Adobe Photoshop Training Courses

• Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CS4
  • About Photoshop
  • Navigating Photoshop
  • Menus and panels
  • Opening new files
  • Opening existing files
• Getting Started with Photoshop
  • Exploring the toolbox
  • The New CS4 applications bar and the options bar
  • Exploring panels and menus
  • Creating and viewing a new document
  • Customizing the interface
  • Setting preferences
• Working with Images
  • Zooming and Planning an image
  • Working with multiple images, rulers, guides and grids
  • Undoing steps with history
  • Adjusting color with the new adjustments panel
  • The New Masks Panel and Vibrance Color Correction Command
  • The New Note Tool & the Save for Web & Devices Interface
  • The New Auto-Blend & Auto-Align Layers Commands
  • The New 3D Commands
• Resizing and Cropping Images
  • Understanding Pixels & Resolution
  • The Image Size Command
  • Interpolation Options
  • Resizing for Print & Web
  • Cropping & Straightening an Image
  • Adjusting Canvas Size & Canvas Rotation
• Working with basic selections
  • Selecting with the Elliptical Marquee Tool
  • Using the Magic Wand & Free Transform Tool
  • Selecting with the Regular & Polygonal Lasso Tools
  • Combining Selections
  • Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool
  • Using the Quick Selection Tool & Refine Edge
  • Modifying Selections
• Getting Started with Layers
  • Understanding the background layer
  • Creating, Selecting, Linking and Deleting layers
  • Locking and merging layers
  • Copying layers, using perspective and layer styles
  • Filling and Grouping layers
  • Introduction to blending modes
  • Blending modes, opacity and fill
  • Creating and modifying text
• Painting in Photoshop
  • Using the brush tool
  • Working with colors and swatches
  • Creating and using gradients
  • Creating and working with brushes
  • Using the pencil and eraser tools
  • Painting with selections
• Photo Retouching
  • The Red Eye tool
  • The Clone Stamp tool
  • The Patch tool and the Healing brush tool
  • The Spot healing brush tool
  • The Color Replacement tool
  • The toning and focus tools
  • Painting with history
• Introduction to Color Correction
  • Color Spaces and Color Modes
  • The variations command
  • The auto commands
  • Adjusting levels
  • Adjust curves, non-destructively, with adjustment layers
• Using Quick Mask Mode
  • Quick mask options
  • Painting a selection
  • Saving and removing a selection from the background
• Working with the Pen tool
  • Understanding paths and the pen tool
  • Creating straight and curved paths
  • Creating combo paths
  • Creating a clipping path
• Creating special effects
  • Getting started with Photoshop filters
  • Smart Filters
  • Creating text effects
  • Appling gradient to text
• Exporting your work
  • Saving with different file formats
  • Saving for web & devices
  • Printing options
  • Credits

Adobe Photoshop training course is intended for those who have no previous experience of the software. Professional/ amateur photographers and designers who want to acquire high level skills to improve their digital images must attend the classes.

You should be familiar with using computer and its operating system including how to use the mouse, standard menus and commands, and also be aware of how to open, save and close files as well as navigate the other folders.

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• Mobile Application Development
• MS Office
• MS Visio