Adobe Photoshop Training - Foundation Course

Course Content

Getting Started with Photoshop 6.0?

• Start a Photoshop session
• Identify different elements of the Photoshop screen
• Open an image file
• View the image using different screen modes
• Save an image into the native Photoshop file format
• Navigate through Photoshop
• Get help
• Exit Photoshop

Working with Images?

• View and change image size and resolution
• Change the canvas size
• Crop an image
• Undo and redo commands
• Use the History palette
• Create a snapshot
• Use the History Brush

Selecting Image Areas?

• Use the Rectangle and Elliptical marquee tools
• Use the Lasso tools (Lasso, Magnetic Lasso, Polygonal Lasso)
• Save a selection area
• Use the Magic Wand tool
• Modify a selection area
• Create a Quick Mask

Manipulating Selections?

• Feather a selection
• Rotate a selection
• Skew an object
• Scale an object
• Change the perspective of an object
• Remove the background from an image
• Move and copy an image

Working with Image Modes?

• Select an appropriate image mode to edit and output a picture
• Work in greyscale, bitmap, indexed colour and RGB modes
• Convert an image to CMYK, Duotone and LAB modes
  

Working with Colour?

• Select a colour from the colour palette or the image
• Use web-safe colours
• Replace one colour with another colour
• Use the painting tools
• Fill a selection with colour
• Use the Clone Stamp tool

Working with Layers?

• Create, name, hide and delete a layer
• Move and copy a layer
• Merge and flatten Layers
• Add text to a layer
• Apply transformations and effects to a layer

Working with Filters?

• Use the Sharpen tool
• Remove dust and scratches
• Apply different distortion effects
• Add a Lens Flare effect
• Apply different texture effects
• Apply other types of effect

Adjusting Images?

• Use the Info Palette
• Adjust an image using the Variations tool
• Adjust the brightness and contrast of an image or part of an image
• Control the overall image tone
• Change hue and saturation

Saving Completed Images?

• Save an image for use in print applications
• Save an image for use on the web
• Appendices - Glossary and Index

Overview and objectives

This Adobe Photoshop training course is a 1-day course designed to provide delegates with knowledge of the fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop all the key skills necessary to achieve professional-looking results for press or web with ease. Students will learn to save pictures in different formats, select and transform areas of an image, apply special effects and work with layers

Who should attend?

Intending, new or less-experienced users of Photoshop who wish to gain a good understanding of the software in a short space of time, plus others wishing to learn about the scope of the software.

Course prerequisites

A basic understanding of PCs and familiarity with the layout of a PC style keyboard, mouse and Windows is required, gained either by previous experience or by attendance on a "PC Fundamentals" course.