Adobe Photoshop

This workshop for beginners will help you become proficient at photo editing which is often a necessary aspect of every personal and business photography project. It will guide you through one of the most valuable software tools in your creative toolbox, Adobe Photoshop.

Learn how to develop your digital files and film negatives as well as crop, retouch and transform your photographs. By working creatively with layers, masks and filters, you will process images ready for printing, sharing and portfolios.

Course Outline

• Photoshop interface essentials: Opening and closing documents, personalising your Workspace e.g. Window menu, Nesting + the History panel
• Documents and navigation
• Camera raw essentials
• File types: RAW, TIFF, PSD, JPG
• Workflow
• Cropping and straightening images
• Working with layers
• Transforming, distorting, and warping images
• Working with Smart Objects for photo manipulations
• Working with Layer Masks
• Making selections
• Adjustment layer essentials
• Actions for creating automated techniques: e.g Dodge and Burn, Cross Process + downloading and installing Action
• Retouching skills: Portraits, Fashion, Clone + Heal tool, Content Aware, Liquify, Brush Too
• Filters

Equipment & Prerequisites

• Laptop or tablet with Photoshop installed (Preferably any version above CS3)
• A selection of images you would like to work on
• Any hard drives or backup devices