Photoshop breaks down the interface, tools, and features of Adobe Photoshop into easily understood topics and hands-on exercises. You will learn how to use tools to enhance images, whether for digital photography, print design, or the web. Gain proficiency in using Photoshop’s many selection methods. Work with layers for design flexibility and creative effects. This class also covers an introduction to color models and color management—to ensure your final product looks and prints as expected!
This class will include the basic principles, elements and vocabulary of using Photoshop. It will give you valuable tips and techniques related to many uses of Photoshop.
This is the third recommended class in the Graphic Design Certificate.
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Navigate the environment including tools, panels and Adobe Bridge.
- Work with basic and advanced selection tools to include basic photo correction tools.
- Understand and work with layers for greater flexibility and creative effects.
- Straighten, crop, and resize photos and graphics.
- Work with clone tool, healing brush, patch tool, and incorporate text with graphics.
- Explore blending modes and filters.
- Understand color models, work with color libraries, enhance color, tone, and sharpness.
- Work with advanced compositing.
Before taking this course, students should be familiar with Windows functions such as creating folders, launching programs, copying and pasting objects, formatting text, retrieving and saving files. Familiarity with other Adobe software applications is helpful.
You will need to have a login to a personal or work provided Adobe account to participate in this class. The college does not have access to manage your Adobe account and is unable to provide support.
For in-person classes:
You can get your FREE Adobe login here. No software purchase is required – you only need a login. This login will allow you access to the software in our computer labs. If you have an account that has been provided to you by your employer, be sure to verify that you have permission to utilize that account off-site. Otherwise, you can create a personal account for use in class.
For online classes:
You will need to have your own license for the software on the computer you will be using to attend the class. Adobe offers a free 7-day trial for Creative Cloud which includes all of their software programs. You can sign up for a free trial here. You can only request a free trial once, and it is good for all software programs. After your free trial expires, you will have to purchase software for any future classes or use of any Adobe products.
Intended Audience: Professionals who have limited to moderate experience using photo editing software programs and who design general communications for print or web.
Course Length:
2 days (14 hours)
