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Adobe Photoshop CS2 - One Day Introduction Training Course— Bespoke

Adobe Photoshop CS2 is the standard image editing application used by the majority of design professionals throughout the world. It offers incredible creative freedom both in terms of manipulating exisiting images, creating new art work, and integrating all design elements. Photoshop CS2 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 one day beginners’ course in Adobe Photoshop CS2, you will learn the basics of image manipulation and creation with this powerful tool. 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.

By the end of this course you will be able to use Photoshop CS2 to create basic artwork and layouts, and to save correctly for your intended medium.

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As part of our dedication to offering you the very best learning experience, XChange Training offer every trainee a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide when they attend this course.
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Adobe Photoshop CS2 - One Day Introduction 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.

Getting Started with Photoshop CS2
-Adobe Bridge (new in CS2!)
-Workspaces, Palettes, the File Browser
-Tool Palette: explanation of each tool and its options.
-Use of the Navigator palette: how to view the image you are working on easily and quickly.
-Use of the Options Palette: how it changes for each tool selected.

Selections and Erasing
-Use the marquee, lasso, and magic wand tools to select parts of an image in various ways
-Reposition a selection marquee
-Use of the Quick mask mode- how to fine-tune a selection
-Move and duplicate a selection
-Constrain the movement of a selection
-Add to and subtract from selections
-Rotate, scale, and transform a selection
-Crop an image

Levels & Curves
-Improving the black/white balance in images

Layers
-Organise your artwork on layers
-Create a new layer, view and hide layers
-Remove artwork on layers
-Reorder layers & applying modes to layers
-Link layers to affect them simultaneously
-Add text and layer effects to a layer
-Save a copy of the file with the layers flattened

Using Brushes and other drawing/editing tools
-The Paintbrush tool
-Brushes and the Rubber Stamp (clone) tool
-Brushes and their use with other tools
-The rubber stamp tool for duplicating objects
-Transforming an object with the Free Transform tool

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Mask
-Using Quick Mask mode to make detailed selections
-Adding and using Layer Masks

Gradients
-Using the Gradient tool
-Gradient Map adjustment layers

Text
-Using the Text Tool
-Setting font, size, Colour, Leading and Tracking
-Applying "Layer Effects" to text
-Rendering a text layer

Image Resizing
-Image size, screen size, resolution, resampling options

Retouching problem images
-Using Masks, Filters, and the Healing Brush to correct problem images
-Remove a colour cast from an image using an adjustment layer
-Spot Healing Brush (new in CS2!)

File Types: saving for different types of output
-Save an Adobe Photoshop file in a format that can be used by a page layout program
-Save a file for the Web
-Save a file for repurposing
-Save a PDF


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Advantages of learning Adobe Photoshop CS2 with XChangeTraining

-Our Adobe Photoshop CS2 trainers are experienced design professionals with excellent knowledge off all aspects of graphic design from creating artwork to guaranteeing successful output.
-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 3 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, 3 months telephone and/or e-mail support service after the course and all refreshments including a light lunch if held at the training centre.

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

Training centre pricing
Pricing for training at the Britton Street facility:
1 person £429 for a 1 day course*
2 people £529 for a 1 day course*
3 people £629 for a 1 day course
4 people £729 for a 1 day course
5 people £829 for a 1 day course
6 people £929 for a 1 day course
All prices subject to VAT

 

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* For courses held outside of London for less than 3 trainees, there is an additional charge of £75, plus a standard return train fare and/or taxi fare may be applicable.

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