Photoshop for Print - Advanced

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Price: see custom ratecard       Duration: 1       Platforms: PC & Mac

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This one day bespoke-style course for Intermediate to Advanced print users offers a chance further develop Photoshop skills, allowing users to solve specific problems, learn essential shortcuts and tips and achieve better working practice by linking and combining Photoshop commands . The outline is a recommended guide to topics of interest, and in addition individual specific requests are welcomed. Delegates are actively encouraged to bring along examples of their work.

  • Retouch colour professionally using Lab and CMYK modes
  • Use professional tips and tricks to create high quality results
  • Develop new working methods and creative effects
  • Advanced selections and masking methods
  • Automation of processes

Course Outline

Day 1

AM -

Photoshop essentials:
essential keyboard shortcuts
customising menu display and keyboard shortcuts
Colour Settings command / ICC profiles / soft proofing


Automation
Recording and saving actions
Batch processing files
Working with Scripts


Tone and colour editing:
Adjustment layers / masks
CMYK and L*a*b* Curves
Selective colour adjustments
Channel Mixer command
Custom greyscale conversions
Gradient Map command


Retouching and drawing techniques:
Creating custom brushes and paint effects
Specifying paint and fill blending modes
Creating Custom Shapes
Vanishing Point Filter


PM -

Selection Techniques:
Extract command
Creating selections in alpha channels
Building masks from colour channels
Using Alpha Channels with Filters
Working with Paths



Layer techniques:
Solid Colour and Gradient Fill Layers
Image Warp commands
Working with Clipping Groups
Techniques with Layer Masks
Creating Custom shadows
Working with Layer Sets
Working with layer Blend Modes
Blend If controls
Smart Objects
Layer Comps


Filters:
Neutral layers for filter effects
Lens Blur and Displace filters
creating 3D surfaces and textures using the Lighting Effects Filter Advanced Sharpening techniques


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