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Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended - Two Day Bespoke Training Course— Bespoke

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended is the ultimate image editing application providing extra features over the normal Photoshop CS5 application used by the majority of design professionals throughout the world. Photoshop CS5 offers incredible creative freedom both in terms of manipulating exisiting images, creating new art work, and integrating all design elements. Photoshop CS5 also supports vector graphics, easy automation, and a wide range of other improved features, including the brilliant new Adobe Bridge, vanishing point effects, one-click red-eye correction and much more. If you’re serious about working in the creative industries, it’s no exaggeration to say that you must know this application.

In this two day bespoke course in Adobe Photoshop CS5, you will learn the areas of image manipulation and creation which are most relevant depending upon your previous experience. If new to Photoshop learning how to create accurate selections to modfiy with Photoshop’s tools will form a key part of the training (including Quick Masks), as will understanding layers, using colour and transparency, and adjusting images to improve their quality/suitability for their intended publication. As Photoshop is such a feature-rich application, other features of the software will be considered according to how appropriate they are to your workflow needs.

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Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended - Two Day Bespoke Training Course Outline

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

Importing 3D files

-Accessing and using the Object tool
-Manipulating 3D files in Photoshop
-Transforming 3D objects
-Overview of accepted 3D file formats

Using 3D in Photoshop

-Changing 3D cameras
-Changing 3D lights
-Creating cross sections of 3D objects
-Using Photoshop layer styles on 3D objects
-Changing wireframe and shading options
-Playing back 3D animations
-Selecting 3D outline pixels
-Using layer masks on 3D layers

Editing Textures of 3D Objects in
Photoshop

-Changing textures without leaving Photoshop
-Understanding the role Smart Objects play
-Using the Replace Textures feature
-Troubleshooting 3D problems

Creating Textures for 3D Models

-Introduction to using textures
-Bump mapping
-Making better bump maps
-Displacement mapping
-Improving Displacement maps
-Creating seamless patterns
-Creating organic textures from scratch, example
-Creating organic textures from scratch, example

Photoshop’s New Video Abilities

-Introduction to video in Photoshop
-Animating in Photoshop (old school)
-Animating in Photoshop (new school)
-Importing and playing video in Photoshop
-Importing image sequences
-Using the keyframe navigator

Animating in Photoshop

-Animating position (like in After Effects)
-Animating opacity
-Animating layer styles
-Faking time lapse by animating global lighting
-Different types of keyframe interpolations
-Copying, pasting, and Deleting keyframes

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Intermediate Video Editing in Photoshop

-Trimming video layers (like in Premiere Pro)
-Splitting layers
-Using work areas
-Lifting and extracting video
-Performing slip edits
-Adjusting timeline Duration and frames per second
-Adding timeline comments
-Allowing frame skipping
-Replacing footage
-Interpreting footage
-Rasterizing video
-Flattening frames into layers and layers into frames
-Keyboard shortcuts for video
-Playing ‘’favourites’’

Amazing Video Tricks with Photoshop

-The bombshell concept
-Using Liquify to Distort video layers
-Using lighting effects on video
-Using other filters and effects
-Cloning video in Photoshop
-Healing video in Photoshop
-Rotoscoping video in Photoshop
-Using onion skinning
-Previewing video on an external monitor
-Integrating animated 3D and animated video
-Rasterizing video
-Restoring altered video
-Compositing with blend modes
-Using actions with video

Integrating Photoshop with Other Applications

-Setting up PS3D files for export to video apps
-Pixel aspect ratios and PAR correction
-Viewing video in Bridge
-Using Photoshop with Premiere and After Effects
-Another way to rotoscope in Photoshop
-Creating Encore DV3D menus in Photoshop
-Exporting video from Photoshop

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Advantages of learning Adobe Photoshop CS5 with XChangeTraining

-Our Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended trainers are experienced design professionals with excellent knowledge of all aspects of graphic design from creating artwork to guaranteeing successful output.
-XChange Training is an Adobe Authorised Training Centre
-It's bespoke and solutions based: before you come to XChange Training we agree the course content with you based on your needs.
-We take the time to work specifically on any files you bring along to the course, ensuring that you see benefits to your workflow immediately.
-XChange training focuses on real tasks that reflect how the software is used in professional situations.
-On-site and off-site training is available for the whole UK.
-Free email support service for 6 months after course.
-We get consistently good feedback from our clients.
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Training Pricing

On-site course pricing
Prices include a set of course notes per trainee, 6 months telephone and/or e-mail support service after the course, all refreshments and lunch if held at the training centre.

For training onsite courses outside of London a standard return train fare and/or taxi fare may be applicable.

Training centre pricing
Pricing for training at the Clerkenwell facility:
1 person £895 for a 2 day course
2 people £995 for a 2 day course
3 people £1095 for a 2 day course
4 people £1195 for a 2 day course
5 people £1245 for a 2 day course
6 people £1295 for a 2 day course
7 people £1345 for a 2 day course
8 people £1395 for a 2 day course
All prices subject to VAT

 

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