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Description
Zero to Photoshop Hero in just 5 days and become an Adobe Certified Associate(ACA)
This class provides you with the concepts and skills to use Adobe Photoshop effectively. You get hands-on practice working with basic through advanced techniques to get the most out of your experience. You will learn layer basics, photo retouching and image editing. Whether you are a designer, illustrator, photographer, video artist, webmaster or just a beginner, Photoshop offers you many opportunities to make your images look great.
You will be prepared for and take the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exam at the end of this course.
Get recognised for the new skills you’ve just gained: Get Certified!
Earn your Green and then Red Belt in Adobe Photoshop
Prerequisites
This class is for all levels of Photoshop users. From complete novices to seasoned users who may wish to take this class in to rid themselves of bad Photoshop habits. Target customers are Advertising Agencies, Marketing Agencies, Production Houses, or departments that work in such disciplines within larger organisations.
Assumed Knowledge
Before taking this course, you should have a basic understanding of your computers operating system. For example,you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CD and other media.
Skills
Enhance an image by removing colour cast
Compensate for flash lightning and red eyes
Increase/Decrease the contrast and brightness of your artwork
Create simple compositions by blending images together or selecting only parts of an image
Use colour in Photoshop effectively
Create type and produce simple adverts
Output an artwork for web
Produce advanced face retouching & manipulation techniques
Use colour in Photoshop effectively
Maximise the potential of Photoshop Brush engines
Work with advanced compositions
You will also be prepared for and take the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exams in Photoshop. Get recognised for the skills you’ve just gained: Get Certified!
Earn your Yellow and then Green Belt in Adobe Photoshop
Managing the Adobe Photoshop Environment
Exploring default Workspace & Bridge
Introduction to the Toolbar
Palette management & Screen real estate
History Palette & Undoing Actions
Navigation shortcuts
Working with Selections
Creating Selections using Magic Wand
Adjusting Selections
Quick Selection and Lasso tools
Combining Selection tools for complex objects
Saving and Reloading a Selection
Enhancing an Image
Using Levels and Curves
Compensate for flash with Shadow & Highlight
Variations to quickly decide about a colour cast
Hue & Saturation controls
Blurring and sharpening using Filters
Painting and Retouching Images
Digital darkroom techniques
Clone Stamp and Heal tools
Creating, saving and loading custom colours
Painting with Paintbrush, Pencil or Paint Bucket tool
Introduction to Gradients and painting with Gradients
Working with Quick Mask mode & Layer Masks
Working with Layers
Importing images, Layers and Selections
Transforming Layer Objects & using the Smart Objects
Starting to build layered compositions
Applying Transparency
Basic Blending Modes
Other goodies as Text Layers, Adjustment Layers and Layer Styles
Outputting your artwork
Colour modes, Resolution and Image Size
Cropping an image Vs Extending the Canvas
File formats & optimizing artwork for Web
Managing the Adobe Photoshop Environment
Working with Tool Presets
Using Layer Comps for layouts
Exploring default Preferences
Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
Camera Raw files functionality
Colour management
Actions, Droplets & Batch processing
Advanced Image Adjustments
Face Retouch & Manipulation
Sharpening with Lab Mode
Greyscale with Black & White Conversion
Advanced effects with Gradient map
Photo Filters
Creating Panoramic images with Photomerge
Affect Perspective using Vanishing Point
Advanced Painting & Retouching
Exploring the Brush Engine and creating custom Brushes
Working with Patterns
Using Smart Filters
Liquify Techniques
Lighting effects and 3D Textures
Advanced Layer Compositions
Replace colour & Colour Range vs Extract
Selecting Pixels using Paths
Advanced Masking with Calculations
Advanced use of Blending Modes
Knockouts and Clipping Masks
Type on a Path
Advanced Outputting features
Animated bitmaps
Combining Photoshop and Illustrator
Creating Multi Package
Getting It Right In Print
Adobe Certification Prep and ACA Exam day
Take Practice exam
Work through exam preparation sheet
Any other questions?
Photoshop ACA Exam
Pass or fail?
Duration: 5 days
Level: Fast Track - Introduction to Intermediate
Price: £997.00