Course Content
Understanding Photoshop issues
Introduction to the interface
Understanding resolution
Looking at the differences between raster and vector artwork
Overview of the toolbox
Overview of the menus
Organising the palettes
Using the navigator palette
Changing views and displays
Setting preferences
Colour theory
Working with different colour models and modes
Using custom colours
Picking colour
Analysing and editing colour
Looking at gamut issues
Creating duotones
Looking at colour correction issues
Setting colour balance, hue and saturation
Adjusting brightness and contrast
Using the levels option
Using curves and variations
Working with histograms
Using various selection
techniques
Adding and removing selections
Inverting and modifying
Feathering and moving
Saving and loading selections
Working with quick mask
Retouching images
Colour range & replace
colour feature
Cropping images
Using the pencil, the paintbrush
and the airbrush tools
Defining your own brushes
Customising brushes
Using the smudge tool
Using the clone stamp tool
Using the spot healing brush
Customising the tools
Using the eraser tool
The dodge and burn toning tools
Using sharpen and blur focus
Removing dust and scratches
Using the history palette
Using the history brush
Creating images
Creating gradients and patterns
Creating and editing gradients
Saving and loading gradients
Creating transparent gradients
Creating and editing patterns
Using the pattern stamp tool
Adding and manipulating type
Using type mask tool
Special effects with type
Rasterizing type
Using the wrap text feature
Creating and editing actions
Working with layers
Creating new layers
Selecting and deleting layers
Flattening layers
Merging and linking layers
Ordering layers
Pasting into layers
Creating adjustment layers
Creating layer masks
Exploring channels
Montaging images
Adding filters and effects
Adding lighting effects
Exploring and using filters
Vanishing point filter to move,
copy and clone in perspective
Clipping paths
Creating clipping paths
Understanding bezier paths
Using anchor points
Manipulating direction lines
Exporting clipping paths
Saving images
Exporting images for print and the web
Understanding file formats
Understanding compression
Printing settings
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