Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard image manipulation program against which all other similar programs are measured. The latest version comes with Bridge an exciting program in itself for file browsing and organising images, explore new panels for adjustment layers, new content aware fill and the healing brushes, and the new paint engine for creating brushes, pattern generator and PDF security. Distort images with puppet warp and liquify and use extract to knockout to transparency or use clipping paths for use in InDesign, distort and warp text with ease.

Delegates will discover the power and possibilities of Photoshop including making full use of the tools and panels. File formats are covered as well as layers, adjustment layers, filters, clipping paths, channels, quick mask and all the selection techniques are fully explored. How to create layer masks and how to blend images effectively.

Hands-on exercises allow the delegate to enhance photographs, transform images with transfer modes, blend pictures and create alpha channels. How to use colour correction techniques and convert using the new features for black and white. How to save for the web and how to save for print.

Finally how to work with other Adobe products like Bridge, InDesign and Illustrator, alternatively Quark XPress.



Sample Course Outline - This can be customised to suit you!

Presentation on 'What software to use and when"?

Photoshop Workspace
Exploring default Workspace & Bridge
Introduction to the Toolbars
Panels
History Palette
Navigation shortcuts
Basic tools how to select a colour and fill a selection with colour

Resolution and Image Size
How to resize an image
How to change the canvas size
How to crop an image
Images for web and print

Working with Selections
Creating Selections using Magic Wand and quick selection tool
Combining Selection tools for complex objects
Saving to channels and loading
Working with Quick Mask
Enhancing an Image
Using Levels and Curves
Using adjustment layers
Hue & Saturation controls
Blurring and sharpening using Filters
Painting and Retouching Images
Clone Stamp and Heal tools
Paintbrush tool, loading brushes
Creating Gradients

Working with Layers
Importing images
Layers and Selections
Layer masks
Transforming Layer Objects & using the Smart Objects
Applying Transparency
Basic Blending Modes
Text Layers
Layer Styles

Outputting your artwork
File formats & optimizing artwork for Web
Interaction with Illustrator, InDesign and Quark XPress