Adobe Photoshop CS5 - 3 days

Learn how to: Process, crop and straighten images; Perform common colour and brightness/contrast adjustments; Repair and enhance your images & create special effects; Process your images for web and print; Improve your production time; Combine images..

Course Outline

In this course, you will learn how to: Process, crop and straighten images; Perform common colour and brightness/contrast adjustments; Repair and enhance your images and create special effects; Process your images for web and print; Improve your production time; Combine images to create photo composites

Course Outline Introduction

• Opening, closing, and saving documents
• Working with various file types
• Setting Photoshop to recognize your image files
• Setting Photoshop preferences
• Setting up the Workspace
• Using tools and panels
• Basic painting and erasing
• Photoshop help and resources

Navigating and Getting Started

• Zooming in and out on your image files
• Scrolling tools and rotating your canvas
• Opening files and using multiple views

Image Basics

• Working with digital images
• Cropping and straightening images
• Understanding image size and resolution
• Adding a border to your photos

Image Adjustments and Enhancements

• An overview of common colour and contrast problems in images
• Correcting and enhancing colour and contrast using adjustments
• Using photo enhancement tools such as dodge, burn, sponge, blur and sharpen
• Creating special effects with Photoshop Filters
• Blurring, sharpening and making lens corrections using Smart Filters

Working on a Selected Area of an Image

• Why use a selection?
• Creating selections with various tools
• Selection options
• Refining and modifying selections
• Saving and loading selections
• Enhanced selections

Working with Layers

• How layers work and the various kinds of layers
• Creating, duplicating and deleting layers
• Creating a new layer from a selection
• Moving layers in front or behind each other
• Scaling, rotating and adding perspective to individual layers
• When should you merge layers together?

Working with Text

• Creating and editing text in Photoshop
• Basic text effects

Layer Masking

• What are masks and why use them?
• Converting selections to layer masks
• Using layer masks with adjustments and filters

Retouching Tools

• Fixing common problems such as dust, scratches and red-eye
• Performing common touch-ups such as removing blemishes and unwanted objects
• Filling in missing image data when removing an object

Output

• Understanding colour, image size and resolution for web and print
• Saving and exporting your images for web, print and other media

Production Techniques

• Using Adobe Bridge to view and organize your files
• Batch processing common tasks

Advanced Selection Techniques

• Creating complex selections using add, subtract and intersect
• Viewing your selection as an overlay
• Selection short cuts and Tips and Tricks

Image Extraction and Photo Composites

• Extracting images from their background
• Putting multiple images together to create a composite or collage
• Warping layers with the Liquefy filter and the Puppet Warp tool

More about Filters and Effects

• Using the Filter Gallery
• Adding image effects
• Working with Photoshop plug-ins

Retouching tips and Tricks

• Changing eye colour and skin tone
• Balancing colour between different images
• Creating dynamic black and white images

Additional Details

Pre-Requisites

None

Certificates offered

Certificate of completion

Cancellation Policy

Eliquo Training and Development Inc. will make every attempt to be flexible in regards to class cancellations and rescheduling. In an attempt to make sure that everyone enjoys a consistent training experience, Eliquo offers the following cancellation policy:

Any student cancellation that occurs a minimum of six (6) business days prior to a scheduled class is eligible for a full class credit or a 100% refund on the cost of the class.

Due to scheduling logistics, if you cancel or re-schedule a registration within five (5) business days of the course date, payment is due in full at that time and will be held as a credit towards a re-scheduled date or a future course booking. Course credits are valid for 12 months from the date of the original class booking.

All cancellations and rescheduling must be in writing and sent either by email to registrations@lastminutetraining.ca or by fax to 647.258.9319. Verbal communication of a cancellation will not meet our refund requirements.

In the event that a class is cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, your full registration fee will be refunded or you can reserve a seat in the next available class. You will be notified of a class cancellation at least five (5) business days in advance of the scheduled class.

Eliquo Training and Development Inc. reserves the right to postpone or cancel a class at any time, in which case the refund and rescheduling policy would apply. Eliquo Training and Development Inc. is not liable for any travel expenses incurred by the student, even in the event of a cancellation.

Map & Reviews

Eliquo Training
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Eliquo Ottawa
185 Somerset St West.
Suite 312
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada   K2P 0J2

Reviews

 

We have not received any reviews specific to this course as yet, however here are some reviews of the training vendor.

   

Under prerequisites, Eliquo stated: ADAI101—Adobe Illustrator CS5 is essential; however, the pace of the advanced course was very fast and assumed that, in addition to ADAI101, participants had a certain proficiency / practical experience level. As such, it would have been very helpful if Eliquo had stated the minimum number of hours of practical experience needed to join the Advanced Illustrator course. At best, I received some exposure vs. learning specifics.

Reviewed by Linda R. 2012

   

The introduction at each session which includes a detailed explanation of post-course support and an overview of the outline takes way too much time (upto 45 minutes on average). If you are taking the course, you already know the outline and it should only take 10 minutes to quickly go through the post-course support. People with questions can always ask during the break. Everything else with Eliquo is excellent!

Reviewed by Faith W. 2012

   

Very interesting and informative, sessions were paced and not overloaded, equipment operated flawlessly.

Reviewed by William A. 2012

   

The content was excellent, and we had some opportunities to apply what we learned; however, because Illustrator has a steep learning curve, I needed at least another half to full day in a "lab" to fully implement what we learned.

Reviewed by Linda R. 2012

   

Very thorough

Reviewed by Lee H. 2011

   

Could have used an additional day and more handout material but overall was a great course I highly recommend it!

Reviewed by Bana R. 2011

   

Course was great.

Reviewed by Demetria T. 2011

   

More hands-on time would be nice. Perhaps 2 days of lecture/training and use the third day to create a project using the topics learned in the first two days. Also, handing out the course manual is the standard in all traning environments, not at the end of the course. Students/participants use text books/manuals to follow along with the verbal instruction and also take notes to assist with their own knowledge gain.

Reviewed by Alayna . 2011

   

There could have been more time allowed for doing some of the coding on our own more - it was a little dry.

Reviewed by Colette P. 2011

   

for this specific course it would be a big advantage if you have familiarity with CS5 Premiere or at a minimum previous versions.

Reviewed by Mark C. 2011

   

A course manual would have been helpful - something to follow along with during the cours and make personal training notes and tips which you can refer to at a later date.

Reviewed by Alayna . 2011

   

It was the trainer's first or second time training for Eliquo and he wasn't very prepared. I don't know if it was Eliquo's fault or his own but I wasn't impressed by that at all. In general though, the trainer is a nice person. I was also surprised tha

Reviewed by Anthony C. 2009