Adobe Photoshop Introduction

Each participant will leave with a recognised certificate

• Although Photoshop is used by a variety of professionals, from marketing departments and organisations, from photographers to designers, this introduction course focuses primarily on the photography component.

Module 1 - Getting started with Photoshop

• The Photoshop interface

• Customising Photoshop's preferences

• Zooming

• Navigating

Module 2 - Introducing Adobe Bridge

• What is Adobe Bridge?

• The Adobe Bridge interface

• Working with images

• Filtering

• Metadata

• Mini Bridge

Module 3 - Image basics

• Creating a new document

• Raster and vector images

• Resolution

• Rotating and cropping images

Module 4 - Selections

• The Lasso tools

• The Quick Selection tools

• Color Range

• Refining a selection

• Saving and loading selections

Module 5 - Introducing layers

• Combining images using layers

• Creating and managing layers

• The Eraser tools

• Transforming layers

• Common adjustments

Module 6 - Taking Layers further

• Layer Styles

• Blending Modes

• Working with Adjustment Layers

• The Type Tool

Module 7 - Retouching tools

• The Spot Healing Brush Tool

• The Patch Tool

• Content-Aware Fill

• Content-Aware Move

Module 8 - Working with History

• History basics

• Configuring History

• The History panel

• The History Brush

Module 9 - Filters

• The Filter Gallery

• Gaussian Blur

• Sharpening

Module 10 - Outputting from Photoshop

• Colour modes

• Exporting other file types