Adobe Photoshop CS4 Introduction Training

This Adobe Photoshop CS4 Introduction training course is designed for graphic designers, creative professionals, print professionals, publishers and marketing professionals.

Prerequitites: No prior knowledge of Photoshop is assumed.

This 2-day Adobe Photoshop Introduction training course covers the following areas:

· Essentials
o The Photoshop Screen
o Using the different Palettes
o Getting to know the Tools
o Using guides, grids and rulers
o The History panel & brush
o Working with Adobe Bridge

· Image Characteristics
o Understand file formats / managing files
o Crop and rotate artwork
o Change image resolution and artwork size
o Change the Canvas Size
o Colour mode conversions
o Saving & exporting to print & the web

· Correcting an Image
o Using the Histogram palette
o The Info panel
o Using Levels and Curves
o Colour balance and variations
o Hue and saturation controls
o The Vibrance command

· Re-Touching Techniques
o Dodge and burn tools
o Sharpen and Blur filters
o Focus tools
o The Clone & Heal tools
o The Healing Brush tools
o The Colour Replace tool
o Red eye reduction

· Selections & Tonal Balance
o Selecting Items
o Controlling Tonal Values
o Creating Toned and Tinted Images

· Filters, Painting and Drawing
o Using Filters and Plug-ins
o Using the Unsharp Mask
o Cloning Images
o Using the Burn/Dodge/Sponge Tool
o Mixing and applying paint and fill colours
o Print and web safe colours
o Using the Airbrush, Pencil, Paintbrush and Eyedropper tools
o Using the Paint Bucket tool
o Drawing shapes
o Creating vector shape layers
o Polygon, line and custom shape tools
o The add, subtract, intersect commands
o Editing vector shapes using the pen tools
o Adding colour fills, gradients and patterns

· Working with Layers
o Creating and Viewing multiple Layers
o Adding transparency
o Moving, scaling and rotating layers
o Drop shadows, glows and embossed effects
o Linking & aligning Layers
o Merging, Flattening and Saving Layers
o Locking and protecting layers
o Layer groups
o Adding layer masks
o Applying and editing type
o Text layers
o Rasterizing shape and text layers
o Saving and flattening layered files

· Working with Text
o New Features
o Creating a Text Layer
o Text Paragraphs
o Adding Text Effects
o Painting Text
o Text anti-aliasing

· Defining Selections
o Lasso, magic wand and marquee tools
o Selecting by colour range
o Feathering selections
o Quick Mask mode
o Modifying and transforming selection shape
o Saving and loading selections

· Special Effects
o Using Photoshop filters
o Working with the Filter Gallery
o Fading the effects of filters
o Using the Liquify command

· Printing and Optimising Documents
o Colour modes, resolution & image size
o Printing from Photoshop
o Printing from other applications
o The Save for web command

Creating transparent GIF files

Enliten IT will provide each delegate with a workbook and other useful reference materials where applicable.

On successful completion of this Adobe Photoshop CS4 Introduction training course delegates will be able to:

• Use tools/palettes effectively and understand the terminology
• Select images using a variety of ways and Crop and Transform them
• Resize images, change resolution, retouch and repair photos
• Understand and work with Layers, Masks and Channels
• Optimise graphics for printing and use with the web

Please request information to find out the cost of this Adobe Photoshop CS4 Introduction training course.

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