file formats for use with other applications and the Web.

Photoshop’s Environment

	Raster and Vector Graphics
	Photoshop Environment Elements
	Navigating in Photoshop

Sizing Images

	Image Size and Resolution
	Cropping

Selecting Image Areas

	The Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee Tools
	The Lasso Tools
	Saving Selections
	The Magic Wand Tool
	The Magnetic Lasso Tool
	Modifying Selections

Blending and Compositing

	Defringing
	Opacity and Blending Modes
	Feathering Edges

Layers

	Floating vs. Fixed Selections
	Undoing Previous Steps
	Copying Selections
	Creating Layers
	Transforming Layers
	Copying Layers Between Images
	Saving Images in Photoshop Format
	Arranging Layers

Image Modes

	Mode Characteristics
	Grayscale and Bitmap Modes
	Colour Modes

Colour and Painting

	Selecting Colours
	Painting Tools
	The Clone Stamp Tool

Text, Layer Effects, & Filters

	Type Layers
	Layer Effects
	Filters
	Merging and Flattening Layers

Adjusting Images

	Brightness/Contrast
	Levels Adjustment Layers
	Toning Tools
	Hue/Saturation

Saving Completed Images

	Saving for Use in Print Applications
	Saving for the Web

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