Adobe Photoshop for Beginners - a One-Day Workshop

Does your staff know only enough Adobe Photoshop to be “dangerous?” 

Most people learn Photoshop by trial and error. That is probably how your staff has “learned” it. They’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to do some basic tasks, never scratching the surface of this powerful package. They are likely frustrated and more than a little intimidated by the dozens of mysterious tools and features. Is this a good use of company time?

Let us spend one day with your Windows® or Mac Photoshop users and we'll turn that problem around! Once they understand the jargon and practice using efficient techniques, a whole world of design possibilities will open up for them!

Participants will learn:

• How to create, edit, color, correct, touch up, size and prepare images for printed and electronic documents
• Dozens of tips and tricks used by top designers
• How to use silhouettes, drop shadows, duotones, vignettes, montages, image gradients and other attention-grabbing effects

Fundamentals of Photoshop

• Key differences between Photoshop and other graphics programs
• What is “resolution” and how does it affect images?
• Tips on resizing images without ruining them
• Why “what they see” is not always “what they get”

Planning Your Projects

• A checklist users should apply to every Photoshop project
• Deciding on a file format
• Specific instructions about video graphics and web graphics
• Various ways to get an image into Photoshop

Tools and Palettes

• Function of each tool
• How tools and palettes work together
• Quick steps to customizing palettes
• Options that are common to multiple tools

Creating a Selection

• Why choosing the right selection tools can mean the difference between “good” and “great” images
• How to add and subtract from a selection
• Using quick masks for isolating and emphasizing elements of an image

Color Manipulation

• Demystifying RGB, CMYK and Index
• How to improve the chances that the color they want is the color that prints
• Tricks to using duotones and spot color
• The fastest, easiest way to change color

Layers

• Various ways 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
• Layers palette modes and how to use them to create dramatic collages

Special Effects

• Special 3D 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

This seminar is perfect for Photoshop beginners and self-taught users with limited experience — anyone anxious to learn more about Photoshop! Learn the secrets of the Photoshop pros and save a lot of wasted time and frustration!