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Intended Audience: This course is designed for individuals to use Photoshop to create and edit images.

Entry Requirements: Knowledge of at least one Windows based application. Open Entry

Exemptions: Exemptions are granted by modules based on previous Pitman Training Certification.

Course Details

Lesson 1: Launching Photoshop, Opening a File, The Toolbox, Saving into the Photoshop Format, Navigating in Photoshop, Using the Navigator Palette

Lesson 2: Image Resolutions, Image Sizes, Resizing an Image, Cropping an Image

Lesson 3: The Rectangle and Elliptical Marquee Tools, Constraining Shapes, The Lasso, Polygon and Magnetic Lasso Tools, Saving a Selection, The Magic Wand Tool, Subtracting from a Selection

Lesson 4: Resizing, Rotating and Moving a Selection, The Erase Tool, The History Palette, Copying a Selection, Feathering Edges

Lesson 5: Greyscale and Bitmap Images, Creating a Duotone Image, Colour Modes

Lesson 6: The Colour Palette, The Colour Picker, The Eyedropper, The Line Tool, The Fill Command, The Paintbrush Tool, The Clone Stamp Tool, The Gradient Tool

Lesson 7: Creating Layers, Adding Text to a Layer, Hiding and Moving Layers, Copying a Layer, Scaling a Layer, Adding Effects to Layers, Merging Layers

Lesson 8: Sharpening an Image, Rippling an Image, Other Distortion Effects, Adding a Lens Flare, Adding a Texture, Other Filter Effects

Lesson 9: Brightening and Darkening an Image, Removing Dust and Scratches, Adjusting an Image’s Overall Tones, Changing the Hue and Saturation

Lesson 10: Saving into a TIFF File Format, Saving an Image for the Web

Registration: All Year

Duration: 20 hours flexi study

Cost: Contact us for more details

Further Study: Pitman Training HTML, Front-page Certificates or Web Design Diploma