If you're like most Photoshop users, you picked up the basics quickly and then your
learning curve ended as quickly as it began.
Oh, you might dabble a little bit from time to time, exploring new tools and functions
on your own or with a manual by your side. But the minute you get stuck in unfamiliar
territory, there's always that powerful urge to retreat quickly to safe ground doing
the same old things the same old way.
But isn't it frustrating seeing all of Photoshop's menus, submenus, settings and
palettes and realizing how few you know how to use?
In one day, you'll acquire dozens of new tricks, tips and shortcuts that you can
put to use immediately. Any Photoshop pro will tell you that you can't learn it
all in a single day (and be wary of courses that make that claim). The content of
this workshop is built around topics that will give you the biggest, fastest payback.
It doesn't waste your time on pointers and techniques you'll seldom use or need.
Your newly acquired Photoshop savvy will help you replicate practically any graphic
treatment that catches your eye. You'll be able to skim through magazines, ads,
Web sites and brochures, find the "look" that really grabs you and mentally
go through Photoshop steps that accomplished it.
With a little practice, you'll soon be creating similar "hot" looks that
can make your own work stand out and get the reaction you want from the readers.
Everything you learn at this workshop opens a new door of Photoshop understanding.
Not only will you take home specific skills, shortcuts and techniques, but you'll
also come away with greater insights into how Photoshop works.
That means that any self-teaching you do, any manual-assisted training you attempt,
any "experiments" you want to try will all come easier. You'll know enough
and be confident enough to venture further and further into Photoshop's endless
possibilities.
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Adobe Photoshop — A One-Day Workshop Seminar Overview
Fundamentals of Photoshop
- What makes Photoshop unique? Key differences between it and other graphics programs
- The best and fastest ways to navigate around images
- Tips on resizing images without ruining them
- What you see isn't always what you get — why that is, and what you can do
about it
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Planning Your Projects
- Deciding which file formats to use for which projects
- Video graphics and web graphics — specific instructions about each
- Why planning projects "from back to front" speeds things up and minimizes
mistakes
- Various ways to get an image into Photoshop
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Tools and Palettes
- What each tool does
- How tools and palettes work together
- Quick steps to customizing palettes so you work faster
- Options that are common to multiple tools
- Why the tool box is broken into sections
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Creating a Selection
- Why choosing the right selection tools can mean the difference between good and
great images
- Using the pen as a selection tool
- The best way to add to or subtract for a selection
- Using quick masks for isolating and empasizing elements of your image
- Easy ways to make a selection based on color
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Color Manipulation
- RGB vs. CMYK vs. Index — demystifying your choices
- Understanding the differences and similarities between Levels and Curves —
and why it's important you know the distinctions
- How to improve the chances that the color you want is the color that prints
- Tricks to using duotones and spot color — the benefits when you do them right
- The fastest, easiest way to change color: a demonstration using Adjustment Layers
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Layers
- Insider tips and tricks on using Preserve Transparency
- Various way to create a layer mask, and how masks relate to channels
- How to create patterns in type and achieve other special effects using clipping
groups
- The different modes in the Layers palette and how to use them to create dramatic
collages
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Special Effects
- Filters and their endless possibilities
- Special 3-D effects built into Photoshop
- How to bring black-and-white photos to life with color
- How to put motion into still photography
- Best ways to eliminate dust and fix scratches on old photographs
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*NOTE: This is not a hands-on workshop. Instead, you'll learn via "computer-less"
training that makes every moment count.
To find out more about Adobe Photoshop — A One-Day Workshop, contact
our customer service department at customerservice@pryor.com
or by phone at (800) 780-8476.
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