Course description
Adobe Photoshop: New User
Learn how to enhance images and create stunning visuals with SquareOne Training's Photoshop New User training course. This is designed for photographers, graphic designers, and those working with visual content who are looking to improve their digital image manipulation and editing for both print and web use.
On this 2-day course, you will master essential techniques for manipulating and composing digital images using powerful tools like layers, masks, and special effect filters to create and refine a wide range of digital artwork. You will also learn how to adjust image size, resolution, and colour balance for optimal output, perform retouching and restoration to improve image quality, and apply creative effects and filters. Additionally, the course covers how to properly optimise images for both print and web use, ensuring your work is ready for professional presentation across various mediums.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This course is suitable for anyone who needs to manipulate and edit digital images for print and web use, such as photographers, and graphic designers.
Prerequisites
Participants should have a basic proficiency with PC and Windows operating systems, though prior experience with Adobe Photoshop is not required.
Training Course Content
Photoshop Overview
- About Photoshop
- Working with bitmap and vector images
- Various design workflow's
The Interface
- Using the menu bar
- Setting preferences
- Customising palettes
- Opening and importing images/graphics
- Creating new documents
- Navigation and magnification
- Using the Navigator window
Basic Image Manipulation
- Cropping
- Resizing the image
- Working with image resolution
- Setting colour modes
- Making greyscale images
- Saving formats
Image Enhancement
- Basic Levels
- Basic Curves
- Using Hue and Saturation
- Sepia effects
- Sharpening images
Correcting Mistakes
- Undo shortcuts
- Using the History palette
- Making a snapshot
Working with Selections
- Using the range of selection tools
- Working with selection options
- Saving selections to channels
- Editing selections
- Feathering images with selections
Changing Image Content
- Cloning in an image
- Using the retouching tools
- Working with the paint tools
- Using colour options in Photoshop
- Copying parts of other images
Working with Layers
- About Photoshop layers
- Creating/deleting layers
- Automatic layer creation
- Adding text layers
- Hiding/locking layers
- Setting layer attributes
- Working with layer sets
- Transforming layers
- Blending layers
- Using layer masks
- Creating Adjustment layers
- Working with layer effects
- Using the Flatten Image command
Considerations for Web and Print
- PSD documents for future editing
- Print based file formats
- Image compression for web
Why choose SquareOne Training
25 years' experience of delivering quality IT Training Services
All trainers Certified Microsoft Office Trainer (MOS) or higher
Public and in-house training throughout the UK
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