Adobe
Photoshop Advanced Course: $995 
Course Description
It is essential that students have at least 6 to 12 months solid experience with Photoshop or have completed the 2 day Adobe Photoshop Essentials course. There is an emphasis on using shortcuts and automation within Adobe Photoshop and setting the right Application preferences. A pre-requisite quiz to ensure students are at a similar level will need to be completed. Please email for further details.
What you will learn
During the 2 day Advanced Photoshop course, the following topics are covered.
- - Combining Bridge with Photoshop
- - Advanced Tools & the Options Bar
- - Sharpening & Blurring
- - Advanced Layers
- - Layer Styles & Effects,
- - Using Layer Masks
- - Using Vectors & Paths
- - Actions & Automation
- - Improving Workflow
- - Camera Raw 4.0
- - Understanding Colour Management
Photoshop Advanced Course Outline
The Bridge
- - Introducing the Bridge
- - Managing image thumbnails
- - Rotations, ratings, and labels
- - The Filter panel
- - Moving, copying, and deleting images
- - Customizing and saving the workspace
- - Loupe, compare, and stack
- - Previewing images in the Slideshow mode
- - Color management and cache
Adobe Camera Raw
- - What is a raw image?
- - Touring the Camera Raw interface
- - Working in the Basic panel
- - Working in the HSL panels
- - Other Camera Raw panels
- - Using the Adjustment Brush tool
- - Working with multiple files
Selections
- - Making selections
- - Modifying selections
- - Combining selections
- - Using the Quick Selection tool
- - Refining selection edges
- - Using Quick Mask mode
- - Selecting with Color Range
- - Saving selections
Layers
- - Understanding layers
- - Creating layers
- - Working in the Layers panel
- - Locking layers
- - Working with multiple layers
- - Merging and flattening layers
- - Adding a shape layer
- - Using layer blend modes and opacity
Layer Masks
- - What is a layer mask?
- - Painting with black and white
- - Mask Panel
- - Adding a layer mask
- - Editing a layer mask
- - Hiding a layer mask
- - Removing a layer mask
Undo and History
- - Undo and History
- - History Palette Options
- - Painting with History States
- - Snapshots
Photo Adjustments
- - Using adjustment layers and the Adjustment panel
- - Limiting adjustments with layer masks
- - Using masks in the new Masks panel
- - Adjusting with Levels
- - Adjusting with Exposure
- - Adjusting with Shadow/Highlight
- - Adjusting with Hue/Saturation
- - Adjusting with Vibrance
- - Removing a color cast
- - Using the Black & White adjustment layer
- - Using the Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools
- - Adding and Reducing noise
- - Sharpening
Retouching
- - One-Click Red Eye Fix
- - Removing Unwanted Objects
- - Removing Blemishes with the Healing Brush
- - Using the Spot Healing Brush and Patch Tools
- - De-emphasizing Wrinkles
- - Brightening Teeth
- - Enhancing Eyes
- - Push and Pull with Liquify
Sharpening
- - Using the Unsharpen Mask filter
- - Smart Sharpen
- - Color High Pass sharpening
- - Sharpening and tone
Essential Filters
- - Gaussian, Surface and Lens Blurs
- - Radial Blur
- - Simulating Film Grain with Add Noise
- - Reducing Noise
- - Smoothing Skin with Median
- - Smart Sharpening
Special Effects
- - Adding a layer style
- - Customizing a layer style
- - Copying a layer style
- - Creating a new style
- - Using Smart Filters
- - Working in the Filter Gallery
Automation
- - Creating an action
- - Batch processing with an action
- - Using the Image Processor
| SYDNEY | September | October | November | December | January |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Photoshop CS5 / CS4 | |||||
| Photoshop Lite | 20 | 20 | - | 3 | 10 |
| Photoshop Essentials | 6 & 7 29 & 30 |
11 & 12 25 & 26 |
17 & 18 | 1 & 2 13 & 14 |
6 & 7 17 & 18 |
| Photoshop Advanced | 8 & 9 | - | 10 & 11 | - | - |
| Photoshop Elements 8 | - | 6 | - |
- | 11 |
| MELBOURNE | September | October | November | December | January |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Photoshop CS5 / CS4 | |||||
| Photoshop Lite | - | - | 8 | 16 | - |
| Photoshop Essentials | 30 Sep & 1 Oct | 25 & 26 | - | 13 & 14 | 19 & 20 |
| Photoshop Advanced | - | - | Please call | - | - |
| BRISBANE | September | October | November | December | January |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Photoshop CS5 / CS4 | |||||
| Photoshop Lite | - | 1 | 19 | - | - |
| Photoshop Essentials | 15 & 16 | 28 & 29 |
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16 & 17 | - |
| Photoshop Advanced | - | - | Please Call | - | - |
| ONLINE COURSES | September | October | November | December | January |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Photoshop CS5 / CS4 | |||||
| Photoshop Essentials | - | - | 4 & 5 | 9 & 10 | - |