Adobe Photoshop CS6

Course details

Photoshop is one of the newest and trendiest software programs currently used in photo editing. Photoshop is a computer photo-editing program that was developed and published by Adobe systems, and is now the market leader for photo editing/photo manipulation work, and also probably the most well known, and widely used piece of software among graphic designers, engineers, interior designers, photographers, and photo editors. With groundbreaking creative tools, like more efficient editing, processing, and file handling, Photoshop provides photo editors with unprecedented possibilities, allowing you to clean up your photo images, and get the best picture in less time.

Course Contents 

Getting Started

• Creating new document using presets
•  Opening and saving
•  Use of save and save as command
• Introduction to colors and color modes

Different Types of Selection Methods

• Marquee selections
•  Lasso selections
• Magic wand and Quick selections

Layers

• Creating new layers
• Renaming & Reordering Layers
• Merging Layers
• Flattening an artwork into a single layer
• Using Layer Masks for creating Transparency
• Adjustment Layers

Transformation in Images

Cropping

•  Crop Tool
•  Perspective Crop Tool

Brush tools & Fill Color tools

Brush tool & brush library

Eraser tools

Paint bucket and Gradient tools

Gradient editor

Type Tools

• Different types of Type tool
• Type palettes
• Type mask tools

Eraser Tools

• Different types of eraser tools
•  Background eraser
• Magic eraser
•  Paint bucket and Gradient tools

Tonal Adjustments in a Picture

• Blur, Sharpen and Smudge
•  Dodge, Burn and Sponge

Photo Retouching

• Use of Clone Stamp and Heal brush
•  Use of Patch tool
• Content Aware Move Tool.

Creating New Patterns

• Define new Patterns
• Use of Pattern stamp
• Filling pattern in the selection

Image Enhancements

• Adjusting the Hue and Saturation of an image
• Adjusting Brightness and Contrast of an image
•  Converting Black and White images to color
• Replacing colors in an image
•  Fine toning with Selective colors

Actions in Photoshop

• Recording Actions
• Reediting Recorded Actions

Filters and Effects to Enhance Your Artworks

• Different types of Filters
•  Different types of Effects