Computer WorkGroup Training

Adobe Photoshop CS5

Duration : 1 Day

Pricing : Basic - 1 person $750, 2 people $850 for both (see pricing page for full details)

Pre-requisites :Strong working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.

For Whom: The course is intended for people who wish to extend their control of Adobe Photoshop, to precisely select parts of an image and to transform it accurately.

Course Objectives: At the conclusion of the training participants will be able to -

• Work with Selections
• Create custom vignettes
• Remap Images
• Retouch scanned images
• Use Masks and Channels
• Create custom fills
• Create Duotones, tritones, and quadtones
• Handle Photoshop Objects
• Separate images

COURSE OUTLINE

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS5 - 1 DAY INTENSIVE ADVANCED

WORKING WITH SELECTIONS

• Selecting similar colours
• Growing a Selection
• Refining Selection Edges
• Feathering Edges
• Creating Borders
• Smoothing the Edges
• Expanding & Contracting
• Stroking a Selection
• Hiding the Marquee
• Mask Panel
• Complex Selections

IMAGE MAPPING

• Live Histograms
• B/W Thresholds
• Posterising Images
• Adjusting Tonal Levels
• Changing Tone Curves
• Adjusting the Colour Balance
• Alter Hue and Saturation levels
• Replacing Colour Ranges
• Selecting Colours
• Shadow / Highlight adjustments

ACTIONS

• Using Actions
• Loading More Actions
• Recording Actions
• Saving History log

AUTOMATING TASKS

• Batch Processing
• Droplets
• Contact Sheets
• Picture Packages
• Web Photo Gallery

MANAGING WORKFLOWS

• Working with Version Cue

PREFERENCES

• Customising Photoshop menus
• Scanning
• Scratch Disks
• Transparencies

VECTOR TOOLS

• Line
• Rectangles and Ellipses
• Polygons
• Pen tool
• Text on a path
• Exporting to Acrobat
• Smart Objects

MASKS AND CHANNELS

• Using the Quick Mask
• Modifying the Quick Mask
• Saving and Loading Selections
• Saving and Loading Masks
• Working on the Mask Channel
• Customising Vignettes
• Channel Calculations

PATHS

• Accurate Paths
• Node Editing
• Changing to selections
• Creating from Selections
• Saving Paths
• Clipping Paths

FILLS

• Creating Patterns
• Taking Snapshots
• Painting with the Clone tool

COLOURS

• Colour Models
• 4 Colour Separations
• Creating Duotones
• Colouring Greyscale Images

ADOBE ACROBAT PDF’S

• Importing PDF’s
• Multipage PDF’s
• Photoshop PDF format

PHOTO ENHANCEMENTS

• Resurrecting Old Photos
• Hand Colouring Effects
• Collages
• Adding Life to Boring Photos
• Increasing Image size

SPECIAL EFFECTS

• Vanishing Point
• Image Warping
• Web animations
• Motion Graphics and video layers
• Movie Paint
• Puppet Warp