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Photoshop for Beginners

In-Company courses can be arranged at your venue or at our offices in London.

"I enjoyed the course and found it very useful; it has provided me with a more detailed understanding of Photoshop than I had expected."
TFL delegate

"I feel a lot more confident now, the environment was relaxed and friendly which I find essential in a training situation – I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope to come back some time to complete Photoshop 2."
Plantation Shutters delegate

Please note: This course has been discontinued, but may still be offered as an In-Company programme tailored to your organisation. Please call us on 020 8874 2718 or complete this form to discuss your requirements.

Adobe Photoshop is a powerful and flexible package that has become the standard image manipulation software for print and electronic publishers. This introductory course is intended for designers, editors, marketers and production staff with little or no knowledge of Photoshop.

The course will:

  • demonstrate the key functions of the programme
  • introduce you to the process of modification and montaging of images
  • develop your skills from the initial scan or digital photograph, through to final preparation for print or web publishing.

Group sizes are kept deliberately small, ensuring that you get the individual attention you need as you work through a number of confidence-building exercises. You will gain hands-on experience on either an Apple Mac or PC, which is pre-loaded with all the latest software, including Adobe CS 5.5.

Programme

Day One

  • The digital workspace
  • Setting up documents
  • Selection tools
  • The layers palette
  • The navigator palette
  • The history palette
  • The options bar
  • Size and resolution
  • Why Photoshop sometimes doesn't 'do what you expect'
  • Changing colours with the colour picker
  • Creating and understanding multiple layer documents

Day Two

  • Scanning and digital imagery: the jargon
  • The difference between digital photos and scanned images
  • How to realign, crop, repair and improve images
  • Non-permanent editing: adjustment layers
  • The text tool and text layers
  • Image preparation for print and web.

Note: This course is taught using Adobe CS5.5.

Who will benefit from this course?

Marketing and design personnel who need an introduction to the software.

Your Tutor

Meg Richardson is a freelance graphic designer, typographer, book binder and trainer who has worked for a wide range of clients, designing and illustrating anything from small booklets to large academic volumes. Meg has been a visiting lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and De Montford University. Her limited edition artists' books are in major collections such as the Tate Britain and the British Library. She is an Adobe Certified Instructor.

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