Adobe Photoshop CS5 - 1 day intensive training course

Course length: 6 hours 
Time: 9am to 4pm with 1 hour for lunch
Refreshments: Tea, Coffee & bottled water available
Cost: £100.00 (Introductory price, limited time only)
Course dates: Please call for further information

If you are new to the world of digital image editing and would like to learn the software used world-wide by home users and professionals, this one day intensive training course will teach you everything you need to know.

From understanding the Photoshop Interface to cloning and layers, you will gain a solid understanding of how Photoshop works and what it can do for you.

No previous Photoshop experience is necessary to attend this course. Course material and tutor led tutorials are easy to understand and targeted at users new to the software whilst enabling everyone to experience Photoshop at an advanced yet comfortable level. Class sizes are small to ensure a high quality learning experience.

Topics covered:

Understanding the Photoshop interface
  • Organising your work space effectively
  • Shortcut keys
  • Tool box, Palettes and Panels

Colour correction and lighting adjustment
  • Levels
  • Curves
  • Hue and Saturation
  • Colour tinting

Cropping and resizing
  • Selecting parts of an image using the selection tools
  • Straightening images
  • Perspective

Image resolution & file sizes
  • Image formats
  • Saving image for the web and print

Using layers
  • Layer styles
  • Blending modes
  • Layer masks
Image repair & manipulation, fixing old photographs
  • Clone tool
  • Healing brush
  • Airbrush & other brush tools
  • Dodge, Burn & Sponge
  • Soften & Sharpen

Design and image composition
  • Using images from different sources in your project
  • Text layers and paths
  • Filters
  • Transform tools

Isolating parts of an image for removal or editing
  • Image masks
  • Magic Wand
  • Pen tool
  • Background eraser

People who have attended this course had this to say:

"Very friendly, informative and unhurried, in this environment I feel my confidence in required fields of knowledge has grown at a gratifying rate..."
A C , ...Artist

"I found the training very comprehensive and not too slow.  The instructions were perfect for me as they were logically set out.  The tutor was polite and patient and I found him to be extremely knowledgeable in Photoshop...."
M M,...Personal Assistant WWFP