Course Highlights:
  • Advanced Special Effects
  • Photo Optimization & Professional Retouching
  • Website Design
  • Corporate Branding for Web & Print
Course Outline:
 

Module 1: Open & Organize

  • What is Photoshop
  • Organizing your Photos
  • Using Meta Data
  • Batch Renaming
  • Printing Thumbnails

Module 2: Highlights, Midtones, & Shadows

  • Brightness & Contrast
  • Automatic Image Correction
  • Adjusting Brightness Levels
  • Correcting with Curves
  • Compensating for Flash & Backlighting

Module 3: Correcting Color Balance

  • Modifying Hue & Saturation
  • Fixing Color Cast
  • Tint & Color
  • Colorizing Grayscale Images
  • Correcting Camera Raw

Module 4: Making Selections

  • Isolating an Image Element
  • Selecting Colored Areas with the Magic Wand
  • Using the Marquee Tools
  • Selecting Irregular Images
  • Drawing Precise Curves

Module 5: Crop, Straighten, & Size

  • Whole-Image Transformations
  • Order of Operations
  • Auto Crop & Straighten
  • Straightening a Crooked Image
  • Using the Crop Tool
  • Resizing an Image

Module 6: Paint, Edit, & Heal

  • Adding Fills & Textures
  • Dodge, Burn, Sponge, and Smudge
  • Healing & Patching

Module 7: Creating and Applying Masks

  • Refining a Selection with a Quick Mask
  • Extracting a Photographic Element
  • Defining a Mask from Scratch
  • Putting the Mask in Play

Module 8: Focus & Filters

  • Sharpening an Image
  • Using the Vanishing Point Filter

Module 9: Building Layered Compositions

  • The Benefits and Penalties of Layers
  • Masks, Knockouts, & Luminance Blending
  • Working with Layer Comps

Module 10: Text & Shapes

  • The Vector-Based Duo
  • Creating and Formatting Text
  • Drawing and Editing Shapes
  • Bending and Warping Type

Module 11: Styles & Specialty Layers

  • Layer Attributed vs. Layers
  • Adding Layer Effects
  • Applying Strocks & Glows
  • Simulating Reflections with Bevel & Emboss
  • Fixing Problem Effects
  • Creating & Modifying Adjustment Layers
  • Working with Smart Objects

Module 12: Printing & Output

  • Local Printing vs. Commercial Reproduction
  • RGB vs. CMYK
  • Printing to an Inkjet Printer
  • Preparing a CMYK File for Commercial Reproduction
  • Packing Multiple Pictures onto a Single Page
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Course Information:
Duration: 14 Hours Instruction: In-Class or Online  
Platform: Windows & Macintosh Concepts: Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced  
Fee: $450 (+HST) Prerequisites: None.  
     
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