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Adobe Photoshop

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Objectives: This course is designed to provide attendees with an introduction to this professional Image Editing program.
It covers Editing and Retouching photographic images as well Creating Original Artwork.

Pre Requisites: Familiarity with using programs under Microsoft Windows.

Duration: 2 days

The topics covered are as follows:

1 Getting started
• Toolbox / Option Bar / Palettes
• The On-screen Help System

2 Working with Images
• Understanding Bitmaps
• Moving around an Image

3 Selecting Image Areas
• Using Marquee Tools (Rectangular / Elliptical)
• Using Lasso Tools (Freeform / Polygonal / Magnetic

4 Cleaning and Editing Photographs
• Brightness / Contrast / Hue
• Clean up Tools (Dodge / Burn / Sponge)
• Repairing Stains and Scratches

5 Painting and Drawing Tools
• Using the Brush and the Pencil
• Blending Mode / Opacity / Flow

6 Altering an Image
• Transformations
• Filters

7 Introduction to Layers
• The Layers Palette
• Background Layer / Transparency

8 Adding a Text Layer
• Working with the Type Tool
• Selecting and Formatting Text

9 Customising Photoshop
• Preferences
• Tool and Workspace Presets

10 Working with Pen Tools
• Drawing / Editing Pen Lines
• Curves / Straight / FreeForm
• Saving Lines as a Path

11 Further Selection Techniques
• Magic Wand
• Quick Mask

12 Painting and Drawing Tools
• Using Brush Sets
• Working with the Brushes Palette

13 Image Size and Resolution
• Pixel Dimensions
• Resolution / File Size

14 Layers in Depth
• Layer Types
• Layer Masks
• Merging and Flattening

15 Applying Special Effect to Text
• Orientation / Blending / Styles
• Pattern and Gradient Overlays

16 Photoshop on the Web
• Image Quality / Speed of Delivery
• Web File Formats
• Save for Web Command

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