Adobe Photoshop Course: Level 1

Adobe Photoshop. Transform your images into anything you can imagine.

Photoshop gives you a complete set of professional tools for retouching, compositing, and editing down to the pixel level. Learn Adobe Photoshop the smart way with Adobe Photoshop courses at CCE, The University of Sydney.

Aims

This Adobe Photoshop training course will provide an introduction into the powerful Adobe Photoshop suite that will teach you how to optimise and create digital images. Learn how to add those finishing touches to your photographs to render superb images or use the powerful editing techniques to create images for web and graphic design. Completion of this Adobe Photoshop course provides sufficient knowledge to progress on to Adobe Photoshop Course: Level 2.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this Adobe Photoshop training course, you should be able to:

1. Recognise and understand the fundamental aspects of Photoshop.
2. Create your first Photoshop document.
3. Navigate images.
4. Understand the concepts of file formats, file size, colour modes and image resizing.
5. Make effective selections in an image.
6. Understand and work with layers and the Layers panel.
7. Resize images using a variety of techniques.
8. Understand how to select, use and work with colour.
9. Create and format text layers.
10. Draw and format standard and custom shapes.
11. Retouch and repair artefacts in images.
12. Understand the process of saving in Photoshop.
13. Understand printing and printing techniques.
14. Use the Help menu and access online help resources.

Content

This Adobe Photoshop training course covers the following topics:

Getting To Know Adobe Photoshop

• Starting Photoshop From The Desktop.
• The Welcome Experience.
• Dark Versus Light Interface.
• The Photoshop CC Workspace.
• Understanding Panels.
• Working With The Panel Dock.
• Working With Panels And Panel Groups.
• Panel Techniques.
• Understanding The Tools Panel.
• Working With The Tools Panel.
• Resetting The Tools Panel.
• Understanding The Options Bar.
• Opening An Existing File.

Your First Document

• Creating A New Document.
• Customising And Saving Workspaces.
• Understanding The Rulers And Ruler Tool.
• Understanding The Preferences Dialog Box.
• Saving A Document.

Navigating Images

• Understanding The Document Window.
• Navigating With The Zoom Tool.
• Navigating With The Hand Tool.
• Navigating With The Navigator Panel.
• Navigating With Keyboard Shortcuts.
• Understanding Screen Modes.
• Working With Tabbed Documents.
• Arranging Multiple Documents.
• Working With Multiple Documents.

Digital Image Basics

• Understanding File Formats.
• Understanding Image Size Versus Resolution.
• Understanding File Size.
• Understanding Colour Mode.

Making Selections

• Using The Marquee Tools.
• Understanding The Lasso Tools.
• Using The Lasso Tool.
• Using The Polygonal Lasso Tool.
• Using The Magnetic Lasso Tool.
• Using The Quick Selection Tool.
• Using The Magic Wand Tool.
• Growing A Selection.
• Add To Or Subtract From A Selection.
• Saving A Selection.
• Understanding The Refine Edge Dialog Box.
• Refining Hard-Edged Selections.
• Refining Soft-Edged Selections.
• Selecting With Colour Range.
• Moving And Copying Selections.

Working With Layers

• Understanding Layers.
• Understanding The Layers Panel.
• Creating A New Layer.
• Working With Layers.
• Adding Images To Layers.
• Working With Layers.
• Working With The Background Layer.
• Changing The Layer Stacking Order.
• Changing Layer Opacity.
• Transforming Layers.
• Organising Layers Into Groups.

Resizing Images

• Understanding Resizing And Resampling.
• Resizing An Image For Printing.
• Using The Print Dialog Box To Resize Images.
• Resampling An Image For Email Or Web.
• Guidelines For Cropping Images.
• Understanding The Crop Tool Options Bar.
• Cropping Images.
• Cropping Images To A Preset Size.
• Applying A Non-Destructive Crop.
• Using The Crop Tool To Add A Border.

Colour

• Understanding Colour.
• Colour Fundamentals.
• Understanding The Colour Panel.
• Applying Colour With The Colour Panel.
• Selecting Colours Using The Swatches Panel.
• Selecting Colours Using The Eyedropper.
• Selecting Colours Using The Hue Cube.
• Identifying A Colour Using The Eyedropper.
• Using The Brush Tool To Apply Colour.
• Changing Brush Styles.
• Creating A Custom Brush.
• Using The Mixer Brush.

Working With Text

• Understanding Vector-Based Text.
• Adding Point Text.
• Changing Text Size.
• Changing Text Colour.
• Changing The Font Family.
• Installing Typekit Fonts.
• Editing Text.
• Creating A Custom Path Frame.
• Adding Text Inside A Custom Path Frame.
• Filling Text With An Image.
• Creating And Applying Paragraph Styles.
• Creating And Applying Character Styles.
• Creating A Watermark.

Shapes

• Drawing A Standard Shape.
• Drawing A Custom Shape.
• Arranging Shapes.
• Drawing A Straight Line.
• Selecting And Editing Shape Layers.
• Understanding Guides.
• Understanding Smart Guides.
• Using Smart Guides To Position Shapes.

Retouching And Repairing

• Understanding The Retouch And Repair Tools.
• Removing Blemishes.
• Reducing Wrinkles.
• Removing Stray Hairs.
• Whitening Teeth.
• Intensifying Eye Colour.
• Removing Red Eye.
• Sculpting With Liquify.
• Removing Unwanted Objects And Wires.
• Moving Objects Using Content-Aware.
• Using The Clone Stamp Tool.

Saving

• Understanding Saving.
• Saving Layered Files.
• Saving PSD Images In Another Format.
• Understanding The Save For Web Dialog Box.
• Optimising Photos For The Web – Part 1.

Printing

• Printing Single Images.
• Understanding The Print Dialog Box.
• Using The Print Dialog Box.
• Understanding Printing Marks.

Getting Help

• Understanding The Help Menu.
• Investigating New Features.
• Using Online Help.
• Searching For Online Help.
• Accessing Online Tutorials.

Intended Audience

This Adobe Photoshop training course is suitable for those wanting to learn the basics of digital imaging. These skills can be applied to photography, graphic, and web designs. You should be familiar with the basic functions of a computer operating system such as navigating the environment using a mouse and keyboard, starting applications, copying and pasting objects, formatting text, creating folders, opening files, saving files, familiarity with the accessing the Internet and use of common web browsers. If you do not have these skills, we recommend attending Basic Computer Skills Course and Effective Internet Use before attempting this course. Familiarity with basic design terminology, such as palette, colour mode, shapes, text, and paths, is highly recommended.