OVERVIEW
On this one-day Adobe Photoshop training course weather you want to use Photoshop for Photography Fine art and print or the web, this popular course will be an efficient and effective way of getting started confidently using Adobe Photoshop. 
 
This day course includes all major Photoshop features including compositing images, graphics and text, making colour corrections to an image, understanding resolution, creating a montage, using Photoshop filters, working with layers and channels and preparing images for use in print and the web.You need no previous experience to attend this course.
 
5 things you will get from attending this course?• Be confident using the toolset, workspace and Photoshop workflow• Editing and enhancing the existing imagery• Understanding and work with layers• Creating special effects and creative touches• Making individual artworks for cross platforms
 
Photoshop essentials
• The Photoshop interface
• Image Navigation tools
• Using the History panel
• History brush and snapshots

The characteristics of a Photoshop file
• Pixels and paint programs
• Image resolution, dimensions and file size
• Colour Channels and Modes

Setting basic image characteristics
• New documents vs Artboards
• Cropping and rotating artwork
• Changing image dimensions and resolution

Working with Tone and Colour
· Brightness and Contrast adjustments
• Adjusting colour balance
·Hue and Saturation command
• Selective colour edits

Working with selections
• Lasso and marquee tools
• Quick Selection and Magic Wand tools
• Modifying selection shape
• Saving and loading selections

Retouching techniques
• Removing imperfections and unwanted details
• The Clone tool
• Healing Brush tools
• Content-Aware Retouching tools


Working with paint and colour
• Mixing and sampling colour
• The Paint Brush tool
• Working with Brush settings
• Adding solid colour fills
• Adding gradient fills

Working with layers
• Building a multi-layered document
• Cut out techniques
• Moving, scaling and rotating layers
·Warp and Distort transforms
·Content Aware Scale
• Libraries Panel
• Exporting layered documents

Creative techniques using layers
· Colour Fill Layers
• Layer opacity and blends
• Creating layer effects
• Using layer masks

Shape and text layers
• Vector shape layers
• Adjusting shape layer properties
• Working with the Text tool
• Character and paragraph formatting

Filters
• Using filters for special effects
• Sharpen and Blur filters
• Liquify filter

Exporting finished artwork
• Exporting images for digital applications
• File formats for print applications