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Photoshop CS2: Advanced
Adobe Authorised Courses |
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Public scheduled course £435
Prices exclude VAT. |
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For those who are already familiar with Photoshop but wish they could get more from this immensely powerful and versatile application, this is a two day Adobe authorised ‘power user’ course.
In addition to Photoshop’s more advanced features, the course covers incorporating resolution-independent vector-based graphics and type into pixel based images, advanced retouching and colour correction techniques, creating special effects, automating repetitive tasks and looks at the latest web output enhancements.
This course is intended to enable you to realise your creative and productive potential whilst working more quickly and efficiently. Feel free to bring along examples of your work.
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DAY ONE
INTRODUCTION
PHOTOSHOP ESSENTIALS
Essential keyboard shortcuts
Customising keyboard shortcuts
Customising the workspace and menu item display
Creating tool presets
Using the Purge command
Defining colour settings
ICC profiles
Soft Proofing and Gamut
Warning commands
Working with libraries
Annotations
16-bit and 8-bit editing
Viewing the History Log
Working smarter with the Bridge
TONE AND COLOUR CORRECTION
Working with Adjustment layers
Tone and colour correction with levels and curves
Fixed colour samplers and the Info palette
The Selective Colour command
The Channel Mixer command
Custom greyscale conversions
Working in Lab mode
FURTHER COLOUR TOOLS
Techniques for colour replacement
Gradient Map command
The Match Colour command
The Shadow Highlight command
SELECTION TECHNIQUES
Creating paths and clipping paths
The Extract command
Working with Alpha channels
Creating selections in Alpha channels
Masks from Colour channels
Combining masks
The Calculations command
Spot Colour channels
RETOUCHING TECHNIQUES
Better retouching techniques
The Vanishing Point tool
The Colour Replacement tool
Utilising blend modes
Blurring and noise reduction
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DAY TWO
INTRODUCTION
AUTOMATING TASKS
The Actions palette
Recording actions
Saving and loading palette sets
Batch processing/automate plug-ins
Creating Droplets
Running scripts
DRAWING AND PAINTING
Vector shape tools
Combining shapes with add, subtract and intersect commands
Creating custom shapes
Image Warp tools
Output of vector files
Creating custom brush shapes and paint stroke effects
LAYERING TECHNIQUES
Working faster and smarter in layers
Techniques with layer masks
Using vector masks
Rasterising vector masks
Clipping masks
Adjustment layers
Creating pattern, solid and gradient layers
Techniques with layer styles
Fill opacity vs. general opacity
Creating layers from styles
Layer comps
Free Transform/Alignment commands
Using Layer Blend modes
Neutral Fill layers
FILTER TECHNIQUES
More useful filters
Fading and blending filter effects
Using the Lens Blur filter
Using the Lighting Effects filter
Using Alpha Channels with filters
WEB GRAPHICS
Image slicing
GIF animations
Creating rollovers
Using alpha channels to optimise images
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If you'd like to book by phone, or discuss your requirements;
 Courses provided by partners Media Training.
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