Photoshop Training Courses

Adobe Photoshop is the industry leading image manipulation software package for professionals and consumers involved in digital imaging, graphic and web design, photography and video. However, the power of Photoshop is often hidden behind complex menus, made worse by the fact that any given task can usually be achieved from different menus and, indeed, in a number of different ways. For the inexperienced user this can mean more time spent searching how to achieve a task rather than actually doing it. A training course delivered by somebody who knows from experience the best way to achieve each task will enable you to discover the power of Photoshop without the complexity.

Course Outline

CS5 Boxshot This 2 day course, set at the Beginner/Intermediate level and slanted towards photographers, covers many aspects of using Photoshop, as well as some digital imaging basics such as file formats, resolution and colour management. Day 1 concentrates on many of the basics of using Photoshop, including setting up the workspace, zooming in and out of an image and using the History panel for multiple levels of "undo". It then focuses on how to make "selections", looking at the many different tools available, and the use of layers, starting with a simple explanation and working through to more advanced topics such as layer masks and adjustment layers. Day 2 begins by looking at the many different methods of making colour and tonal corrections to an image and then at ways of retouching an image, using techniques such as cloning, healing, dodging and burning. There are brief sessions looking at filters, transforming images and adding text. The course concludes by working with the RAW dialog box, looking at Adobe Bridge and some of the issues surrounding making high quality prints.

This intensive course is totally "hands on" and uses real images – good and bad – to practice on, so that at the end of the course you will be fully prepared to tackle even the most daunting tasks in your own environment.

At-a-Glance

Software - Photoshop (Standard edition) version CS4 or version CS5. For courses using older versions of the software click here.

Duration - 2 days

Level - Beginner/Intermediate

Price - £295 (no VAT to pay)

Further Details

Course Dates
Course Details
What's Included
Pre-requisites

Course dates are shown on a rolling 3 months basis. Please check whether there are spaces on your preferred course by using the "Check Availability" button to go to the Course Enquiry page.

Photoshop CS5 dates:-

13th/14th February 2012
22nd/23rd March 2012
23rd/24th April 2012

Photoshop CS4 dates:-

16th/17th February 2012

19th/20th March 2012
26th/27th April 2012

If you would like to enquire about the possibility of running courses on other dates, or about a 1-to-1 course, please call Mike on 01803-528663, email me at mike@farrowhousetraining.com, or use the form on the Course Enquiry page.

The following topics are applicable to both the CS4 and CS5 courses.

Photoshop Basics

Setting up the Workspace
Preferences and customising Photoshop
Zooming and moving around an image
Undo using the History panel
Saving files and file formats

Making Selections

Using the selection tools - Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand, and Quick Selection
Saving and reloading a selection
Feathering selections
Enhancing selections using Refine Edge

Brushes and Adding Colour

Choosing and using colours
Using and customising Brushes
Filling large areas with colour - Paintbucket and Fill
Using Gradients

Layers

Understanding layers
Creating, deleting and moving layers and layer Groups
The effect of layer Opacity
Merging and Flattening layers
Using Adjustment layers and layer masks with the Adjustments and Masks panels
Layer Blending modes and Layer Styles

Tonal and Colour Corrections

Understanding the Histogram
Making tonal corrections with Levels and Curves
Improving colour with Colour Balance, Vibrance and Hue/Saturation
Adding a Photo Filter

Image Retouching

Using the Clone Stamp
Working with the Healing and Patch tools
Content Aware Fill (CS5 only)
Dodging and Burning
Removing Red Eye

Filters and Effects

Sharpening images
Creative uses of the Blur filter
Converting to Black & White
HDR toning (CS5 only)
Creating Panoramas

Transforming Images

Croping and straightening images
Scaling, rotating and distorting images
Adding canvas to an image

Adding Text

Adding text to an image
Formatting text

Camera RAW

Working in the Raw dialog box
Making colour and tonal adjustments
Using Raw to process high dynamic range images

Adobe Bridge

Working with Bridge
Using Mini Bridge (CS5 only)

Outputting to Print

Understanding Resolution and the Image Size dialog box
Printing issues and how Colour Management can help

Click this pdf icon to open the detailed agenda for the Photoshop CS4 course

Click this pdf icon to open the detailed agenda for the Photoshop CS5 course

Included in the price is the following:-

Over 150 pages of fully detailed course notes are provided for you to take away as a PDF document on a CD. A paper copy in a quality ring binder is available for an additional cost of £20 and can be purchased, if required, during the course.
A course completion certificate.
Telephone and/or email support after the course for as long as required.
A light lunch is provided each day and refreshments are always available.

Participants should have basic Mac or PC skills including launching an application, creating, naming and saving documents, and navigating folders to locate a specific file. Knowledge of the basics of digital imaging - eg file formats, resolution, tonal and colour corrections - would be an advantage, but is not essential. No prior experience of using Photoshop is required although, again, a little knowledge would be an advantage.

If you would like to try Photoshop free for 30 days you can download it from the Adobe website from this link.

Adobe Photoshop Training Courses