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Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop training course, teaching key functions and skills in our 2day, intensive, course


Armada

Summary

Price
£474 inc VAT
Finance options

Payment by bank transfer or card.

Study method
Classroom
Duration
2 days · Full-time
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Certificate of completion - Free
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

Location & dates

Location
Start date
End date
10/03/2025
11/03/2025

End date: 11/03/2025

Additional info: 9:30am-4:30pm, lunch and refreshments provided

Address
Hartwell House
55-61 Victoria Street
BRISTOL
Avon
BS16AD
United Kingdom
23/06/2025
24/06/2025

End date: 24/06/2025

Additional info: 9:30am-4:30pm, lunch and refreshments provided

Address
Hartwell House
55-61 Victoria Street
BRISTOL
Avon
BS16AD
United Kingdom
05/12/2024
06/12/2024

End date: 06/12/2024

Additional info: 9:30am-4:30pm, lunch and refreshments provided

Address
6 West Court, Saxon Business Park
Stoke Prior
BROMSGROVE
Worcestershire
B604AD
United Kingdom
19/12/2024
20/12/2024

End date: 20/12/2024

Additional info: 9:30am-4:30pm, lunch and refreshments provided

Address
6 West Court, Saxon Business Park
Stoke Prior
BROMSGROVE
Worcestershire
B604AD
United Kingdom

Overview

Learn Adobe Photoshop, the de facto standard for high-end image creation and manipulation.

This course will provide you with all the essential knowledge you need to create, edit and manipulate sophisticated images. Training covers all key tools and features including:

  • Colour correction.
  • Working with layers.
  • Compositing images.
  • Preparing images for use on the Web.

Photoshop courses with Armada are hosted by expert instructors with vast experience of using Photoshop in industry.

Delegates receive:

  • A comprehensive training guide for Photoshop, to refer to throughout the course, and to use as a refresher afterwards.
  • An e-certificate confirming successful completion of an Adobe Photoshop training course.
  • 30 days' after-course support.
  • Fantastic facilities (including lunch and refreshments) at our centres.

Courses are available in Bromsgrove (near Birmingham), Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Reading and Sheffield.

We also offer this course in our popular Live Online format - on a frequent basis and at a discounted rate!

Certificates

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

Resources

  • Course outline -

Description

Typical sessions on our 2day course include:

Introduction

  • Vector vs. bitmap graphics
  • Image resolution
  • Interface – tools/control panel/panels)
  • Preferences – units/increments/guides/ Undos

Painting

  • Paint tools – Paintbrush/Pencil/Eraser…
  • Tool presets – saving tool settings
  • Working with pen and tablets
  • Patterns
  • Gradients – linear/radial/angled

Basic Selection techniques

  • Selection tools – Marquee/Lasso/Magic wand/Quick Selection
  • Modifying selections
  • Colour range – making selections based on colour

Working with layers

  • Introduction – layer concepts
  • Creating, modifying and controlling
  • Transparency – opacity and blend modes
  • Layer styles – layer specific styles such as patterns/gradients/fills…
  • Layer groups – organising layers
  • Aligning/distributing layers
  • Positioning/smart guides
  • Clipping masks – masking using layers

Working with colours

  • Colour theory – RGB/CMYK
  • Gamut – identify non-printing colours
  • Saving colours – swatches
  • Eyedropper tool

Saving your work

  • File formats – benefits and uses of formats: psd/tif/jpg/png…

Sizing

  • Transforming – scale/rotate/skew/distort/ perspective/ warping
  • Image and canvas size
  • Crop tools
  • Content Aware scaling

Identifying colours/selections

  • Channels
  • Alpha Channels – saving selections/areas of colour

Cutouts

  • Refine edge – cutting out hair/fur/foliage

Working with External files

  • Place linked
  • Place embedded

Correcting and enhancing images

  • Auto adjustments – tone/colour/contrast
  • Histograms – understanding information
  • Colour balance
  • Replace colour
  • Hue/saturation
  • Levels – adjusting tonal balance
  • Black and white

Intermediate-level layers

  • Layers – transparency/blend modes
  • Layer Masks – non-destructive/paintable masks
  • Smart Objects – combine layers to create non-destructive
  • Layer Adjustments – apply non-destructive edits such as levels, Hue/Saturation…
  • Layer control – merge, flatten

Type

  • Type formatting – Character and Paragraph

Effects

  • Applying filters – watercolour/ solarisation, etc.
  • Filter gallery – combining filters
  • Blur filters – for effect
  • Puppet warp
  • Liquify filters – distorting images

Retouching images

  • Content aware – move/fill/scale
  • Retouching tools – clone stamp/spot/healing brush/patch tool
  • Retouching techniques

Adobe Bridge

  • Previewing files – and contents
  • Reviewing and rating files
  • Photomerge
  • Loading images as layers

Integration with other Adobe apps

  • Adobe Stock
  • Adobe Fuse

Who is this course for?

This course is ideal for newcomers to Photoshop, and those with limited Photoshop experience. It is suitable for both Windows or Mac users.

Requirements

No prior Photoshop knowledge is necessary.

Career path

Adobe Photoshop skills are a great addition to any CV. Photoshop is used in such a wide variety of industries and job roles.

This include: Advertising, Marketing, Graphic design, Editors, Social media, Web designer, Photographers, Photographers assistants.

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