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Photoshop Training: Essential Skills I

Photoshop Training: Essential Skills I

Photoshop Training: Essential Skills I Schedule

Phoenix, AZ - Tempe May 29-30, 2012 $895.00 Add to Cart
Austin, TX May 31-June 01, 2012 $895.00 Add to Cart
Phoenix, AZ - Tempe June 18-19, 2012 $895.00 Add to Cart
Austin, TX June 26-27, 2012 $895.00 Add to Cart
Online Live July 02-03, 2012 $895.00 Add to Cart
Austin, TX July 26-27, 2012 $895.00 Add to Cart
Phoenix, AZ - Tempe July 30-31, 2012 $895.00 Add to Cart
Online Live August 02-03, 2012 $895.00 Add to Cart
Phoenix, AZ - Tempe August 27-28, 2012 $895.00 Add to Cart
Austin, TX August 28-29, 2012 $895.00 Add to Cart

Special Group rates are available for this training.

We can also perform this training at your location or at one of the cities listed below:

Photoshop Training: Essential Skills I Overview

Learn the industry standard tool for creating rich imagery for a variety of applications including video, print and the web in this comprehensive two-day Photoshop CS4/CS5 training. You will begin by learning the interface and how to properly setup a workflow for image editing. Your instructor will teach you how to retouch, repair and manipulate photos with advanced tools. Create projects that are intuitive for a production environment. Work with layers, masks, typography and amazing image effects. Manipulate camera Raw files and advanced compositing. Learn to properly output for files for a variety of media and much more.

Your instructor will cover the pitfalls, and the best practices will be followed so that you are creating rich imagery using this professional toolset in this Photoshop class.

This training is intensive, but not complicated. Our job is to make difficult concepts easy to understand and implement into your own projects.

Photo Manipulation
Photo Manipulation

Photoshop Layers
Work with Adjustment Layers

Photoshop Training: Essential Skills I Course Materials

Along with this Two-Day Training, you will receive:

  • Course Manual
  • Student Files and Class Assets
  • How-To Videos on CD*
  • An Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate
  • After-Class, Follow-Up Support
  • Conversion Tools Bookmark
  • Additional Goodies!

*Some classes may not include videos

 

Photoshop Training: Essential Skills I Course Prerequisites

  • Basic Computer Skills on Windows or Mac

 

Photoshop Training: Essential Skills I Course Outline

Photoshop Training: Essential Skills I PDF Version of Photoshop Training: Essential Skills I Outline

GETTING TO KNOW THE WORK AREA

  • Learning the tools in Adobe Photoshop
  • Using the tool options bar
  • Working with palettes
  • Undoing actions in Photoshop
  • Customizing the workspace

PHOTOSHOP BASICS

  • File Formats
  • Basic photo corrections
  • Strategy for photo retouching
  • Resolution and image size
  • Straightening and cropping images
  • Making automatic adjustments
  • Adjusting the tonal range
  • Removing a color cast
  • Replacing colors in an image
  • Adjusting lightness with the Dodge tool

PHOTO TOUCH UPS

  • Retouching and repairing
  • Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool
  • Using Spot Healing Brush tool
  • Using the Healing Brush and Patch tools
  • Retouching on a separate layer

MASTERING SELECTIONS

  • Working with selections
  • Learning the selection tools
  • Using the Magic Wand
  • Working with oval and circular selections
  • Selecting with the lasso tools
  • Rotating a selection
  • Making a quick selection

USING LAYERS

  • Learning Layer basics
  • Using the Layers palette
  • Rearranging layers
  • Applying a layer style
  • Flattening and saving files

WORKING WITH MASKS

  • Working with masks and channels
  • Creating a quick mask
  • Editing a quick mask
  • Saving a selection as a mask
  • Viewing channels
  • Adjusting individual channels
  • Loading a mask as a selection
  • Applying effects using a gradient mask
  • Resizing the canvas
  • Moving layers between documents
  • Colorizing with and adjustment layer
  • Grouping and clipping layers
  • Applying a mask from a saved selection
  • Using type as a mask

PHOTOSHOP VECTOR TOOLS

  • Basic vector paths
  • Drawing shapes
  • Combining vector paths
  • Converting shapes to selections
  • Manipulation vector paths

TYPE IN PHOTOSHOP

  • Typographic design
  • Creating a clipping mask from type
  • Creating a design element from type
  • Using interactive formatting controls
  • Warping point type
  • Designing a paragraph of type

OUTPUT FROM PHOTOSHOP

  • Preparing file for print
  • Preparing file for web output
  • File compression
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