Photoshop CS Online Course

Photoshop is the software most commonly used in business, publishing and the graphics industry. This course provides not only a well designed pathway to learning, but also an opportunity to ask questions of professional graphic artists who use the software on a daily basis. Student learn to use Photoshop CS. Highly recommended for anyone involved in photography or manipulating and publishing images for the internet.

Lessons:

There are 9 lessons in this course:

1. Learning The Menus
This lesson will familiarize the student with all of the main menu options and their basic functions

2. Working with Digital Image Files
This lesson provides an overview of the major digital file types as well as how resize an image and save from one file type to another.

3. Understanding the Tool Palette
This lesson teaches the student the various uses of the major Photoshop tools for creating and manipulating artwork, photos and digital compositions.

4. Using Layers, Actions and History
This lesson explores the creative power of the Photoshop Layers palette, which is the foundation of why Photoshop is such a powerful creative tool.

5. Digital Painting, Shapes and Colours
This lesson begins to explain the basic concepts of colour. The lesson continues by walking the student through a "How-to" guide to creating simple original artwork.

6. Selecting, Resizing, Transforming and Masking
This lesson explores the tools available to manipulate and transform various components of an image or composition.

7. Adjustments and modifications
This lesson lists the steps needed to improve the quality of an image by applying adjustments and modifications.

8. Adding Filters and Styles
This lesson will focus on the various styles and effects that can be applied to an image or composition.

9. Preparing Files for Print and Web
This lesson will list the steps to prepare the finished files for use in Print, The Web or Email.

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

Course Code: VIT202
Duration: 100 hours
Qualification: Certificate
Exam: Optional

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