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Course Overview This blended learning course brings together a powerful combination of classroom and online learning modules, resulting in the UK's most comprehensive Advanced Photoshop training program. It is designed for users who have already mastered the basics of Photoshop, and the course provides experienced users with the knowledge and hands-on practice needed to create accurate masks, image effects, retouch images and lots more. You'll further your understanding of isolating image areas by creating and saving masks with specialised tools, commands, modes, and layer elements. Additionally you'll also learn how to use vector paths for a variety of purposes, including masking, clipping paths, and illustration and lots more. The classroom modules are covered over 2 days and can either be completed at our fully equipped London training centre or at your own facility, whilst the online modules combine high quality flash video presentations backed up with instructor led course discussion forums, exercises files, real world samples, and loads more. Audience This course is suitable for anybody who has attended the Photoshop CS4 - Getting Started course or already has equivalent knowledge and wants to develop their Photoshop skills to a more advanced level. Skills Gained This course will enable delegates to: - Better use Photoshop CS4 with the rest of the CS4 suite.
- Use Advanced Techniques for Cloning, Masking, Compositing, Filters, Layers and more
- Understand and work with Camera RAW
- Work with Video, Animation and 3D files
Prerequisites This course is suitable for anybody who has attended the Photoshop CS4 Getting Started course or already has equivalent knowledge and wants to develop their Photoshop skills to a more advanced level. In order to complete this course you will require basic computer skills such as a basic understanding of a computer's operating system, launching an application, creating & saving files, and copying files from CDs & other media. Course Outline Adobe Bridge - Loupe
- Compare
- Stacking
- Colour management
- Rotations, Ratings, and Labels
- Batch re-naming
- Customising
- Slideshow
- Photoshop scripts within bridge
- Meta-data and your images
- Export to pdf
- Search and find
- Preview 3D images and panoramas (created by photoshop)
Camera Raw 5 - Interface
- White balance
- Saving changes
- Exposure
- Warnings
- Vibrance/Saturation
- Tone curve adjustment
- HSL controls
- Colours to Black and white
- jpgs and tiffs
Actions - Running
- Loading
- Recording
- Editing
Advanced masking - Background Eraser/Magic Eraser
- Extracting
- Layer Masks
- Masking Shortcuts
- QuickMask mode
- Refine Edge
Advanced cloning - Clone source
- Healing Brush
- Spot Healing
- Patch
- Quick Masking
Editing brightness and contrast - Curves, Brightness + Contrast
- Shadow/Highlight
- Levels - input and output
Advanced Compositing - Stacks - Auto Align
- Auto Blend (Photomerge)
- Image stack processing
- Creating 360 Panoramas
- Extended Depth-of-field
Colour adjustment - Colour balance
- Colour primaries
- Colour complements
- Hue-Saturation
- Hue Adjustment
- Refining the colour range
Sharpening - Unsharp mask
- Smart sharpen
Advanced layers - Layer Comps
- Layer Clipping
- Fills
- Adjustment layers
Smart Objects and Smart filters - How to create smart objects
- How to use smart objects
- Smart filters
Vanishing Point - Planes and perspective
- Multiple planes
- Gridlines - exporting
- Cloning
- Healing
- Blending
- Masking/Shading
- Adding type
- Swinging planes
- Wrapping art
- Measuring
Advanced filter techniques - Displacement maps
- Lighting
- Patterns
Photoshop Animation - Advanced - Editing Animations
- Animating 3D objects
- Animating Camera position
- Exporting Animations
Photoshop Video - Advanced - Preview/Export audio
- Advanced Keyframes
- Advanced Editing
- Video Effects
- Using Filters
- Using Styles
- Cloning Video
- Healing Video
- 3D and Video
Photoshop and Devices - For the WII
- For the PSP
- For mobiles
- Using Device Central
Photoshop and 3D - Paint directly onto 3D models
- Convert 2D images/gradient maps into 3D objects
- Volume Rendering
- Wrap a 2D design onto a 3D object
- Use video layers as textures
- Presets
- Export 3D layers
Using Photoshop files with the rest of the CS4 suite - Placing photoshop files into Dreamweaver
- Placing photoshop files into InDesign
- Placing photoshop files into Illustrator
- Placing photoshop files into Flash
How to make a booking for the PSCS4A course
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