PHOTOSHOP Summer Holiday

If you are wishing to fast track your Photoshop skills this is the place to start. Photoshop for Photographers covers all the essential techniques a digital photographer needs to know in order to take advantage of Photoshop's image editing possibilities.

The course covers everything from Photoshop’s key features through to the tool options and demonstrating how to apply them for the best photographic results and also how to utilize some of the more creative options available in Photoshop. The course is suitable for people with little or no experience using Adobe Photoshop that wish to learn how to master the software. People who have used Photoshop and wish to increase their image processing also attend the classes.

In this hands on course, you will learn everything from retouching and repairing images, Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photographs, an introduction to layered images , perform adjustments to contrast and colour balance, through to saving images in formats for print and Web use.

Some of the many topics covered in this course are as follows:

Getting to Know the Work Area : Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop, Using the tools, Using the tool options bar and other palettes, Undoing steps in Photoshop, Customizing the workspace, Resizing the canvas

Photo Corrections : Retouching, Resolution and image size, Straightening and cropping an image, Making automatic adjustments, Manually adjusting the tonal range, Removing a colour cast, Replacing colours in an image

Image Filtering & Special Effects Options : Colorizing Images, Applying Artistic Image Filters, Applying the Un-sharp Mask filter, Altering Depth of Field, Colour to Black and White image conversions, Hand colouring, rough edge effects

Retouching and Repairing : Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool, Using the Spot Healing Brush tool,Using the Healing Brush and Patch tools

Selection : Essential image navigation shortcuts, The marquee tools, Adding and subtracting selections, Automatic selection using the wand tool, Automatic selection using the quick selection brush, Manual cut-out techniques, Transforming a selection, Understanding selection edges, Refining selection edges, Saving and reloading a selection, Working with oval and circular selections, Selecting with the lasso tools, Rotating a selection

Layer Introduction : About Layers, Using the Layers palette, Rearranging layers, Applying a layer styles, Flattening and saving files, Moving layers between documents, Managing layers, Flattening a layered image, Merging layers Adding Text to a Design About type, Creating a clipping mask from type, Creating a design element from type, Designing a paragraph of type, Warping a layer

Outputting Files : Preparing images for print, Preparing images for the web, Multi image layouts

The program runs for one week and is comprised of five two and a half hour sessions running from Monday to Friday.

There are only 10 places in this course. If you would like to learn how to make the time you spend in Photoshop more productive, book now on (07) 366 0267.