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Adobe Photoshop Training in Kenya

Class Setup

Physical | Face-to-Face

Duration

Sessions: 3 Days Time: 9:00am – 7:00pm (30 Hrs)

Coverage

Basic, Intermediate to Advance

Unlimited Sit-ins

Finish the course and get unlimited refresher classes (Validity: 1 year)

Overview

Adobe Photoshop is the Gold standard for digital image processing and editing, Photoshop delivers a comprehensive package of professional retouching tools, and packed with powerful editing features designed to inspire. It is the preferred tool used by graphic artists, web designers, videographers and 3D artists to helping achieve their creative vision.

Requirements

  • Basic Computer knowledge and Skills in PC or Mac.
  • Knowledge in any graphic design applications such as Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw can be an advantage though not required

Inclusions

  • Certificate of Course Completion
  • References Materials (PDF)
  • Software Evaluation Copy
  • Other Add-ons

What you'll Learn

Introduction

  • What is Photoshop?
  • Understanding Bitmap & Vector Graphics
  • Understanding File Format Essentials

Photoshop Interface

  • Learning the workspace
  • Customizing the workspace
  • Menus and Keyboard shortcuts
  • Tools and Tool Presets
  • Customizing Preferences

Creating and Saving Documents

  • Document Settings for Print and Screen
  • Importing files
  • Saving for Print and Web

Managing Documents

  • Screen Modes
  • Working and managing documents

Adobe Bridge

  • Introduction to Adobe Bridge
  • Understanding the Interface
  • Using Adobe Bridge for managing and opening documents

Navigation

  • Panning and Zooming
  • Using the Navigator Panel

Undo, Redo and History Panel

  • Quick Undo and Redo
  • Creating Snapshots
  • Painting with History States and Snapshots

Learning Selections

  • Marquee Selection Tools
  • Lasso Selection Tools
  • Magic Wand Tool
  • Quick Selection Tool
  • Saving/loading selections
  • Cutting, Moving, and Duplicating Selected objects

Image Transformations

  • Rotating and Flipping images
  • Scaling, Skewing, distorting and Rotating with Free Transform
  • Image Warping
  • Puppet Warp

Layers

  • About Layers
  • Layer Management and filtered Search
  • Naming, Adding, Deleting and Duplicating Layers
  • Linking and Merging Layers
  • Grouping Layers
  • Locking Layers
  • Layer Opacity and Fill
  • Layer Clipping Mask

Layer Blending Modes

  • Understanding the Different Blend Modes
  • Experimenting with Blending Modes

Layer Styles/FX

  • Creating Drop Shadows
  • Outer and Inner Shadow
  • Outer and Inner Glow
  • Bevel and Emboss
  • Color, Gradient and Pattern Overlay
  • Stroke
  • Layering within Layer Styles/Layer FX (New Feature)

Digital Image Essentials

  • Resize Images VS Resample Images
  • Image Cropping for print and screen
  • Perspective Cropping
  • Straightening Unbalanced Images

Automate

  • Crop and Straighten Photos
  • Creating Panoramic Photos
  • HDR Pro (High Dynamic Range)

Shapes Tools

  • Creating Shapes
  • Using the Pen Tool
  • Path Selection Tool
  • Manipulating Shapes

Type Essentials

  • Character Typing
  • Paragraph Typing
  • Typing on a Path and Shapes

Image Tonal Correction

  • Using Brightness/Contrast
  • Understanding the Histogram
  • Using Levels and Curves to improve tonality

Basic Color Correction

  • Color Cast Correction using Color Balance
  • Grayscale VS Black and White
  • Adjust color intensity with Vibrance and Hue/Saturation
  • Matching Color tonality

Adjustment Layers

  • Non-destructive Editing using Adjustment Layer
  • Adjustment Layer Masking
  • Working with Multiple Adjustment Layers
  • Clipping Mask and Adjustment Layer

Filters

  • Non-destructive/re-editable Filter with Smart Object
  • Filter Gallery
  • Blur Tools (Old Blur Tools)
  • Blur Gallery (New Blur Tools)
  • Image Sharpening
  • Camera shake reduction
  • Lighting Effects

Camera Raw

  • Understanding Camera Raw
  • Editing a Camera Raw File
  • Editing Multiple Camera Raw Files
  • Undoing Changes in Camera Raw
  • Applying Changes to multiple Raw Images

Painting and Brushes

  • Brush Tool
  • Color Replacement Brush Tool
  • Dodge, Burn and Sponge Tool
  • Sharpen and Blur Tool
  • Smudge and Color Mixer Brush Tool

Image Retouching

  • Fixing Red Eye problem
  • Removing Unwanted Objects, Pimples, Blemishes, etc
  • Whitening Skin and Teeth using various techniques
  • Smoothing skin and other rough surfaces
  • Color Correction
  • Cosmetic Surgery like Enhancements using Liquify
  • Perceptive Cloning using Vanishing Point
  • Using Content Aware Fill (New Feature)
  • Content Aware Move (New Feature)

Image Extraction

  • Using Eraser Tools
  • Using Selection Tools
  • Complex Extraction using Smart Radius (New Feature)

Image Restoration

  • Restoring old tarnished photos (Demo)
  • Removing cracks, fold marks, tears, etc (Demo)

Working with Actions

  • Creating Actions
  • Applying Actions

Layer Masks

  • About Layer Mask
  • Layer Masking using brush
  • Layer Masking using selections
  • Layer Masking Tricks and Tips

Registration

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