Course length
2 days
Why come on this course?
You will learn some of the basic and more commonly used features of Adobe Photoshop so you can navigate and use Photoshop's tools to work with digital images. In addition, you will learn how to use Adobe Bridge andto organise and manage digital assets.
Who's it for?
This course is suitable for anyone using Photoshop Creative Cloud.
Prerequisites
- No experience of digital imaging or photography is required.
- Basic computer skills e.g. launch applications, browse to locate files.
Course contents
Getting started with Photoshop
- The Photoshop interface
- Customising Photoshop's preferences
- Zooming
- Navigating
Introducing Adobe Bridge
- What is Adobe Bridge?
- The Adobe Bridge interface
- Working with images
- Filtering
- Metadata
- Mini Bridge
Image basics
- Creating a new document
- Raster and vector images
- Resolution
- Rotating and cropping images
Selections
- The Marquee tools
- The Lasso tools
- The Quick Selection tools
- Color Range
- Refining a selection
- Saving and loading selections
Introducing layers
- Combining images using layers
- Creating and managing layers
- The Eraser tools
- Transforming layers
- Common adjustments
Taking Layers further
- Layer Styles
- Blending Modes
- Working with Adjustment Layers
- The Type Tool
Retouching tools
- The Spot Healing Brush Tool
- The Patch Tool
- Content-Aware Fill
- Content-Aware Move
Working with History
- History basics
- Configuring History
- The History panel
- The History Brush
Filters
- The Filter Gallery
- Gaussian Blur
- Sharpening
Outputting from Photoshop
- Colour modes
- Exporting other file type