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Outline
This course is a great start for students who are new to photo editing or transitioning from different editing software packages . We adopt a simple production-based training methodology and our students gain valuable inside knowledge from our years of hands-on experience in photo editing.
GETTING STARTED ON THE BASICS
• Exploring the Menu Bar
• Introducing the Toolbox
• Understanding the Options Bar
• Using Palettes
• Opening and Navigating Images
• Using Adobe Bridge
• Getting Help
• Using the History Palette
WORKING WITH SELECTIONS
• What are selections, and why are they useful?
• Creating selections using the Marquee tools
• The Lasso tools
• The Magic Wand and Quick Selection tools
• Adding to or deleting from selections
• Saving and loading selections
• Cropping and rotating an image
• Fixing problem images
• Using Levels to fix tone range
• Using Curves to fix contrast
• The Clone Stamp and Heal tools
• Shadow and highlight adjustments
• Fixing colour with Variations
• Hue and saturation controls
• Transforming a Selection
• Blurring and sharpening filters
LAYER BASICS
• About layers
• Using the Layers panel
• Rearranging layers
• Applying a gradient to a layer
• Applying a layer style
• Layers and selections
• The Transform commands
• Building layered compositions
• Merging layers
• Applying transparency
• Basic layer blending modes
• Adding text layers
• Adjustment layers
• Layer masks
CORRECTING AND ENHANCING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS
• About camera raw
• Processing files in Camera Raw
• Merging exposures and applying
• Advanced color correction
• Correcting digital photographs in Photoshop
• Correcting image distortion
• Adding depth of field
MASKS AND CHANNELS
• Working with masks and channels
• Getting started
• Creating a mask
• Refining a mask
• Creating a quick mask
• Manipulating an image with Puppet Warp
• Working with channels
TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN
• About type
• Getting started
• Creating a clipping mask from type
• Creating type on a path
• Warping point type
• Designing paragraphs of type
VECTOR DRAWING TECHNIQUES
• About bitmap images and vector graphics
• About paths and the Pen tool
• Getting started
• Using paths with artwork
• Creating vector objects for the background
• Working with defined custom shapes
• Importing a Smart Object
PREPARING TO PUBLISH
• Printing Basics
• Optimizing images for the web
• Using save for web and devices
FINAL ASSESSMENT AND EXAMINATION