Photoshop - Intermediate

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Price: see custom ratecard Duration: n/a Platforms: PC & Mac

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The course aims to develop the skills of existing Photoshop users who would like to progress further, including those who feel they need to get the utmost from this outstanding creative program. The course will develop your skills in essential Photoshop techniques such as selections, masking, re-touching, photomontage and image creation. The course demonstrates a wide range of applied techniques using commands and features covered on the Introductory course.

Selection and masking techniques
Running Batch processing
Creating custom Brushes
Advanced layer usage

Course Outline

Day 1

Example

AM -
Re-Setting general program preferences
Creating custom WorkSpaces
Defining Tool Presets
Colour Settings command
Proofing colours
Keyboard Shortcuts
Precise Guides

Colour and Brightness adjustments
RGB vs CMYK mode workflows
Working with Levels to set highlight and shadow values
Working with Curves command
Using the Info Palette
Adding fixed colour samplers
accurate colour balancing techniques
Selective colour command
Adjustment Layers
Editing Layer masks
Changing Layer content
Gradient Map command
Shadow/Highlight command
Match Colour command

Selection techniques
Quick Mask Mode

PM -
Creating Pen tool Selections
Working with Alpha Channels
Extract command
Colour Range command
Clipping Paths
Magic Eraser and Background Eraser

Actions Palette
Writing Actions
Playback options
Running Batch processing
Saving and loading Palette sets

Working with Brushes
Creating custom Brushes
Using the Brush Palette
Adjusting brush engine settings
Stroking Paths with Brush tools

Day 2

AM -
Working with Fill Layers
Creating Solid colour Fill Layers
Creating custom gradient blends
Creating custom Pattern Fills
Editing Fill Layer Masks

Layer techniques
Adding and editing Layer Masks
Gradient Masks
Working with Blending Modes
Clipping Groups
Layer Comps
Techniques with Layer Sets
Fill Opacity vs General Opacity
Techniques with Layer Styles
Copying and Pasting Layer Styles
Align and Distribute commands

Working with Shape Layers
Add, Subtract and Intersect options for Shape Layers
Defining Custom Shapes
Rasterising Vector Masks
Exporting Vector files

PM -
Text Layers
Paragraph text
Adjusting Character and Paragraph attributes
Attaching text to Paths
Attaching text to Shapes
Text effects
Clipping groups and Text Layers

Image Slicing
Using the Slice tool
Creating Slices from guides
Using the Slice Select tool
Setting HTML attributes for Table cells
Exporting Sliced documents : Save for Web command

Special Filters
Useful Filters
Lighting effects Filter
Creating custom texture and surfaces
Lens Blur filter
Alpha Channels and Filters
Unsharp Mask Filter

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