Course Details

Course Description:

This course was designed to teach you everything you need to know to make full use of Adobe Photoshop CC. Adobe Photoshop CC is a complex graphics and image editing software and paint program. It has become a mainstay with graphics designers, professional photographers, and even hobbyists to edit graphics as well as create and manipulate images.

If you’re new to Photoshop, don’t be nervous or worry that it will be overwhelming. We’ll start at the beginning and teach you everything you need to know in simple, everyday language so you understand and learn.

Who is the target audience?

• Creative professionals who need to build a solid understanding of working with Adobe Photoshop in a creative environment whether they wish to output to print, web or video.
• Beginners to Photoshop who wish to learn the fundamentals of digital image editing, manipulation and correction.
• Photographers who want to gain the skills to alter, enhance and correct photographs. Essential for Photographers who prefer to work in the RAW image format.

COURSE OUTLINE

Work Environment

•  Looking at the Work Area
• Working in 64 and 32 bit modes
• Customising Preferences & Keyboard Shortcuts
• Using the tools & Tool Options

Working With Selections

• About selecting & selection tools
• Rectangular & Oval selections
• Lasso tool, Magnetic Lasso Tool, Polygonal Lasso Tool
• Magic Wand
• Quick Selection Tool
• Feathering - softening selection edges
• Selecting by Colour

Understanding Layers

• Background layers
• Creating layers
•  Rearrange & editing layers
• Opacity & Layer Blending Modes
• Linking Layers
• Applying Layer Styles
• Flattening Layers
• Layer Comps
• Duplicating & Aligning Layers
• Layer Groups

Transforming

• Free Transform
• Mathematical transforms: Flip, Rotate, Arbitrary
• Scale, Skew, Distort, Perspective
• Transform with Warp
• Canvas Rotation

Photo Corrections

• Understanding Images: Raster & Vector
• Image Resolution
• Exposure & Balance
• Tonal values & Photography
• Image Adjustments Options
• Working with the Adjustments Panel
• Histogram
• Levels Dialog Box
• Curves Dialog Box
• Straightening & Cropping
•  Using Automatic & Manual Adjustments - Contrast, Shadows & Highlights, Hue & Saturation
•  Replacing colours
• Dodge, Sponge & Burn tools
• Black & White Adjustment Feature

Retouching & Repairing

• Clone Stamp Tool & Clone Panel Options
• Pattern Tool
• Spot Healing Brush
• Healing Brush & Patch Tools
• Red Eye Removal
• Separate Layer retouching
• Layers - Auto Align Layers
•  Spherical Alignment
• Layers -Auto Blend Layers
• Content Aware Healing & Fills
• Typography
• Adding Type
• Character & Paragraph settings
• Justification & Hyphenation
• Tracking, Kerning & Leading
•  Warping Type
• Type on a Path
• Vertical Type

Colour Modes

• Creating New Colour Swatches
• Creating Colour Blends/ Gradients
• Applying colour & gradients
• Hue Sampling Ring

Brushes

• Working with brushes
• Changing Brush Options

Creating & Editing Quick Masks

• Saving selections as Masks
• Alpha Channels
• Loading Masks as selections
• Editing Masks
• Extracting Images
• Applying Filter Effects to Masked selections
• Creating Gradient Masks

Vector Drawing: Paths

• Pen Tool
• Using Paths
• Scaleable Objects
• Shape Layer
• Importing Smart Objects (Illustrator/ Acrobat)
•  Complex Path editing
• Compound Paths
• Saving Paths
• Clipping & Work Paths
•  Filling & Stroking paths, selections

Filters

• Using filters
• Gamut & Workflow aspects
• Stacking Orders & Saving multiple filters
• Fading Filters (Opacity & Blend Modes)
• Smart Filters
• Creating, Saving & Editing Smart filters

Working with 3D images

• Creating a 3D shape from a layer
• Manipulating 3D objects
• Using 3D panels to adjust lighting and surface textures
• Merging 2D onto 3D layers
• Importing 3D Files
• Painting onto a 3D object
• Using Repoussé to create 3D text