Duration: 1 Day
Course Overview
Advanced Photoshop training explores advanced features relevant to both graphic designers and photographers.
You’ll learn techniques that stretch the bounds of your designs and photography, turning otherwise average pictures into powerfully detailed images that stand out.
Teaches photographers and graphic designers with a good working knowledge of Photoshop enhanced skills,
to power-user level.
Sessions include:
• A detailed view of processing images through the Adobe Camera Raw interface.
• Handling colour and streamlining the web graphics creation process.
• Utilising Photoshop’s photography features to enhance and retouch images.
Whilst we have a standard syllabus for this course (see over), as far as possible we tailor the training to focus on the techniques of interest to the delegates in attendance. Our trainer discusses this with the group at the start of the course.
At the end of the course, we run an open session looking at topics requested by delegates, answering any questions you have and looking at areas you’re having problems with.
How can I attend my course?
GENERAL INFORMATION
Armada is an Adobe Authorised Training Centre (AATC), and our Advanced Photoshop course is accredited by Adobe.
Advanced Photoshop training is hosted by Adobe Certified Instructors (ACIs) with vast experience of using Photoshop professionally.
Whilst attending training at our centres, delegates have the use of a computer running licensed Photoshop software to practice the techniques taught. Refreshments and lunch are provided.
Course fees can be paid by card or bank transfer. We accept purchase orders from UK-registered companies and public sector organisations.
If you’re self-funding your training, you can pay in staged payments, interest-free, over 12 months.
METHOD OF DELIVERY
Training is designed for the busy professional, being short and intensive and combining lecture and demonstration. Practical exercises carried out under guidance help delegates learn the techniques taught.
You’ll have ample opportunity to discuss specific requirements with your trainer.
Course Content
Colour Management
Introduction – principles of colour management
Calibration and Profiling
Colour management policies
Controlling Photoshop
Preset Manager – control tool settings
Preferences – setting RAM and caches
Migrate presets
History logs
Customising menu and shortcuts
Vector Layers
Pen tool – drawing paths and creating cutouts
Cutouts – clipping paths
Vector layers – fills and strokes
Camera Raw
Introduction – Non-destructive editing for Raw, jpg and tiff files
Bit depth
White Balance, Exposure, Highlights, Shadows
Sharpening, Colour Manipulation, Lens correction
Batch processing
Exporting
Identifying colours
Channels
Alpha channels – saving selections/areas of colour
Layers
Layer comps – controlling multiple layer versions
Enhancing images
Perspective Crop
Puppet warp
Vanishing point – using 3D planes in 2D images
Printing
Print options
Adobe Bridge
Renaming files – in batches
Using Metadata to create searches
Contact sheets
Image Processor – batch saving files
Advanced selections
Quick masks – masking with hard and soft edges
Colour correction
Curves
Sizing
Transforming – scale/rotate/skew/ distort/perspective/warping
Image and canvas size
Crop tools
Content Aware scaling
File Optimisation
File formats – jpg, tiff, eps, psd …
Working with Creative Cloud
Behance – publishing work to a wider audience
Specifying colours
Spot colours – Pantone™
Indexed colours
Duotone images
Animation
Cell and Time-line animation
Exporting to video
Automating features
Actions – recording repeatable steps
Conditional actions
Tool recording
Data driven graphics – combining multiple images/text from database into templates
Open session
Mixture of topics according to delegates’ requests.
CERTIFICATE
You’ll receive an e-certificate (PDF) confirming successful completion of Adobe-accredited Advanced Photoshop training.
SUPPORT
Following Photoshop training, you’re entitled to 30 days’ email support from your trainer.