Adobe Photoshop Training, For Print

2-day Course

Basics

Bitmap vs Vector
Interpolation, resolution and quality issues
Import percentages (maximum)
Common File formats
Viewing / opening documents
Title bar info
New document specifications
Colour model
CMYK vs RGB
Transparency support
Modes
Histogram check
RAW Import warnings
Compression, File degradation
Legacy DPI vs LPI

Tools and Palettes

Workspace
Tool bar, variations
Options bar (introduction)
Panel options
Most commonly used panels
Editing tools vs Vector tools
Rulers, guides and Grids
Using control

Image

Image sizes
Canvas size
Cropping (and resizing)
Image modes
Basic retouching with Clone, Heal, Patch tools
Dangers

Colour adjustment and management

Camera RAW
Levels: highlights, midtones, shadows
Multi-level (per channel)
Colour cast correction
Curves
Hue / saturation
Colorisation and Desaturation
Info panel
Colour sampler tool
Color range: easy-pick with websafe
Calibration

‘Quality’ adjustment

Dust and scratches
Reduce noise Blur
Gaussian blur
Sharpen / Unsharpen, and size issues

Transformation

Flipping, scaling, rotating, distorting, perspective
Control options
Free transform
Straighten or tilt

Brushes

Brush options and parameters
Brush size and hardness

Selections

Various tools
Tool options
Adding / subtracting
Inversing, feathering, grow, smooth, expand, similar
Moving, Transforming
Show / hide
Pen tool specifics
Shape tools, options
Selecting a path, show / hide, active / inactive
Saving, Clipping
Paths to selections

Channels

Understanding use
Creating, Deleting, Renaming
Using as selections
Masks
Quick Mask, Editing, Applying Channels
Clipping masks, Vector masks
Importing channels into other software

Layers

Background v Layer
Preserving data
Creating layers
Re-arranging
Hiding, Locking / unlocking
Naming, Deleting
Layer opacity

Type

Rasterised vs character
Selecting and editing
Formatting palettes
Warp text options
Special effects type
Fill and stroke
Type on a path

Workflow

Saving the workspace
Navigation, using guides and info
Saving
Save options, file formats for inDesign, web etc
Paths to Illustrator
Print options
Accurate reproduction
Colour settings

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