Photoshop Masterclass + Adobe Certified - 5 day

This course is guaranteed to be delivered by an Adobe Certified Instructor from Certitec - our pledge of excellence.

 

OFFER - If you book this course you are entitled to 2 days free training with the Flexideal.

 

 

This course can be taken as one continuous block or broken down into smaller segments, namely Photoshop Introduction - 2 day, Photoshop Advanced - 2 day, Photoshop Adobe Certified Prep + Exam - 1 day. There is no extra charge to split your course and some people prefer to learn over a longer period.

 

Adobe Photoshop Zero to Hero in just 5 days and become an Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) to stand out from the crowd!

This class provides you with the concepts and skills to use Adobe Photoshop effectively. You get hands-on practice working with basic and advanced techniques to get the most out of your experience. You will learn layer basics, photo retouching and image editing. Whether you are a designer, illustrator, photographer, video artist, webmaster or just a beginner, Photoshop offers you many opportunities to make your images look great.

Adobe Certified Associate

You will be take the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exam at the end of this course on the Friday afternoon. Get recognised for the new skills you've just gained: Get Certified!

Who is this course for?

This class is for all levels of Photoshop users. From complete novices to seasoned users, who may wish to take this class in to rid themselves of bad Photoshop habits. Target customers are advertising agencies, marketing agencies, production houses, and departments that work in such disciplines within larger organisations.

Assumed knowledge

You do not need to have any prior Photoshop knowledge.

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 or selecting only parts of an image
• Use colour in Photoshop effectively
• Create type and produce simple adverts
• Output an artwork for web
• Produce advanced face retouching & manipulation techniques
• Maximise the potential of Photoshop Brush engines
• Work with advanced compositions

You will also take the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exam in Photoshop on the Friday afternoon. Get recognised for the skills you've just gained: Get Certified!

 

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Web Masterclass - 5 day

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Illustrator Masterclass - 4 day

InDesign Masterclass - 4 day

 

Training Dates

London Covent Garden

13 - 17 February 2012

26 - 30 March 2012

…more dates

 

Cardiff

20 - 24 February 2012

16 - 20 April 2012

…more dates

 

Bristol

20 - 24 February 2012

16 - 20 April 2012

…more dates

 

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• 6 months support
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• Lunch and refreshments
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Photoshop Masterclass + Adobe Certified - 5 day

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Introductory level

• The Adobe Photoshop environment
• Controlling the workspace
• The screen layout
• Navigation and zoom shortcuts

Working with selections

• What are selections, and why are they useful?
• Creating selections using the Marquee tools
• The Lasso tools
• The Magic Wand and Quick Selection tools
• Adding to or deleting from selections
• Saving and loading selections
• Cropping and rotating an image

Fixing problem images

• Using Levels to fix tone range
• Using Curves to fix contrast
• The Clone Stamp and Heal tools
• Shadow and highlight adjustments
• Fixing colour with Variations
• Hue and saturation controls
• Blurring and sharpening filters

Painting and retouching Images

• Creating, saving and loading custom colours
• The Paintbrush tools
• Creating and using new brushes
• Digital darkroom techniques
• Creating and editing gradients

Working with layers

• Layers and selections
• The Transform commands
• Building layered compositions
• Merging layers
• Applying transparency
• Basic layer blending modes
• Adding text layers
• Adjustment layers
• Special effects
• Layer masks

Saving files

• Choosing the right colour mode
• Adjusting resolution and image size
• Cropping or enlarging the canvas
• File formats
• Optimising images for the web

Merging layers

• Applying transparency
• Basic layer blending modes
• Adding text layers
• Adjustment layers
• Special effects
• Layer masks

Saving files

• Choosing the right colour mode
• Adjusting resolution and image size
• Cropping or enlarging the canvas
• File formats
• Optimising images for the web

Managing the Photoshop environment

• Creating tool presets
• Changing default preferences
• Customising keyboard shortcuts
• Recording actions
• Batch processing

Colour management

• Creating and using colour settings
• ICC profiles explained
• Precise image calibration

Advanced image adjustments

• Retouching skin tones
• Sharpening with LAB mode
• Black and white conversion
• Photo filters

Accurate image calibration

• Creating panoramic images
• Using the vanishing point window
• New in CS5: Puppet warp
• Camera RAW format
• HDR images

Advanced painting and retouching

• The refine edge window
• Painting with the mixer brush
• The calculations command
• Using smart filters
• The liquify window
• Lighting effects
• 3D controls
• Content-aware scale, heal and fill

Advanced layer composition

• Replace colour and colour range
• Working with the pen tool
• Advanced masking techniques
• Advanced blending mode techniques
• Creating type on a path
• Using spot colour channels
• Using clipping groups
• Creating stereoscopic images
• Using layer comps
• Masking techniques

Advanced outputting features

• Creating animated GIF images for web
• Slicing images
• Printing from Photoshop

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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 and you'll qualify for additional free training at our London Covent Garden or Cardiff training centres – that's the FlexiDeal®.

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 Advanced (2 day)
  
• Acrobat Forms (1 day)
• Acrobat ACE (2 day)

After Effects

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

Dreamweaver

• Dreamweaver Web Building Introduction (3 day)
• Dreamweaver Web Building Masterclass + Certification (5 day)
• Dreamweaver ACA Prep + Exam (1 day)
• Dreamweaver ACE (2 day)

Flash

• Flash Introduction (2 day)
• Flash Intermediate + Certification (3 day)
• Flash Masterclass + Certification (5 day)
• Flash ACA Prep + Exam (1 day)
• Flash ACE (2 day)

Illustrator

• Illustrator Introduction (1 day)
• Illustrator Introduction (2 day)
• Illustrator Advanced (2 day)
• Illustrator Masterclass (4 day)
• Illustrator ACE (2 day)

InDesign

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

Photoshop

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

Premiere Pro (Cardiff only)

• 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®.

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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Photoshop Masterclass + Adobe Certified - 5 day

London Covent Garden

13 - 17 February 2012

26 - 30 March 2012

18 - 22 June 2012

30 July - 3 August 2012

10 - 14 September 2012

22 - 26 October 2012

3 - 7 December 2012

 

Cardiff

20 - 24 February 2012

16 - 20 April 2012

21 - 25 May 2012

16 - 20 July 2012

10 - 14 September 2012

5 - 9 November 2012

26 - 30 November 2012

 

Bristol

20 - 24 February 2012

16 - 20 April 2012

21 - 25 May 2012

16 - 20 July 2012

10 - 14 September 2012

5 - 9 November 2012

26 - 30 November 2012

 

 

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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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

London Covent Garden - Flexible lunch vouchers are used and redeemable at outlets nearby such as Bella Italia, Eat, Nandos, Pizza Express, Pret A Manger, Starbucks, Sainsbury's and Tesco to name but a few.

Bristol and Cardiff - Look out for our designer cold buffet lunch.

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