ONCE0982 - Adobe Photoshop Essentials (Online)
Course Description
This fundamental course covers Adobe Photoshop CC most commonly used tools, menus and panels. You’ll learn all the basics of Photoshop to effectively work with selection and editing tools, layers, and masks to edit, retouch and enhance existing images or create your own composite digital art work. Impress your business organization, friends and family by enhancing their photos and create magazine cover quality enhanced images. Access to Adobe Photoshop software required.Course Outline
Agenda
Unit 1
Getting to know the Interface and Selection Tools
- Interface menus
- Tools
- Panels
- Working with the various Selection tools
Unit 2
Working with Layers and Masks
- Layers and layer management
- Non- destructive editing using masks
- How to type and format text
- Using various type formatting and style tools and panels
Unit 3
Image Correction & Enhancement
- Photo correction and enhancement tools
- Crop, dodge and burn
- Recoloring, retouching
- Healing brushes
Unit 4
Using the Drawing Tools
- How to use the Pen tool
- Other drawing tools in Photoshop
- Advanced drawing and selection
- File formats
- How to save files for print or web
Learner Outcomes
Course outcomes
Upon successful completion of this workshop students should be able to:
- Perform basic to intermediate image correction to existing images
Enhance images using advance editing tools to create magazine covers
Work with the Type tools and panels to type, insert and manage text
Work with layers and masks to manage your projects efficiently
Create composite images using multiple images
Course objectives
- To learn about Adobe Photoshop CC interface and work with menus, tools and panels.
To learn how to open, crop, transform and edit existing images
To learn how to apply advance editing features to enhance photos
To learn working with text and formatting tools and panels
To multiple images to create a collage
Notes
Instructor: Andy Helmi, is a graphic and website designer, technical consultant and an online marketing specialist located in Vancouver, BC, Canada. His education background includes over ten years of academic training in electronic/computer engineering, graphic and web design, music and digital photography.
This online, self-paced course is offered in partnership with LERN/UGotClass. This course is part of the Graphic Design Software Essentials Certificate Program.
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Graphic Design Software Essentials : Graphic Design Software Essentials