Adobe Photoshop CS6 Essentials Central

Course details

Participants are introduced to basic concepts in touch-up for photography in general and then to the Photoshop tool. The tool has many elements to enhance and produce various effects, textures and picture composites for different layers of a picture.

Photoshop provides easy adding of additional layers to combine many pictures and annotate them.

Have fun in this easy going course, we fire up your creative juices in class and allow you to go wild on your imagination while having total fun with your pictures - personal or professional.

Who Should Take This Course:

All of us take about 500 to 1000 pictures or more each year. Most of these pictures have problems with lighting , backdrops, combination of the right elements and need good touchup to make them 'good images'.

Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard tool for working on pictures for the last two decades. Photoshop CS6 has fantastic tools and techniques to bring out the 'Ouch' in pics and make them a Vow!

Course Content:

Module 1: Getting Started

• Navigating Photoshop
• Menus and panels
• Opening new files
• Opening existing files
• Exploring the Toolbox
• Exploring Panels & Menus
• Customizing the Interface
• Setting Preferences

Module 2: Working with Images

• Zooming & Panning an Image
• Working with Multiple Images, Rulers, Guides & Grids
• Adjusting Color with the New Adjustments Panel
• Resizing and Cropping Images
• Understanding Pixels & Resolution
• Resizing for Print & Web
• Cropping & Straightening an Image
• Adjusting Canvas Size & Canvas Rotation

Module 3: Working With Tools and Layers

• Selection tools, Marquee tools, & crop tools
• Understanding the Background Layer
• Creating, Selecting, Linking & Deleting Layers
• Creating & Modifying Text

Module 4: Painting in Photoshop

• Working with Colors & Swatches
• Creating & Using Gradients
• Creating & Working with Brushes
• Using the Pencil & Eraser Tools
• Painting with Selections
• Photo Retouching
• Editing Tools

Module 5: Image Menu options

• Modifying the colours
• Duplicating an image
• Resizing for Print & Web
• Adjusting Canvas Size & Canvas Rotation