COURSE DURATION: 24 HRS
COURSE DELIVERY:
Instructor-led, classroom/laboratory-delivery learning model with structured hands-on and minds-on activities and laboratory activities.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
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Working knowledge in Windows Applications
- Basic knowledge in using computers.
TOPICS COVERED
Getting Started with Photoshop
Lesson One: Selection Tools In Photoshopgetting
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Basic selection tools
- The lasso tools
- The magnetic lasso
- The magic wand
- Quick mask
- Working with the quick mask
- Selections, mask and channels
- Slices
Lesson Two: Navigating And Editing Your Images
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Panning and zooming images
- The navigator panel
- View management
- Move, align and distribute
- The move tool
- Direct and path selection tools
- Vector shaped and multiole paths
Lesson Three: Using Brushes And Pencil Tools
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The brush tool
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Using brush tools
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Exploring the brushes palette
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The brushes palette in details
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Scattering
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Textures and dual brushes
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The history brush
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Using the history brush
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Art history brush
Lesson Four: Using The Cloning And Healing Tools
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The rubber stamp(clone)tool
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Removing unwanted elements
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Cloning skin
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The healing brush
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The healing patch tool
Lesson Five: The Gradient, Fill And Eraser Tools
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The paint bucket
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More fill options
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The sharpen tool
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The smudge tool
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Working with the smudge tool
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Dodge and burn
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The sponge tool
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Using dodge and burn
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Focusing in with dodge and burn
Lesson Six: Getting To Know The Effects Tools
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The ‘focus’ tools
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The blur tool
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The gradient tool
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The gradient editing panel
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Using gradient creatively
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Gradient styles
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Gradient masks
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Masks and selections in detail
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Magic and background erasers
Lesson Seven: Working With The Type Tool
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The type tool
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Type options
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Type tool tips
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Using the warp text panel
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Rasterizing type
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Styled type
Lesson eight: Working With Paths, Vectors And Masks
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Using the pen tool
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Vector shapes
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Using vector shapes
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Masks
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Vector shapes details
Lesson Nine: Annotations, Notes And The Measure Tools
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Notes and annotations
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The eye dropper tool
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Using the eye dropper tool
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The color sampler
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The measure tool
Lesson Ten: Creating Top Quality Artwork
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Cretaing a montage
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Fix missing parts of the image
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Using the pen as a brush
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Adding a background
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Applying artistic detail
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Vector shape and type layers
