Photoshop is a pixel (raster) based application for editing photographs, creating graphics and image creation – developed by Adobe. It’s widely used for photographic editing, image manipulation, and graphic design.
Photoshop allows users to create, enhance, or edit digital images, offering a wide range of tools for various tasks. Adobe Photoshop was first released in 1988.
As part of the Adobe create cloud Photoshop can generate content for Print, web, Video and animation and Social Media.
Generating PSD files which can be read nativily by Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, After Effects and Express
With options to export to muliple formats for web and social media.
Course outlines
Photoshop Introduction Course
Day one – The key concepts of Adobe Photoshop
Introduction – basic concepts
• Pixel resolution
• Colour RGB v CMYK
• Preferences – light or dark
• Interface – panels, option bar and toolbox
• Workspaces – saving
• Concept of anti-aliasing
Navigation
• Getting around an image
• Zoom Tool
• Hand Tool – Spacebar
• Shortcuts to views
Opening and closing
• File formats available
• Saving format
Digital fundamentals
• Resolution
• Resizing and interpolation
• Removing items with Generative Fill
Basic brush skills
• Selecting a brush
• Brush sizes
• Painting with brushes
Introduction to selections
• Geometric marque tool
• Create new layers
• Concept of masking
• Layers and layer masks
• Lasso and polygon lasso
Cropping and straightening
• Crop tool
• Non-destructive cropping
• Straighten tool
• Generative Expand
Day two – The key concepts of Adobe Photoshop
Colour basics
• Colour wheel
• Compare RGB – CMYK
• Colour settings
• Proof colours
Basic colour correction
• Assessing images
• Auto correction
• Adjustment layers
• Creating greyscale images
• Sepia effects
Creating a composition
• Selections
• Layer styles
• Drag and drop
• The story of Silly Leaf and Smart Leaf
• Adjustment layers and masks
• Painting v gradients masks
• Place – link or embedded
Working with type
• Adobe type
• Type 101
• Point and area type
Blur and sharpen
• Smart filtering for blur
• Smart filters for sharpening
Export options
• Understanding a PSD
• Save-as or export
• For web
• For print
• For Adobe Express
Create panorama
• Photomerge
• Retouching with Generative Fill
• Remove Tool
Photoshop Advanced Course
Day one– Bringing things into focus
Introduction
• Re-cap setting preferences
• Workspaces
• RAM and disk space
• Interface and performance
Working with Bridge
• Bridge overview
• Color setting in Bridge
• Preview images
• Rank images
Camera RAW
• Overview of format
• Capturing camera raw
• Advantages
• Camera RAW interface
• Working with other images
Retouching and masking
• The concept of retouching
• Non-destructive editing
• Spot healing brush
• Soften skin
• Painting with light and dark
• Masking
• Exporting
Working with smart filters
• What are smart filters, and why use them
• How do you create
• Applying
Colour correction
• Using the numbers
• Sampling colour
• Info panel
• Setting for print
Day two – Digging deeper and consolidation
Working with vectors
• Mastering the pen tool
• Anchors and paths
• Creating
• Selection
• Vector masks
Working with vector shapes
• Basic Shapes
• Custom shape tool
Working with type
• Type 101
• Adobe Fonts
• Point v Area
• Anti-aliased type
• Baseline, tracking and kerning
Selection and masking
• Quick selection tool
• Object selection
• Select and mask
• How to refine hair and soft edges
Actions & automation
• Understanding actions
• Creating actions
• Create a Panorama recap
• Retouching with Generative Fill
Create montage from images
• Experiment with layers and masks
• Blending modes and opacity
• Add some type
• Export for web and print
Create images with generative AI
• Experiment with prompts
• Working with alternative versions
Export options
• Understanding a PSD
• Save-as or export
• For web
• For print
• For Adobe Express