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About this course

Overview

This class provides you with the concepts and skills to use Adobe Photoshop effectively. You get hands-on practice working with basic and intermediate techniques to get the most out of your experience. You will use Adobe Photoshop tools for painting, retouching and enhancing images.

Who is this course for?

This class is for all levels of Photoshop users, for those who are completely new to the application through to seasoned users, who may wish to take this class to rid themselves of those bad Photoshop habits.

Assumed knowledge

You do not require any previous Photoshop skills.

What you will learn

• Enhance an image by removing colour cast
• Compensate for flash lighting and red eyes
• Increase/decrease the contrast and brightness of your artwork
• Create simple compositions by blending images together
• Use colour in Photoshop effectively
• Create type and produce simple adverts
• Output an artwork for web

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Training Book

Quality 500 page training book supplied with this Photoshop training course

Course outline

Introduction

• What does Photoshop do?   

Setting up and getting around the interface

• Lets get familar with the Tools panel
• Run through of the Tools panel 
• Switching tools using the keyboard    
• Dark or Light Interface
• Navigating your image      
• Navigating tabs and windows    
• Panels and workspaces    
• Zooming in and zooming out    
• Entering a custom zoom value    
• Scrolling and panning images    
• Rotating the view  
• Working with tabbed documents    
• Arranging documents     
• Cycling between screen modes    
• Using the Navigator panel 
• Switching tools using the keyboard    
• Customizing the keyboard shortcuts 

Opening and Setting up a document

• Opening from files from Windows and Mac 
• Opening from Photoshop or Bridge
• Opening an image from Bridge
• An overview of Bridge        
• Opening an image from Mini Bridge    
• Closing  images

Digital imaging fundamentals    

• Image size and resolution    
• The Image Size command    
• Resolution standards    
• Upsampling and what happens when you do    
• Changing the print size    
• Downsampling for print  and web   
• The interpolation algorithms    
• Best practices

Crop and Straighten

• The new and improved Crop tool    
• Straightening a crooked image    
• Using Content Aware Fill  
• Using the Perspective Crop tool
• Automatically Cropping and Straightening scanned images 
• The Rule of Thirds   

Extending Images

• Creating a border around your image
• Extending the canvas 
• Using Content Aware Extend
• Using Content Aware Fill
• Using Content Aware Scale

Adjusting Image Luminance 

• Let there be Luminace
• The Auto commands    
• The Brightness/Contrast command  
• The Levels command  
• Working non-destructively with adjustment layers    
• Editing adjustment layers    
• Isolating an adjustment with a layer mask    
• Hello to the histogram    
• Basics of the Shadows/Highlights command

Adjusting Colours 

• Assessing an image
• Identifying a colour cast    
• Correcting a colour cast automatically    
• Changing the colour balance using levels 
• Changing the colour balance using Colour Balance
• Compensating with Photo Filter    
• Adjusting colour intensity with Vibrance    
• The Hue/Saturation command 
• Using the Replace Colour command  

The Undo and the History Panel

• Undo
• Utilising the History Panel
• Creating a Snapshot
• Creating a new Document from a History State

Selections 

• What are selections and why we use them?
• The Marquee tools    
• Getting to know the Lasso tools    
• Magic Wand and Quick Mask tools  
• Adding to and subracting from Selections
• Feathering a selection
• Making it better with Refine Edge 
• Modifying Selections   
• Saving and Loading Selections
• Meet the Channels Panel 

Masking

• Understanding what a mask is and does
• Working with Layer Masks  

Basic Retouching

• Content-Aware Fill
• Content Aware Move    
• Using the Spot Healing Brush    
• Using the Healing Brush 
• Using the Patch Tool
• The ‘good old‘ Clone Stamp tool   
• Meet the Clone Source panel    
• The Dodge and Burn tools    
• Adjusting colour with the Brush tool    
• Smoothing skin textures    
• Brightening teeth    
• Intensifying eyes  
• Tips and Tricks 

The Basics of Layers

• The Background layer    
• Using a layer mask instead of deleting pixels
• Naming, hiding, creating, and deleting layers
• Altering the stacking order of layers    
• Layer transformations  
• Aligning and distributing layers    
• Changing the opacity of layers    
• Grouping layers    
• Merge or rasterise layers   
• Flatten or Save As?
• Best Practises

Basic Brushes

• An overview of brushes and the Brushes panel
• Brush size and hardness   
• Brush shortcuts

Working with Colour

• The Swatches Panel
• The Colour Panel   
• The Colour Picker
• Using the Eyedropper Tool to sample colour
• Creating simple gradients

Simple compositing 

• The various options for copying and pasting
• Dragging and dropping
• Placing an image
• Smart Objects and why when to use them
• The Transformation commands  
• Using and setting up Guides

Saving Your Work  

• Saving layers to PSD    
• Saving images to TIFF    
• File Formats and which to use
• Best practises
• Using the Save For Web utility
• The Colour Modes explained

Combining Multiple Images 

• Auto Align
• Auto Blend
• Creating panoramas with Photomerge

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Training Book

Quality 500 page training book supplied with this Photoshop training course

Offers

FlexiCredit

FlexiDeal^®

The FlexiCredit - earn rewards on short courses

It's very simple: get rewarded if you book any of our short courses with training credits. Just book any 1-day or 2-day scheduled course at our London Covent Garden or Cardiff training centres and you will receive credit towards any course in the future – that's the FlexiCredit!

 

If you are self-funding your training then for special pricing click here.

You can use these credits within 6 months of your first qualifying booking, and even accumulate your FlexiCredits.

Collecting FlexiCredits

• Book a 1-day course - get £70 + VAT off a future course
• Book a 2-day course - get £100 + VAT off a future course

 

This offer does not include private training

How to book

Just email us confirmation of your valid booking(s) that qualified for the FlexiCredit.

Terms and conditions

• The FlexiCredit scheme started on the 22nd August, 2011 and only applies to bookings after this date
• FlexiCredits can only be used as payment or part-payment towards a Certitec training course running at locations mentioned
• You will be emailed your FlexiCredits after payment and completion of your course with Certitec
• FlexiCredit is applicable only if the full RRP is paid for your course(s). Any discounting invalidates the FlexiCredit. If discounting has been applied you can pay back the difference in order to qualify for the offer
• Any booking paid or part-paid by a FlexiCredit does not earn FlexiCredits
• FlexiCredits cannot be used against any 'special deals' - only courses on our main website
• You can 'give' your FlexiCredits to another person/company providing you email us intention of 'hand-over' and the delegate name(s) for the course benefitting from the credits. This will entail an administration charge of either £50 + VAT or the same number of FlexiCredits.
• The FlexiCredit offer lasts for 6 months from the first date of your qualifying booking(s).

 

The FlexiDeal^® - free training

Our courses come with free training at London Covent Garden and Cardiff!

It's very simple: just book a day of private training or one of our 3-day, 4-day or 5-day scheduled courses (or any combination days) and you'll qualify for additional free scheduled training at our London Covent Garden or Cardiff training centres – that's the FlexiDeal^®.

 

If you are self-funding your training then for special scheduled training pricing click here.

 

And as long as you take these additional courses within 6 months of your first qualifying booking, you can even accumulate your FlexiDeal®.

Collecting FlexiDeals^®

• Book a 1-day private course – get 1 day free
• Book a 3-day scheduled course – get 1 day free
• Book a 4-day scheduled course – get 1 day free
• Book a 5-day scheduled course – get 2 days free
  
  

See below for courses you can claim for free in the FlexiDeal^®

Acrobat

• Acrobat Essentials (1 day)
• Acrobat Introduction (2 day)
  
• Acrobat Forms (1 day)

After Effects

• After Effects Introduction (2 day)
• After Effects Advanced (3 day)
• After Effects Masterclass (5 day)

Digital Publishing Suite (InDesign to Tablet)

• DPS Essentials (1 day) £70 + VAT extra charge
• DPS Full Solution (2 days) £100 + VAT extra charge

Dreamweaver

• Dreamweaver Web Building Introduction (3 day)
• Dreamweaver Web Building Masterclass + Certification (5 day)
• Dreamweaver ACA Prep + Exam (1 day)

Edge

• Edge Essentials (1 day)

Illustrator

• Illustrator Introduction (1 day)
• Illustrator Introduction (2 day)
• Illustrator Advanced (2 day)
• Illustrator Advanced Power User
• Illustrator Masterclass (4 day)

InDesign

• InDesign Introduction (1 day)
• InDesign Introduction (2 day)
• InDesign Advanced (2 day)
• InDesign Advanced PowerUser (2 day)
• InDesign Masterclass (4 day)
• InDesign Interactive (1 day)
• InDesign Print Production (1 day)
• InDesign ePub (1 day)
• InDesign iPad+Android (1 day)
• InDesign ACE (2 day)

MUSE

• MUSE Essentials (1 day)

Photoshop

• Photoshop Introduction (2 day)
• Photoshop Advanced (2 day)
• Photoshop Advanced Power User (2 day)
• Photoshop Masterclass (4 days)
• Photoshop Masterclass + Certification (5 day)
• Photoshop ACE (2 day)

Premiere Pro

• Premiere Pro Introduction (3 day)

• Premiere Pro Intermediate + Certification (2 day)
• Premiere Pro Masterclass + Certification (5 day)

How to book

Just email us confirmation of your valid booking(s) that qualified for the FlexiDeal^®.

FlexiDeal+ (plus)

If you wish to keep onto your FlexiDeal credits for longer than 6 months (no expiry) then it's only £50 + VAT for this option - please mention when booking.

Terms and conditions

• FlexiDeal^® is applicable only if the full RRP is paid for your course(s). Any discounting invalidates the FlexiDeal^®. If discounting has been applied you can pay back the difference in order to qualify for the offer
• The FlexiDeal^® offer lasts for 6 months from the first date of your qualifying bookings
• The FlexiDeal^® is not available to funded individuals although we might apply at our descretion depending upon the number of training days booked under the particular scheme

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Training Book

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Training dates

London Covent Garden Add dates to your calendar

28 - 29 May 2013

10 - 11 June 2013

1 - 2 July 2013

22 - 23 July 2013

5 - 6 August 2013

26 - 27 August 2013

16 - 17 September 2013

30 September - 1 October 2013

21 - 22 October 2013

11 - 12 November 2013

25 - 26 November 2013

 

Cardiff Add dates to your calendar

3 - 4 June 2013

19 - 20 June 2013

12 - 13 August 2013

21 - 22 August 2013

21 - 22 October 2013

6 - 7 November 2013

 

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3 - 4 June 2013

19 - 20 June 2013

12 - 13 August 2013

21 - 22 August 2013

21 - 22 October 2013

6 - 7 November 2013

 

Manchester Add dates to your calendar

19 - 20 June 2013

11 - 12 September 2013

20 - 21 November 2013

 

 

If you don't see any suitable dates here, it might be more economical to deliver a private training course for you

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Further information

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Requirements

• Basic knowledge of Windows or Macintosh.
• Understand how to launch an application and save files.
• For web courses you will need to have knowledge of web browsers.

General information

• Courses start at 10am and finish at 5pm. Please arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of the course on the first day.
• We operate a casual dress code.
• We supply all computers, software and courseware, pads, pens, lunch and refreshments.
• We have both Apple OSX Lion and Windows 7 systems.
• Bring along a USB/Flash drive so you can take away your course files.
• Following your course, we will email you an Adobe Authorised Course Completion Certificate.
• Each course comes with either on-line assets (electronic book/PDF or movies) to download or a high-quality Visual Quickstart 500-page training book. We are migrating most course assets to on-line downloads during 2012.
• Access to a secure section of our site that offers useful tips and tricks.

Lunch

We provide flexible lunch vouchers which can be redeemed at outlets nearby such as Bella Italia, Burger King, Boots, Co-operative, Eat, Greggs, McDonalds, Nandos, Pizza Express, Pret A Manger, Starbucks, Sainsbury's and Tesco to name but a few.

Support

We supply 6-months rock-solid support via email on the subject matter covered during the course. Find out more…

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