Adobe Photoshop CS6 Essentials Introduction 1 Day - Manchester

Photoshop Introduction 1 Day Overview

This 1-day Essentials 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
• Blend images to create simple compositions
• Add and adjust both text and layers
• Resize images for the web and for print
• 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 CS6 Introduction 1 Day 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 Interface
• Managing Panels
• Adjusting and Saving your Workspace
• Zooming in and out and moving around
• Using Undos with the History Panel

Working with Selections

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

Enhancing an Image

• Cropping an image
• Using Levels
• Adjustment Layers
• Sharpening using Smart Sharpen

Painting, Retouching and creating Artistic Images

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

Basic working with Layers

• Creating New Layers
• Transforming Layer Objects
• Adding Text

Checking the Image settings

• Sizing images for web pages
• Sizing images for print
• Resizing images

Saving images

• Understanding different file type options
• Saving for Web

Printing images

• Understanding the Print options

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 4-8 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 the XChange Training Manchester training centre based at:

Piccadilly House
49 Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 2AP

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Piccadilly House is located in the heart of Manchester directly next to the Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange with excellent bus and tram connections and is easily accessed from Piccadilly train Station (5 mins). Victoria station is also close by (around 10 mins).

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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Testimonials

The instructor was excellent and very patient!

Sharon Clarken, Newsquest Magazines Ltd, Photoshop - 2 Day Advanced

Have thoroughly enjoyed attending the photoshop training course. The instructor was extremely helpful, friendly and knowledgable. I have gained lots of useful hints, tips and techniques to help me. Will happily recommend to others. Thank you.

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

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

Claire Williams, Ascribe, Photoshop - 2 Day Introduction

I thought the training was excellent and was impressed by the knowledge of the instructor. I also found the adaptability to teach on images I brought with me extremely helpful. Many thanks!

Keith Baker, Science Press Ltd, Photoshop - 2 Day Introduction

An excellent introduction to Photoshop - well paced, informative and the tutor was very attentive to our needs.

Hayley Gelling, Production Guild, Photoshop Essentials - 1 Day

Good pace and broad spectrum of basics covered, along with some harder content. Instructor was friendly, direct and highly knowledgeable. Not a pressured environment, very useful.

Jennifer Brough, Chartered Insurance Institute, Photoshop - 1 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.

Robert Green, Larato, Photoshop 1 Day Introduction

The trainer had an excellent knowledge of product and how to apply things in a day to day situation.

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