Certified Adobe Photoshop Training
Course PS10
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Users of Adobe Photoshop CS4 and CS3 can take this course to learn the functionality of Photoshop.
Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the industry standard image editing software for web and print professionals. By the end of this intensive hands-on course students will be able to use this industry standard tool to create images for all intended purposes.
Course topics include:
- Using tools, palettes, and the work area
- Navigating, Resolution and re sampling
- Straightening and adjusting perspective of an image
- Saving an image using save, save as, save a copy and save for web
- Making selections using a variety of tools and procedures
- Moving selected areas and layers between documents
- Making changes to selected areas using image adjustment and transformation tools
- Working with multi-layered images and layer groups
- Creating Layer Comps
- Using painting tools including swatches, brushes, and gradient editor
- An introduction to retouching tools including patch, healing and stamp tools
- Creating custom brushes and patterns
- Understanding Blend modes and other layer palette options including layer vs fill opacity
- Using erasers to remove backgrounds
- Working with point and paragraph text
- Warping text
- Basic image correction and retouching
- Image file formats
Prerequisites: None
Duration: 2 days, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Fee: $745.00 CDN + HST
Course PS11
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Advanced
Users of Adobe Photoshop CS4 and CS3 can take this course to learn the functionality of Adobe Photoshop.
This Adobe Photoshop CS3 Advanced course you will take your images to the next level using a variety of advanced techniques.
Course topics include:
- Understanding channels and colour modes
- Using Quick masks
- Using Layer masks to create transparency
- Modifying channel information to create masks and isolate areas for adjustment
- Using extract Plug-in palette to remove backgrounds
- Using Liquefy
- Advanced layer techniques including creating clipping masks and advanced layer masking
- Compositing multiple images with layers, adjustment layers, layer masks and clipping groups
- Advanced blending techniques
- Using filters to improve an image
- Creating and edge Mask
- Advanced retouching using median, blur and blending modes
- Sharpening an image
- Working with adjustment layers and layers masks
- Using Paste Into to replace parts of an image
- Colour correction of images using levels, curves and other colour correction tools
- Working with vanishing point filter
- Creating and working with Smart Objects
Prerequisites: PS11 or permission of instructor
Duration: 2 days, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Fee: $795.00 CDN + HST
Course PS12
Adobe Photoshop CS5 for the Web
Designed for Photoshop users, this one day course will teach students how to use the web related tools in Photoshop for web graphics production.
Course topics include:
- Controlling Photoshop colour settings for use with web graphics
- Optimizing images in GIF, JPEG, and PNG formats
- Painting with web safe colour
- Image Slicing techniques
- Creating transparent and matted backgrounds
- Integration with Dreamweaver
- Advanced Gif animation techniques
- Creating JavaScript rollover buttons
- Batch processing of images.
Prerequisites: PS10 or permission of the instructor.
Duration: 1 day, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Fee: $395.00 CDN + HST
