Adobe Photoshop Course Outline

Photoshop Basics

Overview of the Photoshop CS4 interface.
Bitmaps and vectors explained.
Image modes
Image size and resolution
Image colour concepts

Photoshop Basics

Essential image navigation shortcuts
The marquee tools
Adding and subtracting selections
Automatic selection using the wand tool
Automatic selection using the quick selection brush
Manual cut-out techniquesl
Transforming a selection
Understanding selection edges
Refining selection edges
Saving and reloading a selection

Photoshop Basic Tools and Colour

Overview of the Photoshop toolset
Brushes and brush types
Adjusting brushes
Choosing colours by eye
Numerical colour
Pantone colour
Do's and don’ts of choosing colours
The background image
Erasing and canvas colour

Layer Masks in Photoshop

Introduction to the power of layer masks
Creating a layer mask from a selection
Modifying a layer mask using the paintbrush tool
Tricks for modifying mask edges for cut-out
The gradient tool and masks

Photoshop Layers - Combining Images

Layer blending modes
Layer opacity
Transforming and distorting layers
Working with multiple layers
Creating montages

Photoshop Layers - Combining Images

Destructive verses non-destructive techniques
Using adjustment layers
Levels explained
Colour balance and colour balance considerations
Hue and saturation
Selective adjustments using masks

Photoshop Filters

An overview of Photoshop filters and their uses
Pixel (100%) view and what it means
Advantages of using smart filters
Image sharpening in detail
Image blurring
Selective filtering

Layer Effects in Photoshop

Overview of layer effects
Applying drop shadow
Applying other layer effects

Steps to Prepare and Image for End Use in Photoshop

Opening an image using Adobe Bridge
Scan resolution and dpi explained in depth
Reference to colour bit depth
Cropping and sizing (the quick way)
Image adjustments using levels, colour balance and hue/saturation
Further correction to images using Shadow/highlight
Re-touching using the clone tool
Re-touching using the healing tool
The new Clone Source Palette

Photoshop File Formats

Considerations when choosing a file format
Common file formats explained

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