Adobe Photoshop CS6 Advanced 2 Days - Glasgow

Photoshop Advanced 2 Days Overview

This 2-day Advanced course will help to develop your skills as you explore the professional features of Adobe Photoshop. We will show you how to work with the clever image-handling tools that can help you to produce stylish output every time. We will cover advanced topics such as facial retouching and automating workflows.

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

• Apply advanced facial retouching and manipulation techniques
• Handle and adjust photos in Camera Raw format
• Enhance images by using content-aware tools
• Warp images and apply other special effects
• Customise and create brushes and patterns
• Mask and lock parts of an image
• Automate your workflow with other Creative Suite programs

Our goals are for you to understand the advanced features of Photoshop and for you to become a confident power user.

Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites

This course is intended for those who wish to enhance their existing knowledge of Photoshop and who work as 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 experience in using Photoshop. Ideally, you will have taken our Adobe Photoshop CS6 Introduction 2 Day course.

 

Photoshop CS6 Advanced 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.

Managing the Adobe Photoshop Environment

• Exploring the Preferences
• Customising Keyboard Shortcuts
• Adjusting Tool Presets

Camera Raw files

• Understanding Camera Raw
• Adjusting Raw files
• Managing Raw files from the same shoot
• Camera Raw Workflow
• Creating Camera Raw Presets and Applying Them
• Batch Processing Images with Camera Raw Presets

Enhanced Image Editing

• Using improved selecting and masking
• Selecting using Paths
• Using Refine Edge
• Working with content-aware fill
• Using content-aware healing
• Using content-aware scaling
• Using Content-Aware Move Tool
• Advanced masking with Calculations and Apply Image

Retouching Techniques

• Portrait retouching
• Skin Softening Techniques for Retouching
• Sharpening methods
• Specific colour adjustment
• Removing unwanted elements

Working with Layers

• Best practice for managing multiple Layers
• Working with Lock options
• Creating Clipping Masks
• Using Smart Objects
• Using Vector Shape Layers

Working with Colour

• Understanding the Colour Settings
• Working with Image Profiles
• Using Proof options
• RGB vs CMYK workflow for print

Painting

• Customising Brushes
• Creating your own Brushes
• Customising Patterns

Streamlining work

• Creating Actions
• Using Droplets and Batch processing
• Using Layer Comps to manage layouts
• Incorporating Bridge

Image manipulation tools

• Using Puppet Warp
• Using Vanishing Point
• Using Liquify
• Applying Lighting effects
• Creating Panoramic images with Photomerge

Preparing images for use

• Slicing images for the web
• Creating animated Gifs
• Preparing Photoshop images to be traced in Illustrator
• Understanding how Photoshop and InDesign work together

What's Included

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

• All computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac systems
• Small class size (limited to a maximum of 4-6 attendees on all sessions)
• Quality reference manual for post course reference to take away with you
• 6 months post course support to assist you where needed
• Official Adobe Authorised Certificate for your successful completion of the course
• Lunch To give you the most flexible options for lunch we provide lunch vouchers which can be redeemed locally at a number of popular eateries including Pret A Manger, EAT, Starbucks, Tesco, Sainsburys, Boots and Greggs
• Refreshments to keep you on top form are available for you throughout the course with a full range of teas, coffees and biscuits
• Pads and pens

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 arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.

Further details on benefits included with this Adobe Photoshop CS6 course:

Adobe Certified Photoshop Instructor

We are an Adobe Authorised Training Centre and our trainers are Adobe Certified Instructors with years of experience teaching Photoshop. Get the Photo Editing skills you need with our experienced Photoshop professionals.

Quality training manual

Included with our Photoshop courses is the Brilliant Photoshop book provided for free to use as a post course reference resource. This is a full 300+ page manual to supplement the content covered during the course.

6 months support

Included with your course booking for all delegates on this course is 6 months free support so if you run into problems or need assistance relating to anything covered during your course we would be happy to assist you during this time.

Adobe Authorised Certificate

After your Adobe class with XChange Training you will receive our official Adobe Authorised Training Certificate as a record of your successful completion of the Adobe Certified Photoshop course.

Lunch & refreshments

Delegates attending scheduled or bespoke courses at our training centres will receive lunch and plentiful refreshments including tea, coffee and hot chocolate for each day of the course.

Training Location

This course is provided at our Scotland training centre located in central Glasgow at:

Centrum Business Centre
38 Queen Street
Glasgow
G1 3DX

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The Glasgow training centre is located on Queen Street in the heart of Glasgow close to Central Station, Queen Street Station and Argyle Street Station.

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 arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.

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

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Thanks for great few days of learning, I really enjoyed the course! The post course files will be very handy.

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The instructor was excellent and very patient!

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I now feel very confident with Photoshop, the last two days have helped build my knowledge of the program and I look forward to trying out the new things I have learnt.

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As an experienced Photoshop user it was really good to be shown that what I'm doing and the things I have taught myself are in fact right! It's also great to be shown new features. Overall a very good two days. Thanks!

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