Start time: 10am
Finish time: 5pm Saturday, 4.30pm Sunday

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.

Day 1
Digital Raw
Learn the advantages of using Camera Raw format when taking images

It is preferable for students to bring their own Camera Raw files to this workshop as the first few hours of day 1 concentrate on this specifically.
Please note however should you wish to bring other file formats (such as Tiff, Jpeg, PSD) much of the information will still be very useful.

Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw
• Using Bridge to enhance your workflow
• Mastering Camera Raw
• Metadata: The smarter image
• Exploiting automation using Adobe Bridge
Intro to PhotoShop
• Getting images into PhotoShop
• Understanding your work area
• Rotating, resizing and cropping
· Understanding file formats for print or web
· Navigation in a document
• Undoing and history
• Saving your image
• Jpegs, Tiffs and PSD file formats explained
• Basic automation

Day 2
How to use PhotoShop (continued)
Image Editing
• Standard brush tools
• Focus, toning, smudge tools
• Retouching images
• Clone stamp
• Healing brush
Selections
• Creating and modifying selections
• Marquee and lasso tools
• Magic wand tool
• Selecting a colour range
• Transforming
• Feathering
Basic layers
• Creating and using layers
• Managing layers
• Levels, curves, hue/saturation, colour balance and colour/contrast layers
Type
• Adding type
• Type on a path
Filters
• Using filters
• Gaussian and lens blurs
• 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. Design skills are not essential, but knowledge of the basic fundamentals of your camera and PhotoShop are recommended.

Please note that The Royal Photographic Society is currently using PhotoShop CS3 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
A foolscap wallet for your photos.
Bring a packed lunch or use local facilities. Drinks provided.
The above course will be certificated.