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Adobe Photoshop, Level 1
Learn to use Photoshop's powerful tools to enhance and get creative with your photos and images. Crop photos, adjust tones, replace colors, adjust lightness and color saturation, apply filters. Make selections with the magic wand and lasso tools. Learn how to work with layers, masks and channels.
Presenter(s): Barbara Ash, Adobe Certified Trainer
Prerequisite: Introduction to Macintosh or Windows or equivalent experience
Enrollment: Use our Online
Registration Form,
or call 459-5565.
Additional Information: This class is intended for users on either PC or Mac. The software, class, materials and user interface are interchangeable in both labs. The class will be based on the CS5 version of the software; participants should let the instructor know at the beginning of class which version they are using.
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| Schedule |
| Date |
Time |
Fee |
Location |
| January 20, 2012 |
9am - 4pm
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$47 |
Kerr Hall Room 159 |
Course Outline
- Getting to Know the Work Area
- Using the tools
- Using the tools options bar and other palettes
- Undoing actions in Photoshop
- Customizing the workspace
- Using Photoshop Help
- Basic Photo Corrections
- Strategy for retouching
- Resolution and image size
- Straightening and cropping
- Making automatic adjustments
- Manually adjusting the tonal range
- Removing a color cast
- Replacing colors in an image
- Adjusting lightness with the Dodge tool
- Adjusting saturation with the Sponge tool
- Applying the Unsharp Mask filter
- Comparing automatic and manual results
- Saving the image for four-color printing
- Retouching and Repairing
- Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool
- Using the Spot healing Brush tool
- Using the Healing Brush and Patch tools
- Retouching on a separate layer
- Working with Selections
- About selecting and selection tools
- Using the Magic Wand with other selection tools
- Working with oval and circular selections
- Selecting with the lasso tools
- Rotating a selection
- Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool
- Cropping an image and erasing within a selection
- Layer Basics
- About layers
- Using the layers palette
- Rearranging layers
- Applying a layer style
- Flattening and saving files
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