Module 1: Working environment
- Working with Image files – opening, creating, closing, saving
- Interface: Menus, Panels, Workspaces, Tools, Setting Preferences
- Customising the workspace
- Overview of the Toolbox
- Navigating in Photoshop
- Zoom Tools
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Corrections and backtracking – Undo command/History Panel/History Panel Preferences and Cache
Module 2: Working with selections
- Understanding which selection tool to use
- Quick Selection Tool, Marquee, Magic Wand, Lasso Tools, Selection Menu options, Object Selection
- Feathering, Expanding, Contracting
- Reselecting, Inversing and Deselecting selections
- Saving selections
- Reloading selections
- Colour based selection tools
Module 3: Working with layers
- Layer Panel
- Show/Hide and visibility
- Creating and duplicating layers
- Background layer
- Moving and stacking layers
- Layer Groups
- Locking
Module 4: Using a combination of tools and their properties
- Displaying grids, guides and rulers
- Adding guides
- Alignment and distribution
- Copy and paste options
- Pasting into Selections
- Cropping and Straightening
- Transformations
- Cloning
- Gradient Tool
- Brushes
Module 5: Working with colour and tone
- Foreground/Background colours
- Eyedropper and colour sampler tools
- Colour Panel
- Colour replacement techniques
- Selective colour enhancements
- Modify image tone and colour
- RGB and CMYK colour modes
- Converting to Black and White
Module 6: Working with text
- Creating Point Type
- Creating Paragraph Type
- Editing and Selecting type
- Character and Paragraph settings and panels
- Type and Layer Styles
- Type Effects
- Typing on a path
Module 7: Layer masks
- Layer Masks
- Text Masks
Module 8: Image adjustments (Part 1)
- Cloning, Patching, Healing and Spot Healing, Content-Aware
- Dodging, Burning and Sponge tools
- Replacing colours in an image
- Understanding the eraser tool
- Blur, sharpen and smudge tools
Module 9: Image adjustments (Part 2)
- Shadow and Highlight command
- Brightness and Contrast
- Colour Balance
- Levels, Auto Levels and Levels dialog box
- Curves, Curves dialog box
- Histogram panel
- Match Colour command
- Creating Snapshots
Module 10: Filters and special effects
- Filter Gallery
- Render, Blur, and Noise filters
- Unsharp and sharpen filters
- Liquify
- Creative effects
- Layer styles
- Blending Modes
Module 11: Advanced compositing
- Assembling a montage of images
- Positioning images using guides
- Incorporating Text
- Smart Guides
- Smart Filters
- Masks and Channels
Module 12: Files, printing and output
- Place Embed and Place Linked
- Image Size, Resolution, Pixel dimensions, resizing, resampling
- Saving and File formats
- Canvas Size and adjustment
- RGB to CMYK
- Creating Proofs
- Understanding Gamut warning
- Colour Settings
Module 13: Smart objects
- Placing to create a Smart Object
- Create new Smart Objects
- Create Smart Objects from multiple layers
- Convert Smart Object to pixel layer
- Editing the Smart Object
Module 14: Vector, pens and paths
- Differentiate between bitmap and vector graphics
- Using the Pen Tool
- Adding, Deleting and Selecting Paths/Points
- Editing Points
- Typing on a path
- Converting selections to paths
- Converting paths to selections
- Creating Shape Layers
- Creating scalable vector objects
- Working with defined custom shapes
Module 15: Actions
- Using preset automation
- Creating and running actions
The Art of Flower Photography Modules
IT’S ALL A BIT OF A BLUR
Layers, masks, blur filters and the blur gallery. Used in combination these Photoshop features transform images from ‘the seed pack’ look to something a bit more interesting.
IT’S GOT A VERY FLOATY FEEL
Create a floaty, delicate image by rotating layers, working with opacity, multiple layers, blend modes and a touch of cloning and modifying the canvas size.
CREATE AN IMPRESSION
Create your own background with a variety of brushes, tips on how to use colour and then add a flower image, work with selection techniques and watch it transform with blend modes and lots of hints and tip.
Duration:
1 day tailored modules (Face to Face)
1-hour modules virtual (Skype/Zoom/Teams)
Maximum numbers:
12
Certification:
The course/modules will be recognised with a certificate of completion from BTB Training Ltd.