Photoshop CS3: Introduction for Beginners (2 day)

Course Overview

In this course, you'll work with some of the tools and features to edit images using Photoshop CS3 for painting, retouching, and enhancing images. In addition, you will work with layers and layer selections.

Audience

People with little or no Photoshop experience, who are working in or involved with the graphic arts or desktop publishing fields.

Course Outline

• Getting started
• The Photoshop CS3 workspace
• Using Bridge
• Getting images into Photoshop
• Using Camera Raw
• Rotating, resizing and cropping
• Making, editing and saving selections
• Colour Range command
• Using the refine edge controls
• The quick selection tool
• The magic wand
• Adjusting colour and brightness
• Levels and Curves
• Hue/Saturation
• Match colour command
• Shadows/highlights
• Auto Levels, Colour and Contrast
• Creating good greyscale
• Colour Modes and Channels
• Fills and Gradients
• Fill and Gradient tools
• Editing theory
• Retouching images
• Clone Stamp
• Healing brush, patch and spot healing tools
• Red Eye reduction
• Standard Brush tools
• History brush
• Focus, Toning and Smudge tools
• Creating and using layers
• Using Layer Comps
• Aligning and distributing layers
• Layer styles
• Blend modes
• Rulers and guides
• Paths
• Creating Clipping paths
• The Pen tool
• Using and fading filters
• Photo filters
• Gaussian and Lens blurs
• Sharpening images
• Liquify filter
• Typography in Photoshop
• Point and area type
• Setting type styles
• Type on a path
• Warping type
• Rasterising type layers
• Converting type to Paths
• Text Mask tool
• Understanding file formats for Print and Web

Photoshop CS3: Introduction for Beginners (2 day) / APSCS3-12