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Adobe Photoshop Essential
This is a 3-day introductory course to Adobe Photoshop. The course is for anyone who is keen to learn the basic functions of photoshop. Learn the main concepts of digital images and various graphics formats. Learn to uses of the application and its tools. Work with layers, effects and filters, drawing and painting tools to apply basic image manipulation, poster and name card creation.
Things to bring during the course:
Things to bring during the course:
- A laptop (preferable a min 4GB memory or more)
- Laptop power adaptor
- Mouse
- A USB thumb drive or hard-disk
- Free USB ports for mouse and thumb drive
- Software requirement: Adobe Photoshop CS5 or CS6 or CC (preferable Adobe Photoshop CS5 or above)
Objective
- Understand the main concepts of digital images
- Understand graphic format and colour concepts.
- Open an existing image, save an image in different forma, set image file options.
- Use built-in options, such as displaying toolbars, palettes, to enhance productivity.
- Create and use layers to create images, posters, fylers and etc.
- Work with text, effects and filters, shapes and painting tools
Outline
1. Introduction to Digital Images
1.1. Understanding Pixel
1.2. Colours Concepts
1.3. Lossy vs Lossless file format
1.4. Raster vs Vector
1.5. File Formats
1.6. Capturing Images
2. Introduction to Photoshop
2.1. Open, Close, Save
2.2. Changing Image Settings
2.3. Screen Layout
2.4. Enhance Productivity
3. Understanding Layers
3.1. Types of Layers
3.2. Create and Delete
3.3. Layer Properties
3.4. Arrange and Group
3.5. Convert
3.6. Transform
3.7. Animated GIF using Layers
3.8. Adjustment Layer
3.9. Layer Mask
4. Selection
4.1. Selection Tools
4.2. Move and hand Tools
4.3. Inverse Selection
4.4. Save and load selection
5. Painting Tools
5.1. Colour Picker
5.2. Paint Bucket and Gradient Tool
5.3. Fill Colour using Selection
5.4. Clone Tool
6. Image Manipulation
6.1. Resize
6.2. Rotate and Crop
6.3. Copy and Move Image Selection
6.4. Skin Retouch using Healing Tool
6.5. Red Eye removal
6.6. Burn and Dodge
7. Adjustments and Filters
7.1. Brightness and Contrast
7.2. Levels and Curves
7.3. Colour Balance
7.4. Hue Saturation
7.5. Blur and Sharpen
7.6. Ungroup Data
7.7. Creating Custom Group
8. Shapes
8.1. Create Basic Shapes
8.2. Apply Line Weight, Style and Colour
8.3. Rasterize Shape Layer
8.4. Distort and Transform
9. Text
9.1. Add and Edit Text
9.2. Text Alignment
9.3. Text Formatting
9.4. Text Wrap
9.5. Rasterize Text Layer
9.6. Distort and Transform
1.1. Understanding Pixel
1.2. Colours Concepts
1.3. Lossy vs Lossless file format
1.4. Raster vs Vector
1.5. File Formats
1.6. Capturing Images
2. Introduction to Photoshop
2.1. Open, Close, Save
2.2. Changing Image Settings
2.3. Screen Layout
2.4. Enhance Productivity
3. Understanding Layers
3.1. Types of Layers
3.2. Create and Delete
3.3. Layer Properties
3.4. Arrange and Group
3.5. Convert
3.6. Transform
3.7. Animated GIF using Layers
3.8. Adjustment Layer
3.9. Layer Mask
4. Selection
4.1. Selection Tools
4.2. Move and hand Tools
4.3. Inverse Selection
4.4. Save and load selection
5. Painting Tools
5.1. Colour Picker
5.2. Paint Bucket and Gradient Tool
5.3. Fill Colour using Selection
5.4. Clone Tool
6. Image Manipulation
6.1. Resize
6.2. Rotate and Crop
6.3. Copy and Move Image Selection
6.4. Skin Retouch using Healing Tool
6.5. Red Eye removal
6.6. Burn and Dodge
7. Adjustments and Filters
7.1. Brightness and Contrast
7.2. Levels and Curves
7.3. Colour Balance
7.4. Hue Saturation
7.5. Blur and Sharpen
7.6. Ungroup Data
7.7. Creating Custom Group
8. Shapes
8.1. Create Basic Shapes
8.2. Apply Line Weight, Style and Colour
8.3. Rasterize Shape Layer
8.4. Distort and Transform
9. Text
9.1. Add and Edit Text
9.2. Text Alignment
9.3. Text Formatting
9.4. Text Wrap
9.5. Rasterize Text Layer
9.6. Distort and Transform
Who should attend
This course is for beginners who wish gain knowledge in using Adobe photoshop course for basic image manipulation, creating basic posters, flyers, name cards and etc.
Particular of Kalarani Kavindran
Kalarani is a passionate trainer with a great passion for learning and educating. She is extremely hardworking, professional and excellence oriented.
Kalarani is a Microsoft and Adobe Certified Trainer with a degree, BSc in Multimedia Technology and Design. Her qualification includes Advance Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA), Microsoft office specialist and ICDL certification in Advance Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint 2016 and ICDL certification is Adobe Photoshop.
Kalarani has equipped herself with skills across industries over 10 years of working experience prior to being a professional trainer. She has experience and knowledge in various fields, ranging from sales, human resource, administration and other business. She also runs her own photography, videography and graphic designing Business specialising in weddings and events.
