Course Duration 2 days Course Level 1

Photoshop CS5 - L1

Photoshop CS5 Level 1 Training teaches a broad spectrum of core skills that are common to many creative fields. Such as working with layers and selections; adjusting, manipulating, and retouching photos; painting; adding text; automating; preparing files for output; and more. The instructor will demonstrate established techniques as well as those made possible by some of the new features unique to Photoshop CS 5 and 5.5. The training course is ideal for anyone new to Photoshop or wanting to expand on their existing knowledge

Course Outline

Introduction

What is Photoshop

Learning Bridge and Mini Bridge

What is Adobe Bridge?
Introducing the Bridge workspace
Using Bridge to review and evaluate photographs
Working with Bridge and Photoshop
Introducing Mini Bridge
Working with Mini Bridge

Getting Started with Photoshop

Introducing the Tools panel
Working with the Tools panel
Viewing and arranging documents
Combining multiple images
Closing multiple images
Working with panels
Customizing your workspace
Creating custom keyboard shortcuts
Working with the Application bar and Full Screen view

What are Digital Images

Resolution
Bit depth
Introducing image size
Resizing images
Resizing by cropping
Straightening an image
Creative tip: Sizing images correctly

Colour Settings and Preferences

Choosing your colour settings
Colour picker preferences
Image interpolation preferences
Zoom preferences
Interface preferences
File-handling preferences
Performance preferences
Cursor preferences
Guides and type preview preferences

Principles of Colour Management

Introducing colour management
Two simple steps for more accurate colour
Opening and saving files with embedded profiles
Why colour settings and monitor calibration matter
Creative tip: Setting up your studio
Monitor calibration
Colour management resources

Type Essentials

Character (point) type
Paragraph (area) type
Type on a path
Clipping an image inside type
Warping type

Recommended Layer Effects and Styles

Adding a drop shadow effect
Adding an outer glow effect
Adding a border around an image
Copying layer effects and applying them to other layers
Saving layer styles and applying them in other documents

Sharing Images

Creating PDF contact sheets
Exporting web photo galleries
Saving for the web
Summary

Photoshop Interface

Opening files from Adobe Bridge
Opening files from Mini Bridge
Customizing the Mini Bridge panel
Changing Mini Bridge so it auto-collapses
The Application frame
The Application bar
Switching and saving workspaces
Panel management
Switching tools using the keyboard
Customizing the keyboard shortcuts

Cropping and Transformations

Crop options
Hide vs. Delete for the Crop tool
Bringing back hidden pixels with Reveal All
Making the canvas bigger with the Crop tool
Making the canvas bigger by a specific amount with Relative Canvas Size
Correcting perspective with the Crop tool
Nondestructive transformations with Smart Objects
Warping images
Preserving the important elements with Content-Aware Scaling

Working with Layers

The Background layer
Using a layer mask instead of deleting pixels
Loading multiple images into a single Photoshop document as layers
Naming, hiding, creating, and deleting layers
Changing the stacking order of layers
Selecting layers without using the Layers panel
Transforming layers
Aligning and distributing layers
Changing the opacity of layers
Organizing layers into groups
Saving variations with layer comps
When to merge and rasterize layers
Flatten vs. Save As (a Copy)

Camera Raw

Introducing the Camera Raw preferences
Opening images in Camera Raw
Using the basic Camera Raw controls
Colour correction and white balance
Processing multiple images
Crop and compose
Converting to black and white
Camera raw workflow
Saving images from Adobe Camera Raw

Making Selections

Using the Magic Wand
Using the Quick Select tool to remove a background
Using the Quick Select tool for creative colour effects
Using the Marquee Selection tool
Using the Magnetic Lasso tool
Using the Polygonal Lasso tool
Making colour range selections
Using Refine Edge to improve selections
Using Refine Edge with a colour range
Introducing paths
Creating a path selection
Using a path selection to improve colour

Adjustment Layers

Introducing adjustment layers
Starting with a preset
Improving tonal quality with Levels
Increasing midtone contrast with Curves
Removing a colour cast with Auto Colour
Changing the colour temperature with Photo Filter
Shifting colours with Hue/Saturation
Vibrance
Converting black and white
Adjustment Layer

Tone and Colour Correction

Shadow/Highlight
Matching colour across multiple images

Retouching Essentials

Spot Healing brush
smoothing skin and pores
Taming flyaway hair
Making teeth bright and white
De-emphasizing wrinkles
Content Aware Fill
Body sculpting with Liquify

Image Cleanup

Using the Dust and Scratches filter
Removing dust and scratches with masking
Introducing the trio of healing tools
Using the Healing and Clone Stamp tools
Healing along edges and areas of contrast
Healing and patching
Using Content-Aware Fill
Using multiple content-aware tools for the best results
Making multiple selections with Content-Aware Fill
Deleting unwanted elements
Removing a garment strap with spot healing
Cleaning up an image with spot healing, cloning, and healing

Combining Multiple Images

Creating panoramas with Photomerge and Auto-Blend
Combining multiple frames of an action sequence
Combining group shots with Auto-Align

Recommended Filters

Overview of filters
Applying filters nondestructively with Smart Filters
Giving an image a soft glow with the Gaussian Blur filter
Adding noise to an image with the Add Noise filter
Sharpening an image with Unsharp Mask
Applying a filter to multiple layers

Recommended Blend Modes

Cycling through the blending modes
Three blending modes you must know
Adding a lens flare effect with Screen
Making a cast shadow more realistic with Multiply
Creating a diffused contrast glow effect with Overlay
Sharpening an image with High Pass and Overlay

Course Schedule

Title		Price	February	March	April
	Photoshop CS5 - L1	£165 per day	27th	12th 14th	23rd

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