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Adobe Photoshop is the the professional image-editing standard. In addition to teaching the fundamentals, our Photoshop courses feature techniques that will prove useful in the workplace. And, by popular demand, we still sprinkle our courses with lots of those super cool time-savers that always delight our students.

Photoshop Level One 2 days | $695 + GST

Comprehensive study of the basics. Prerequisites: familiarity with computer/mouse and proficiency in at least one software application.

• the toolbar
• the work area
• the palettes
• navigating
• understanding resolution
• saving an image (save, save as, save a copy and save for web)
• making selections using a variety of tools and procedures
• moving selected areas and layers between documents
• image adjustment and transformation tools
• working with multi-layered images and layer groups
• using painting tools
• an introduction to retouching tools (patch, healing and stamp tools)
• creating custom brushes and patterns
• understanding blend modes and other layer palette options
• removing backgrounds
• working with text
• basic image correction and retouching
• image file formats

Photoshop Level Two 2 days | $695 + GST

Intermediate Level. Prerequisite: Photoshop Level 1 or instructor’s permission.

• scanning tecniques
• understanding colour modes
• using the pen tool (magnetic and freehand)
• creating and modifying paths
• creating a clipping path
• creating smart shape layers
• creating text on and in a path
• using clipping paths with illustrator, indesign
• using filters to improve an image
• using the sharpen filters
• introduction to masks
• using effects
• new filters

Photoshop Level Three 2 days | $695 + GST

Advanced Photoshop. Prerequisite: Photoshop Level 2 or instructor’s permission.

• understanding channels
• using layer masks
• modifying channel information to create masks and isolate areas for adjustment
• using liquefy
• using perspective
• advanced layer techniques (clipping masks and advanced layer masking)
• understanding clipping groups
• compositing multiple images
• advanced blending techniques
• creating an edge mask
• advanced retouching using median, blur and blending modes
• working with adjustment layers and layers masks
• using paste into to replace parts of an image
• working with vanishing point filter

Colour Correction and Advanced Retouching 1 day | $379 + GST

Advanced workshop for prepress professionals. Prerequisite: Photoshop Level 3 or instructor’s permission

• making exposure adjustments
• exploring camera raw, hdr images, and video preview
• colour correction techniques in rgb and cmyk modes
• correcting colour casts
• preparing files for prepress
• advanced retouching techniques
• advanced composite techniques
• using shadow and highlight to contour shapes