Photoshop Certificate
64 hours / Instructor
supported/Books Included
Description
Photoshop Introduction
This class will introduce the new user to
the basics of working with Photoshop for retouching images and drawing. Students
will be able to use various techniques for selecting in order to edit and
retouch images. Students will be able to prepare images for including in a web
site or for including in printed documents. Students will be able to edit images
using the painting tools, clone stamp and drawing tools. Students will be able
to create new images using the pen tool and the drawing and painting tools.
Students will be able to create and edit images using layers. Students will need
a copy of Photoshop. A 30-day trial version is available.
Objectives
- Students will learn to
navigate through the Photoshop environment and how to use the file browser.
Students will learn the basics of correcting an image.
- Students will learn to
use the Marquee, Magic Wand and Lasso selection tools to selects part of an
image.
- Students will be able
to break their Photoshop projects into layers to maximize their flexibility
in editing their images.
- Students will learn to
use the Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp, Healing Brush, Patch Tool and History
Palette for retouching and repairing images.
- Students will be able
to use the Layer Blend Modes, the Blur Tool, the Brush Tool and the Pattern
Maker to create a custom image.
- Students will be able
to use the Pen Tool to create paths for selecting part of an image or for
creating new images and layer masks.
- Students will be able
to use Layers to add adjustments to an image and apply Layer styles.
Students will learn to apply filters to their images.
- Students will learn to
convert color images to black and white and how to improve the over all
appearance of the image.
- Students will learn to
save images for use on a web page or for sending to a professional printing
service.
- Students will combine
the techniques learned in this class to create a final project.
Lesson 1: Getting
Started
CS4: Read and work the
examples in Lessons 1 and 3
CS3: Read and work the examples in Lessons 1 and 4
CS, CS2: Read and work the examples in Lessons 1, 2 and 4
Lesson 2: Basic Photo
Correction
CS4: Read and work the
examples in Lesson 2
CS3: Read and work the examples in Lesson 2
CS, CS2: Read and work the examples in Lesson 3
Lesson 3: Layers
CS4: Read and work the
examples in Lesson 4 and 5.
CS, CS2, CS3: Read and work the examples in Lessons 5 and 6
Lesson 4: Retouching and
Repairing
CS4: Read and work the
examples in Lesson 6
CS3: Read and work the examples in Lessons 3 and 7
CS, CS2: Read and work the examples in Lesson 7
Lesson 5: Painting and
Editing
CS3, CS4: They do not cover
these topics in the CS4 book. You can use the online resources to explore the
painting tools. Chapter 7 in the CS4 book does not match up with earlier books,
so feel free to work with that one instead and ignore the quiz for this lesson.
CS, CS2: Read and work the examples in Lesson 8
Lesson 6: Pen Tool and
Paths
CS4: Read and work the
examples in Lesson 8
CS, CS2, CS3: Read and work the examples in Lesson 9
Lesson 7: Layer
Techniques
CS4: Read and work the
examples in Lesson 9 and 10
CS, CS2, CS3: Read and work the examples in Lessons 10 and 11
Lesson 8: Preparing
Images for Two-Color Printing
CS3, CS4: These topics are
not covered in the book. Feel free to explore the online resources for this
lesson.
CS, CS2: Read and work the examples in Lesson 13
Lesson 9: Optimizing
Images for Web or Printing
CS4: Read and work the
examples in Lesson 11 and 14.
CS3: Read and work the examples in Lesson 12 and 14
CS, CS2: Read and work the examples in Lessons 14 and 18
Lesson 10: Putting it
all Together
Review the Lessons covered
in this book
Photoshop Intermediate
Description
During this course you will
learn more about how Photoshop can be used to retouch and restore digital
images. You will learn how to correct, change and improve the color of an image,
get rid of stains and scratches on scanned images, combine images, add special
effects and filters to images and to create images using Photoshop's artistic
tools. It is recommended that you take the Photoshop Introduction or have worked
with Photoshop before taking this class. Students will need a copy of Photoshop.
A 30-day trial version is available.
Objectives
- Students will work
with Photoshop's Levels tool, adjustment layers, blending modes and and
channel mixers to improve the tone and contrast of their images.
- Students will use the
Photoshop tools to correct images that are over and underexposed.
- Students will work
with the Photoshop color correction tools to remove a color cast from an
image, balance the color of an image and correct the color of an image.
- Students will use the
Photoshop editing tools to remove dust and mold spots and image texture from
scanned images.
- Students will use the
Photoshop tools to repair damage to images.
- Students will use the
Photoshop tools to create backgrounds for their images, combine parts of
different images and correcting damaged images.
- Students will use
Photoshop's tools to change a color image to black and white, hand color
black and white images and sharpen and soften images.
- Students will use
Photoshop's tools to improve skin texture, remove distractions, improve
facial features and adding soft focus to portrait images.
- Students will use the
Photoshop tools to add lighting effects, change the appearance of the model
and make changes to an image to improve the overall image.
- Students will use what
they have learned about Photoshop in this class to create a final project.
Lesson 1: Improving Tone
and Contrast
Review Chapter 1 and read
and work the examples in Chapter 2.
Lesson 2: Exposure
Correction
Read and work the examples
in Chapter 3.
Lesson 3: Working with
Color
Read and work the examples
in Chapter 4 in the book.
Lesson 4: Dust, Mold and
Texture Removal
Read and work the examples
in Chapter 5 in the book.
Lesson 5: Damage Control
and Repair
Read and work the examples
in Chapter 6 in the book.
Lesson 6: Rebuilding,
Rearranging and Re-creating Portraits
Read and work the examples
in Chapter 7 in the book.
Lesson 7: Refining and
Polishing the Image
Read and work the examples
in Chapter 8 in the book.
Lesson 8: Portrait
Retouching
Read and work the examples
in Chapter 9 in the book.
Lesson 9: Glamour and
Fashion Retouching
Read and work the examples
in Chapter 10 in the book.
Lesson 10: Putting it all
Together
Review Chapters 1 - 10 in
the book.
Course Material
-
Adobe Photoshop CS3 or CS4 Classroom in a Book, Publisher: Adobe Press
-
Photoshop Restoration and Retouching
Author:
Katrin Eismann
Instructor
Jenny Watt has an MSEd in Instructional Design for Online Learning. Jenny is a
certified online instructor and has been developing and teaching online courses
for 5 years. She has over 7 years experience in teaching at the college level.
Her training background includes 15 years of corporate training for major
companies in the Houston area.
Computer Requirements
Most of our classes are designed to work well with slower connections.
Recommended System Requirements:
- You can be a PC user
to take our courses. You'll need a Pentium II with Internet connection and a
web browser (Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher).
- Basic dial-up Internet
access is adequate but a high speed connection is recommended.
- Depending upon the
course taken by you, you can either download the free trial versions of the
software from the respective sites (the links of which are displayed on our
WebPages of that particular course) or you can purchase the software from
the respective software sites. 166 MHz processor or Pentium Intel greater
- 64 MB RAM minimum, 128
MB recommended
- Minimum video
resolution of 800x600, with 16-bit color
- Internet Connection
- Connection speed of 40
Kbps minimum, 56 Kbps recommended
- 95, 98, 2000, NT or
XP? Windows
- Valid Email address
- Supported browser
versions: Internet Explorer (5x - 6x), Netscape Communicator 4.7 - 7.2
- Allow cookies