Course Overview:
Delegates will have a thorough understanding of image enhancement and manipulation in Photoshop.
Course Objectives:
- Manage the Photoshop Environment
- Understand Image Characteristics.
- Enhance images with automatic and manual adjustments.
- Painting image with custom paint, swatches and patterns
- Select image areas using the Magnetic Lasso, Elliptical Marquee and Path.# Create and use Smart Objects and Layer Masks.
- Use Quick Mask mode, alpha channels, and layer masks to isolate image areas.
- Work with vector graphics tools.
Course Content:
Managing the Photoshop Environment using Adobe Bridge
Workspace Flexibility.
Comparing and Previewing Images.
Using Filter Panel.
Using Version Cue.
Setting Basic Image Characteristics
Image Resolution, Dimensions and File Size.
Using fluid canvas rotation.
Changing Image Resolution and Canvas Size.
Understanding Colour Channels and Modes.
Making Colour Mode Conversions.
Understanding File Formats.
Outputing to Print.
More on Enhancing an Image
Import Photos from a Digital Camera Card.
Adjusting White Balance and Exposure.
Levels & Curves.
Working with Filters.
Black and White Conversion.
Red Eye Reduction.
More on Painting
Sampling and Mixing Paint.
Working with Swatches.
Creating a Pattern.
More on Working with Selections
Refine Selection Edges.
Magnetic Lasso Tool.
Working with Oval and Circular Selections.
Erasing with a Selection.
Creating Selections from Paths.
More on Working with Layers
Create and Use Smart Objects.
More Blending Options.
More Layer Effects.
Create Layer Styles.
Linking, Grouping and Merging Layers.
Layer Masks.
Masks and Channels
About Masks and the Masks Panel.
Creating a Quick Mask.
Editing a Quick Mask.
Saving a Selection as a Mask.
About Channels.
Loading a Mask as a Selection.
Applying Filters to a Mask.
Applying Effects Using a Gradient Mask.
Extracting an Image.
Typographic Design
About Type.
Creating a Clipping Mask From Type.
Interactive Formatting Controls.
Warping Point Type.
Designing a Paragraph of Type.
Warping a Layer.
Vectors
About Vector Graphics.
The Pen Tool.
Draw Path with Pen Tool.
Draw Shape with Pen Tool.
The Shape Layers.
Subtracting Shapes from a Shape Layer.
Working with Defined Custom Shapes.
