Adobe Photoshop Level 1

This course has been designed with beginners in mind. It is an introduction into the features of Adobe Photoshop, guiding the delegates around the imaging tools required to enhance and manipulate graphics, in order for them to be placed into publications.

Course Prerequisites

• For delegates to attend this course, they should be confident users of a pc, demonstrating the ability to save, open and close files.

Course Objectives

• Resize photographs

• Understand the issues surrounding resolution

• Reduce red-eye from photographs

• Cut out an object from a graphic and save it as a new file

• Merge several graphics together using layering techniques to create one graphic

Included with this course

• Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues

• Telephone and Email Support

• Comprehensive course materials and exercises

Adobe Photoshop Level 1 Course Content

5 Basics...

• Crop to Size

• Straightening an Image

• Colour Mode

• Resizing an Image

• Saving Images

Enhancing Images

• Levels/Curves/HSB

• Sharpen/Reduce Noise

• Dodge/Burn

• Adjustment Layers

Touch Up Tools

• Clone/Healing/Spot Healing

• Content Aware & Red Eye

Selection and Cut-outs

• Selecting Tools & Inverse Command

• Using the Magic Eraser

• Using the Background Eraser

• Select & Mask

Applying Effects

• Replace Colour

• Using the History Panel & Brush

• Colourising a B/W Image

• Converting to B/W

Working with Layers

• Overview of Layer Basics

• Layer Masks from Brushing

• Blur & Sharpen

• Fills and Gradients

• Creating a New Canvas

• Adjustment Layers

• Clipping Layers