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Photoshop

Release the creative side in you and learn how to create and edit images for use in print or on the web with this universally recognised package

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Overview

Release the creative side in you and learn how to create and edit images for use in print or on the web with this universally recognised package

Aims and Objectives

Target Audience

Those who wish to learn how to use this popular image editing application to create images for use in print and on the web

Prerequisites

Knowledge of a least one Windows-based application

Course content

• Lesson 1: Launching Photoshop; opening a file; the toolbox; saving into the Photoshop format; navigating in Photoshop; using the navigator palette.


• Lesson 2: Image resolutions; image sizes; resizing an image; cropping an image.


• Lesson 3: The rectangle and Elliptical Marquee Tools; Constraining shapes; the lasso; polygon and magnetic lasso tools; saving a selection; the magic want tool; subtracting from a selection.


• Lesson 4: Resizing; rotating and moving a selection; the erase tool; the history palette; copying a selection; feathering edges.


• Lesson 5: Greyscale and bitmap images; creating a duotone image; colour modes.


• Lesson 6: The colour palette; the colour picker; the eyedropper; the line tool; the fill command; the paintbrush tool; the clone stamp tool; the gradient tool.


• Lesson 7: Creating layers; adding text to a layer; hiding and moving layers; copying a layer; scaling a layer; adding effects to layers; merging layers.


• Lesson 8: Sharpening an image; rippling an image; other distortion effects; adding a lens flare; adding a texture; other filter effects.


• Lesson 9: Brightening and darkening an image; removing dust and scratches; adjusting an image's overall tones; changing the hue and saturation.


• Lesson 10: Saving into a TIFF file format; saving an image for the web

Course duration