Introduction
to Adobe Photoshop
This course is
designed to get you up and running with
Adobe Photoshop. It covers version CS5 (Creative Suite 5) of Photoshop.
The user interface
is pretty much consistent from one version to another, so
skills are transferable to previous versions.
Why
Photoshop?
Adobe Photoshop is
the industry-standard tool for digital imaging, which makes Photoshop expertise
a valuable commodity in the workplace. Learning Photoshop is also a good way to
learn imaging concepts. If you are interested in
Digital Photography and have a desire to learn image post-production
techniques, this course is for you.
Concepts you learn
from working with Photoshop apply to other imaging tools as well (including
Photoshop Elements, which has a very similar user interface and features).
What
exactly will I learn?
The purpose of this course is to introduce basic Photoshop features and concepts so that you can use the program effectively. By the time you complete the course, you should be able to use Photoshop to open files and scan images, move around images using navigation tools, understand basic imaging concepts, do basic image editing, and prepare images for print and online presentations.
This course will cover the following skills:Getting Started (Photoshop desktop, getting images into photoshop, moving around an image, tips for using Photoshop)
Imaging Concepts (color modes, images size, resolution and print size)
Acquiring images (opening files and scanning images into Photoshop)
Editing images (cropping,removing imperfections, adjusting contrast, correctiong colours, and sharpening images)
More image editing (selection techniques,layers adding type,painting)
Exporting and printing (saving for the Web, inserting images into powerpoint, printing)
Teacher
Mark Will is a teacher, graphic artist and photographer. Mark's experience spans 20 years in the visual arts with time spent in the print industry, advertising, business management and education. He currently teaches photography and graphic art full time at Erindale College and freelances as Rogue Ideas (www.rogueideas.co.nr.
Mark's passion is for all things visual, hot rods and muscle cars, Polaroid photography and donuts!