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This 2-day Introduction course helps you learn about the tools and features available in Adobe Photoshop. We will help you understand how this industry-leading program takes image manipulation to a new level. You will use the program's tools for painting, retouching, and enhancing images by using selections and layers.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

Navigate the Photoshop environment
Select parts of an image in several ways
Enhance images by using Adjustment Layers and Smart Sharpen
Understand tools used for painting and retouching images
Fill areas with colour and gradients
Blend images to create simple compositions
Create type and produce simple adverts
Resize images for the web and for print
Add, adjust and style both text and layers
Output artwork for the web
Prepare images for print
Our goal is for you to understand the basics of adjusting and enhancing images.

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This course is intended for digital artists and photographers as well as those who work for advertising agencies, design agencies, marketing agencies, production houses, and specialist corporate departments.

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The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

Managing the Adobe Photoshop Environment
Exploring the Interface
Managing Panels
Adjusting and Saving your Workspace
Zooming in and out and moving around
Using Undos with the History Panel
Working with Selections
Creating Selections using Marquee, Magic Wand, Quick Selection and Lasso tools
Adding and Subtracting from a selection
Transforming a Selection
Modifying a Selection using Select and Mask
Saving and Reloading a Selection
Enhancing an Image
Cropping an image
Using Levels and Curves Adjustment Layers
Using Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer
Using Colour Balance Adjustment Layer
Sharpening using Smart Sharpen
Painting, Retouching and creating Artistic Images
Basics of Painting
Clone Stamp and Healing Brush tools
Using the Filter Gallery
Working with Layers
Creating New Layers
Transforming Layer Objects
Applying Transparency and changing the Blend modes
Adding Text
Creating Layer Masks
Adding Layer Styles
Working with Colour
Choosing colours
Using the Eyedropper tool
Filling an area with colour
Creating gradients
Adding Type
Using the Type tool
Formatting Text
Adding Layer styles to Text
Rasterising text
Checking the Image settings
Sizing images for web pages
Sizing images for print
Resizing images
Changing the Canvas Size
Saving images
Understanding different file types
Saving for Web
Printing images
Understanding the Print options
Layer Masks
Working non-destructively with Layer Masks
Creating Layer Masks
Editing Layer Masks
Creating Fading Effects with Layer Masks

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