GETTING CREATIVE WITH PHOTOSHOP
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Course Duration – 5 weeks
Class Duration – 2 Hours
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WORKSHOP AIM
This course teaches the essential skills and knowledge you will need to create and edit images in Photoshop. You will learn all about Photoshops key tools and features including:
- Layers
- Selection Techniques
- Painting
- Colours
- Effects
- Correcting and Retouching Images
- Type
Here is what you will learn ....
GETTING STARTED
- Welcome and Orientation
INTRODUCTION
- Creating a New File
- The Interface - Tools and Panel Management
- Creating a Custom Workspace
WORKING WITH LAYERS
- Layer Concepts
- Creating, modifying and controlling
- Transparency - opacity and blend modes
- Layer Styles
- Layer Groups - Organising layers
- Clipping Masks
- Smart Objects
- Adjustment Layers
- Layer Control - Merge, Flatten
SELECTION TECHNIQUES
- Selection Tools -Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand, Quick Selection, Select Object, Select and Mask
- Modifying Selections, add to and subtract from
- Colour Range -Making selections based on colour
- Quick Mask - Painting a selection
PAINTING AND COLOUR
- Creating Brushes
- Adding dynamics to brushes
- Organising Brushes
- Saving Colours - Swatches
- The Eyedropper Tool
SIZING
- Transforming - Scale, rotate, Skew, Distort, Perspective, Warping
- Image and Canvas size
- Crop Tools
- Content Aware Scaling
SAVING YOUR WORK
- File Formats
CUTOUTS
- Select and Mask
- Select Subject
- Object Selection Tool
WORKING WITH EXTERNAL FILES
- Place Linked
- Place Embedded
CORRECTING AND ENHANCING IMAGES
- Auto Adjustments - Tone, colour,contrast
- Histograms - Understanding information
- Colour Balance
- Replace Colour
- Black and White
TYPOGRAPHY
- Type Formatting
- Charactar Panel
- Paragraph Panel
EFFECTS
- Filters
- Retouching Tools - Clone Stamp, Spot Healing, Healing Brush, Patch Tool
- Retouching Techniques
RETOUCHING IMAGES
- Content Aware - Move, Fill, Scale
- Neural Filters
- Filter Gallery
- Blur Filters
ADOBE BRIDGE
- Previewing Files
- Photomerge
- Loading images as layers
ADOBE CAMERA RAW
- What are RAW Files?
- Bit Depth - 8, 16 and 32
- Editing Workflow
PRIOR LEARNING
It is expected that attendees will have a basic knowledge of Photoshop Techniques. Some areas of Photoshop you will be learning more advances techniques. If you need help mastering the basics of Photoshop there are videos to help you in the Training Menu
ZOOM
Your course is online, you will join a virtual classroom using a weblink. We uses a video-conferencing tool called Zoom. To use Zoom you will need a Laptop, Computer, Tablet or Smart phone which has speakers, a microphone and a video camera. For some courses, to submit work, we advise you to use a laptop or computer. It is recommended that you use a computer to upload work for feedback.
CANVAS ONLINE LEARNING AREA
Whether your course is face to face or online, we use online learning platform called Canvas, to support your learning and give you access to downloadable workfiles to work on during the course.
RECORDING
Each session will be recorded and available to all attendees to be used for personal learning only and must not be posted, copied or shared. In addition all attendees will receive a printable PDF containing useful how to tips for each lesson.
Marjorie
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
