The BookMachine are hosting a Understanding Photoshop course. The presentation is split into two sessions - join us in the morning to get comfortable with Photoshop - opening existing images, cropping, extending, layering and to starting to make adjustments before exporting to the correct size and image format. The afternoon session then gives you an understanding of the professional methods used to build complex images, to adjust and blend images together and to add text effects.
This is a thorough presentation of techniques and we recommend you take notes! You can bring your own laptop. Stay for both sessions to get the most out of the day, meet other industry professionals and have some lunch (included if you stay all day)
Schedule:
Morning session 10am-1pm
Opening Photoshop documents
Managing workspaces
Cropping and rotating artwork
Understanding image resolution, dimensions and file size
Lasso and marquee tools
Quick Selection and Magic Wand tools
Modifying and saving selections
Working with layers
Layer opacity and blends
Solid colour and gradient fill layers
Creating and reusing layer effects
Grouping, linking and merging layers
Adjustment layers
Smart Objects
Removing imperfections and unwanted details
The Clone Stamp and Healing Brush tools
Content Aware Retouching
Pros and Cons of various file formats
Exporting for the web - GIF, JPEG and PNG.
Afternoon session 2pm-5pm
Improving tonal range
Using curves to adjusting colour balance
Editing Hue and Saturation
Introduction to masking
Working with Layer masks
Working with Vector masks
Clipping Masks
Multiple masking
Cutting out hair and complex areas
Introduction to filters
Liquify
Using filters with masks
Using Adjustment Layers with Masks
Sharing styles and settings
Working with the text
Image and text effects
Character and paragraph formatting
Applying text effects
Exporting for production - PSD and TIF
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