This course is for anyone interested to improve their skills and making the most of Adobe's most popular image editing application.

On this course you will learn best practices, shortcuts, timesavers and general workflows using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Bridge.

Taking part in this hands-on workshop will provide you with techniques to be able to work faster, more efficiently and more professionally with this industry leading Adobe product.

All attendees are required to bring a laptop with relevant software loaded (preferably latest version or at least Photoshop CS6).

Course Syllabus

Basics

• Working with images
• User Interface
• Navigation
• Image size and Resolution
• Cropping Images
• Color modes
• Bridge integration
• Camera RAW

Layers

• Layers basics
• Layers Panel
• Special Layers
• Layer styles
• Blend modes

Drawing

• Brush Tool
• Create Custom Brushes
• Vector Shapes

Transformations

• Basic Transformations
• Special Transformations - Puppet Warp, Perspective Warp CC 

Selections

• Basic Selections Tools
• Selections based on color and contrast
• Advanced Selection techniques 

Masking

• Non-destructive workflow
• Masking
• Vector Mask for geometric shapes
• Vector Mask for organic shapes (Pen Tool) 

Smart Objects

• Smart Objects basics
• Vector Smart Objects
• Linked Smart objects
• Smart Filters 

Adjustment Layers

• Adjustment Layers
• Tonal Adjustments
• Color Adjustments
• Contrast Adjustments 

Retouching

• Healing Brushes
• Clone Stamp Tool
• Advanced Clone Stamp techniques
• Liquify Filter
• Content-Aware techniques
• Dodge and Burn
• Retouching portraits (combination of tools)
• Restoration and colouring of photographs 

Type

• Working with text
• Formatting text
• Techniques with text 

Save and Export

• Saving your work
• Creating print-ready PDFs
• Saving file for the Web

Course cost £250 per person - includes lunch and all course materials.

To book please email [email protected]