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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Fundamentals
 
Target Audience:  

Users who need to modify and enhance images for use in web sites, newsletters and other business documentation.

  
   
Objectives:  

By the end of the course, users will understand the behaviour of image colours and be able to manipulate images and graphics using correction and transformation tools.

  
   
Prerequisites:  

Users must be proficient with a mouse and keyboard and be able to confidently work within a Windows environment - minimise, maximise, open, close. 

 
   
 
       
     
  Duration: 2 Days
  Cost: £350 + VAT
     
 
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Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop CS3

  • Introducing Photoshop CS3

  • The Photoshop Interface

  • Working with Panels & Panel Groups
 

Creating & Saving Images

  • Creating, Saving  & Opening Images

  • Viewing, Zooming & Navigating Images
 

Working with Selections

  • Selection Techniques & Tools

  • Using the Magic Wand Tool

  • Modifying Areas & Selection Borders
 

Image Editing Tools

  • Drawing with the Pencil & Brush Tools

  • Defining Brush Styles

  • Cloning Parts of an Image

  • Stamping Parts of an Image

  • Using the Pattern Maker
 

Creating Images
  • The Pencil & Brush Tools
  • Defining Brush Styles
  • Replacing Image Colours
  • Changing Object Colours
  • Cloning Parts of an Image
  • Stamping Parts of an Image
  • Using the Pattern Maker
 

Working with Vector Graphics

  • Vector Graphics & Raster Images

  • Drawing & Customising Shapes with the Shape Tools

  • Using the Pen Tool & Drawing Curves

  • Transforming Shapes

  • Path & Direct Selection Tools
 

Working with Colours

  • Understanding Colour Modes

  • Working with the Colour Panel & Colour Gamut

  • Applying Colour using the Paint Bucket & Eyedropper Tool
 
   

Transforming Images
  • Skew, Distort, Warp & Perspective
  • Rotating an Image
  • Scaling an Image
 

Modifying Photographs

  • Correcting Photos using Red Eye, Dodge & Burn

  • Enhancing Photos using Sponge, Sharpen, & Smudge Tools

  • Working with Eraser Tools
 

Working with Layers

  • Creating Layers & Deleting Layers

  • Merging, Linking & Locking Layers

  • Changing the Layer Order

  • Adding Text with Type Layers
 

Channels & Masks

  • Using the Channels Panel

  • Adjusting a Colour Channel

  • Protecting Areas with a Mask

  • Creating Layer Masks
 

Working with filters

  • Adding Filter Effects to Images

  • Warming & Blurring Filters

  • Liquefying Drawings
 

Automating Actions

  • Automating Actions with the Actions Panel

  • Recording & Editing Actions
 

Preparing for the Web

  • The Web Design Workspace

  • Slicing Images

  • Adding Animation
 

Customising the Environment

  • Changing View Options

  • Setting Default Preferences