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Introduction to Photoshop

  • Date: 8th September 12 - 9th September 12

    Time: 10:00AM - 5:00PM

    Location: RPS, Bath

    Postcode: BA2 3AH

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    Contact: Reception

    Email:

    Phone: 01225 325 733

    Cost: £165.00

    Members Rate: £155.00

    Type: Education Workshops

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February 9th - 10th
May 18th - 19th

Time: Saturday 10am - 5pm/Sunday 10am - 4.30pm

Over this two day course learn many different aspects of Photoshop from an introduction to Adobe Bridge and Adobe Camera Raw through to Photoshop. Using both your own images and specifically chosen lesson related images (provided by your tutor) you will learn many commonly used procedures and techniques.

Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw

  • Using Bridge to sort, rate and organise your workflow
  • Introduction to the Adobe Camera Raw Plugin
  • Understanding your work area
  • Straighten and crop your image
  • Batch correct images
  • Batch rename images
  • Jpegs, Tiffs and PSD file formats explained
  • Create PDFs and Panoramic (from multiple files) with basic automation

PhotoShop

  • Getting images into PhotoShop
  • Understanding your work area
  • Rotating, resizing and cropping
  • Navigation in a document
  • Image Editing
  • Saving your image and understanding file formats for print or web

Brush tools

  • Standard brush tools
  • Retouching images
  • Clone stamp
  • Healing brush

Panels

  • Undoing and history
  • Channels

Basic layers

  • Creating and using layers
  • Managing layers
  • Composite an image using layers and blending modes
  • Levels, colour balance and Channel mixer
  • Make a Black and White image and then adding areas of colour

Selections

  • Creating and modifying selections
  • Marquee and lasso tools
  • Magic wand tool
  • Selecting a colour range
  • Transforming
  • Feathering
  • Pen Tool
  • Saving selections using an Alpha channel

Type

  • Adding type
  • Type on a path

Filters

  • Using filters
  • Gaussian and lens blurs
  • Smart Sharpen and Unsharp mask

Printing

  • Setting up your monitor for colour management
  • Colour modes
  • How to print on your home printer

Course Requirements
This course is suitable for those with limited or no experience of Photoshop.

Please note that The Royal Photographic Society is currently using Photoshop CS5, but most tutorials covered are relevant to PhotoShop 7 and above.

Delegates should have a good understanding of the Microsoft Windows XP operating system.

What to bring
Blank CD-R or USB pen for your notes (provided in PDF format).

Bring a packed lunch or use local facilities. Drinks provided.

The above course will be certificated.

On applicable workshops the RPS uses an Epson Stylus Photo R3000 printer