Adobe Photoshop Introduction for Graphic Designers & Photographers

London Software Training

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Our Adobe Photoshop Introduction 2 Day Course will give you an introduction and basics understanding of Adobe Photoshop. After the course, you’ll have the skills to perform photo editing, image manipulation and more advanced processes such as product mock-ups and photorealistic computer illustration in Adobe Photoshop. The Adobe Photoshop course can be tailored to your needs and you’ll work on exciting design projects, with the aim to develop your portfolio.

Adobe Photoshop Introduction 2 Day Course Outline:

• Digital imaging
• Image quality and resolution
• Bitmap and vector graphics
• Image and canvas size
• Colour spaces and bit depth
• Design principles
• Files formats and media
• Interface
• Create a new document
• Controlling the workspace
• Screen layout and window arrangements
• Navigation and zoom shortcuts
• Undo, redo and history
• Guides, grid and ruler
• Use the red eye tool
• Use the clone stamp tools
• Use the blur, sharpen and smudge tools
• Use the dodge, burn and sponge tools
• Content-aware tools
• Layers
• Create, delete and edit layers
• Name, hide, arrange layers
• Merge and group layers
• Change opacity and blending modes
• Cropping Images
• Transform, scale and distort layers
• Selections
• Creating selections using the selection tools
• Improve and refine selections
• Transform, scale and distort selections
• Saving and loading selections
• Create layer masks and clipping masks
• Image retouching
• Use the healing brushes, patch and content-aware tools
• Work with the colour picker
• Use the eyedropper tools
• Colour correction and adjustment
• Use adjustment layers
• Levels and curves
• Hue and saturation
• Shadow and highlights
• Text
• Create text using the type tool
• Discover character properties
• Discover paragraph properties
• Working with styles and adding styles to text
• Output graphics for web, print and video
• Compress image size
• Save and share colours and swatches
• Create and control gradients
• Correct and retouch images
• Painting and working with brushes
• Colours and gradients

Please note that course delivery is available either in-class (£295) or live online (£245).

What our students say about this Adobe Photoshop course:

Toby - Didn’t expect to learn so much in such a short time.

James - I took the Adobe Photoshop Introduction course and enjoyed every minute of it. The course leader Sham was very engaging and got me very interested in a piece of software I had never used before!

Fahim - I took the Adobe Photoshop Introduction course, I highly recommend using LST, a great course and tutor! I will be back to further enhance my knowledge of Adobe software and or other software packages. They are very flexible, especially since they offer remote live sessions and work to your schedule.

Our Adobe Photoshop Introduction 2 Day Course is ideal for absolute beginners or anyone looking to consolidate their existing Adobe Photoshop skills within a supportive and creative learning environment. Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop is beneficial for anyone looking to further their creative career or gain employment within a variety of design, graphic, web, fashion, photography and media fields.

No previous experience of Adobe Photoshop required, just a keenness to learn!

Adobe Photoshop opens up many opportunities within various industries, we offer guidance on CV and portfolio building as part of the course. For example as a Graphic Designer (average annual salary £47,500). You may also want to look at London Software Training’s Career Development Packages to develop your creative opportunities.

• Product Design
• Branding
• Graphic Design
• Illustration
• Photography