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Photoshop Quick Start

Photoshop Quick Start
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This 1-day beginner class is designed to get you up and running quickly in Photoshop. You will learn basic photo retouching, color correction, selections, replacing backgrounds, adding type, and preparing your images for print and web.
This course is ideal for designers, marketers and anyone who is pursuing a career in graphic design.No prior experience of Photoshop is needed. Training available on Mac and PC.
Detailed Course Outline:
Getting Around Photoshop
In this exercise, you will learn the basics of viewing/navigating around images and use some basic Photoshop tools.
Computer Requirements
What’s new in the current version?
Raster vs Vector
Creating A New Document
Workspaces Overview
Opening an Image
Place Embed vs Place Linked
Interface Layout and Navigation
Navigational Keyboard Shortcuts
2019 Properties Panel Update
Basic Image Retouching
In this lesson, you will perform common retouching tasks: eliminating red eye, erasing facial blemishes.
Fixing Blemishes using the Spot Healing Tool
Fixing Blemishes using the Healing Brush Tool
Removing and modifying elements using the Clone Stamp Tool
Using the Patch Tool group fixes
Removing Red Eye with the Red Eye Tool
Selecting with Magic Wand, Quick Selection Tool & Quick Mask Mode
Selecting parts of an image can often be tricky with conventional selection tools. Quick Mask Mode and other tools allows you to make or refine selections with greater precision.
Starting the Selection using Traditional Selection Tools
Using the Magic Wand
Using the Quick Select Tool
Redefining the Selection in Quick Mask Mode
Replacing Backgrounds & Tweaking Color
In this exercise, you will combine two separate photos. The first image features an alien against a boring background, you will 'cut the alien out' and place him in front of a more interesting background.
More Work with the Magic Wand Tool
Simple Image Compositing
Working with Brightness & Contrast
Working with Color Balance
Creating Text & Adding Effects
Learn to the basics of using text and commonly used effects like drop shadows, glows and more.
Creating Text
Adding Drop Shadows Manually
Working with Layer Styles
Adding a Drop Shadow
Image Tweaking & Effects
In this exercise, you will create a social media post and learn several new ways to modify, tweak and add effects to your images.
Using the Crop tool
Crop Awareness
Ratio vs Resolution
Straightening Crooked Photos
Image Size vs Canvas Size
Size Interpolation
Adding the Text Layer
Adjust the Opacity of the Layer
Feathering the Layer to Add More Subtlety
Using simple drop shadows and border effects
Cleaning Up the Background
Retro Movie Poster
In this lesson, you will make selections and learn some new tools and techniques to create this retro B-Movie poster.
Making a Selection using the Polygonal Lasso tool
Desaturate the Background to make the Foreground "Pop"
The Layers Panel
Adding Basic Type
Warping Text
The Basics of Preparing Digital Photos for Print
In this exercise, you will use an image taken with a digital camera (RGB image) and convert it an image ready for print (CMYK image) with a resolution of 300 ppi (pixel per inch)
Image Size
Resampling
Saving as PSD
Saving as TIFF
Document Size
Preparing for Print
Saving Photos for the Web
In this lesson, you will prepare images for the Web, converting them to RGB, reducing the resolution to 72 ppi, and reducing the file size to ensure fast download times.
Resizing an Image for the Web
Saving Images as JPEGs
Reducing the Image File Size
Resampling
Adding Metadata
Comparing GIF and PNG
Saving as GIF and PNG
Web Transparency
What's Included
Certificate of Course Completion
Training Manual
FREE Class Repeat
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