Adobe Photoshop CC Introduction 2 Days - Online

Photoshop Online Introduction 2 Days Overview

This 2-day Introduction course helps you learn about the tools and features available in Adobe Photoshop. We will help you understand how this industry-leading program takes image manipulation to a new level. You will use the program's tools for painting, retouching, and enhancing images by using selections and layers.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Navigate the Photoshop environment
• Select parts of an image in several ways
• Enhance images by using Adjustment Layers and Smart Sharpen
• Understand tools used for painting and retouching images
• Fill areas with colour and gradients
• Blend images to create simple compositions
• Create type and produce simple adverts
• Resize images for the web and for print
• Add, adjust and style both text and layers
• Output artwork for the web
• Prepare images for print

Our goal is for you to understand the basics of adjusting and enhancing images.

Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites

This course is intended for digital artists and photographers as well as those who work for advertising agencies, design agencies, marketing agencies, production houses, and specialist corporate departments.

You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.

Photoshop CC Introduction 2 Days 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.

• Exploring the Interface
• Managing Panels
• Adjusting and Saving your Workspace
• Zooming in and out and moving around
• Using Undos with the History Panel

• Creating Selections using Marquee, Magic Wand, Quick Selection and Lasso tools
• Adding and Subtracting from a selection
• Transforming a Selection
• Modifying a Selection using Refine Edge
• Saving and Reloading a Selection

• Cropping an image
• Using Levels and Curves Adjustment Layers
• Using Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer
• Using Colour Balance Adjustment Layer
• Sharpening using Smart Sharpen

• Basics of Painting
• Clone Stamp and Healing Brush tools
• Using the Filter Gallery

• Creating New Layers
• Transforming Layer Objects
• Applying Transparency and changing the Blend modes
• Adding Text
• Creating Layer Masks
• Adding Layer Styles

• Choosing colours
• Using the Eyedropper tool
• Filling an area with colour
• Creating gradients

• Using the Type tool
• Formatting Text
• Adding Layer styles to Text
• Rasterising text

• Sizing images for web pages
• Sizing images for print
• Resizing images
• Changing the Canvas Size

• Understanding different file types
• Saving for Web

• Understanding the Print options

• Working non-destructively with Layer Masks
• Creating Layer Masks
• Editing Layer Masks
• Creating Fading Effects with Layer Masks

What's Included

The following are provided for your best experience on this course:

• Live Online Tuition
• Adobe Certified Instructor
• Same classroom experience and screen sharing but remote from your location
• Small class size (limited to a maximum of 3-6 attendees on all sessions)
• 6 months post course support to assist you where needed
• Official Adobe Authorised Certificate for your successful completion of the course

Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend signing into the online training at 9.45am on the first day of the course to ensure your technical setup is working correctly.

Further details on benefits included with this Adobe Photoshop CC course:

Training Location

This course is provided as a remote online course with live training provided by our Adobe Certified Trainer.

Accessing the live online course anywhere is easy and all you will need is:

• Computer with the trial or full version of the software
• Separate screen or device for the shared video display
• Sound output via computer or headset
• Ideally a camera and microphone on the computer for remote contact

Our goal is for you to be able to create simple but professional documents that are ready to use for the web and for print.

It is important to note this is not a classroom based training.

Scheduled Course Enquiry

If you are considering this Photoshop CC Introduction 2 Days Course but would like further information simply send us your query quickly & easily with the form below. Whether you would like to check date availability, pricing, course suitability or just need further information about a course send us your query and we will get you a swift reply, usually within 2 business hours!

If you would prefer to check course details by phone please call us on 0345 363 1130.

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Testimonials

Overall I feel the Photoshop course was great. The tutor was patient and had a great in depth knowledge on Photoshop. All in all I had a great day and I feel like I'm a more confident Photoshop user thanks to the trainer and XChange training.

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The materials provided are very good and the organisation was great.

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Excellent service and a great place to be trained with superb and well presented facilities. Trainer couldn't have been better - we will definitely invest in another training course.

Ben Ellis, National Lottery, Photoshop - 2 Day Advanced

Good overview for beginners on making selections, image manipulation and corrections.

Claire Williams, Ascribe, Photoshop - 2 Day Introduction

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Michaela Dixon, Motor Mart Ltd, Photoshop - 1 Day Introduction

Good basic introduction to Photoshop but included some advanced elements that could be expanded on with further reading/training.

Karen Hartley, J Murphy & Sons, Photoshop - 2 Day Introduction

Thank you very much for a really good course yesterday. I have been a Photoshop user for several years but this is the first time I have understood how the program works which is exactly what I wanted to achieve, as well as learn good practice and new techniques.

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It was a good starting point to learn about Photoshop and was a good relaxed informal class.

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