Adobe Photoshop CS4/CS5:
Mastering Photoshop Essentials
Our Adobe Photoshop training provides you with the right solution to help you understand Adobe Photoshop to create your own spectacular digital images. Check our schedule for class dates and prices for Adobe Photoshop training in Dallas, Texas or call us for private training at your site.
Whether you enroll in our Photoshop public classes, or have us create private training for your entire staff, we will help you learn to create art in a productive and efficient manner.
This course is designed to give you the fundamentals necessary to begin correcting and altering your images for print, multimedia, and Internet production. The primary focus is getting your image into the computer properly, isolating parts of an image for correction, and preparing the image to achieve a good final output.
Topics covered in this three-day class are:
Work Space
- Arranging Panels
- Saving Workspaces
- Exploring the Options Bar
- Navigating in the Document
- Using Rulers and Guides
- Incorporating Bridge into the Workflow
Essentials
- Differentiating Between Raster vs Vector Artwork
- Understanding Resolution
- Preparing Images for the Web
- Exploring History
- Clarifying Photoshop’s Performance Settings
- Understanding Anti-aliasing
- Esploring the Advantages of OpenGL
Painting
- Using the Brush, Eraser, and Pencil Tools
- Applying Fills and Strokes to Images
- Practicing with the Paint Bucket Tool
- Creating and Managing Gradients
Crop
- Cropping and Straightening Photos
- Measuring Tool Images for Straightening
- Rotating Images
- Adding Canvas to an Image
Selections
- Using the Marquees Tools
- Deselecting and Re-selecting
- Add to and Subtract from Selections
- Transforming and Distorting Selections
- Using the Lasso Tools
- Understanding the Magic Wand and Quick Select Tools
- Utilizing the Quick Mask Technique
- Isolating Selections
- Saving Selections
Layers
- Exploring Stacking Order
- Differentiating a Background From a Layer
- Showing and Hiding Layers
- Linking Layers
- Locking Layers
- Manipulating the Opacity of Layers
- Duplicating and Deleting Layers
- Transforming and Distorting Layers
- Auto Selecting Layers
- Merging and Flattening Layers
- Applying Layer Styles
- Defringing Layers
- Eliminating Areas of an Image Using the Magic Eraser
Channels
- Understanding Color Modes
- Previewing Images with the Gamut Warning Mode
- Creating Alpha Channels
- Image Correction
- Exploring Levels
- Utilizing Shadow/Highlight
- Applying Black and White
- Using Hue/Saturation
- Investigating Unsharp Mask
Retouching
- Exploring the Patch Tool
- Using the Healing Brush
- Investigating the Spot Healing Brush
- Examining Clone Stamp
- Utilizing the Dodge, Burn and Sponge Tools
- Fixing Red Eyes
- Blurring and Sharpening Localized Areas of an Image
Text
- Differentiating Between Point Text and Area Text
- Understanding Anti-aliased Text
- Warping Type
- Rasterizeing Type
- Checking Spelling
- Finding and Changing and Text
prerequisites:
- Basic Computer and mouse skills
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what students say:
- Virginia has amazing patience when teaching folks how to learn photoshop. I am so thankful for the experience and I definitely plan to come back for more classes!
- Virginia is a wonderful instructor with infinite patience. I would HIGHLY recommend this class to anyone wanting a better understanding of Photoshop. I will definitely be back to attend further training with Virginia.
- In regards to the Photoshop Level 1 class, the skills and knowledge gained in these 3 days are IMMEDIATELY applicable to my needs.
- Thanks Virginia, your skill and knowledge is much appreciated. Scott R., Weatherford, TX
- Virginia was an incredible instructor. She took as much time as needed to answer questions, and she used analogies to explain the more complicated Photoshop techniques. She definitely understands how to accommodate each student's learning mode.
- Excellent Class, I went in to the class not knowing anything about Photoshop. I left the class with more than enough knowledge to do several projects at work.
Very informative class. Rick K, Dallas, Texas - There is never enough time to absorb everything that is taught in any class... Virginia was a terrific instructor & her knowledge was outstanding... That's so important when learning anything... the instructor can make or break the class and Virginia meant all the difference in the class.
- Digital Training & Designs is one the most outstanding training facilities in classes at their facility. The staff is very accommodating; being sure to make you comfortable & ensuring that the classes meet your needs.
Bobbie T, Garland, Texas
Virginia was great! We accomplished 3 days worth of training in one day. Her pacing and examples were very informative. I will gladly recommend her to any of my associates. Thanks for accommodating me on short notice for the Photoshop class. Greg R., Dallas, Texas - I thought I knew enough in Photoshop. I thought to myself that I should be in the Intermediate Class, instead of the Intro Class. Upon completing this course, I learned so much!!!!!! I will definitely take another course, even if I have to pay for it myself. Demarcus M., Dallas, Texas
- My whole company uses your classes. We will be doing Flash in the future and MAYBE Director... that will be determined in the year. There are 3 of us in the Marketing Department and they want us to start putting out better visual graphics for our sales meetings. Looking forward to coming back. Jackie K.
- This is the first computer class I have taken where the instructor provided ample time to ask questions, practice new techniques, & truley absorb the material. Additonally, Virginia watched the students and went to help them based on their body language, which helped those students that may have been shy about asking questions.
- Excellent! Cannot give her enough praise as a teacher, & look forward to taking other classes with Virginia as an instructor. She was reccomended to me by 3 people whom had taken photoshop classes with her & other instructors. All 3 said Digital Training & Virginia were by far superior to other training availible in DFW. Now, after taking the class, I cannot agree more! Shawn R., Irving, TX
