Adobe Photoshop – Basic

Teacher

Introduction

You will understand and use the various elements in the Photoshop CS5 interface so as to efficiently work with the software. You will use the different tools in Photoshop for selecting parts of images and identify the need for having layers in a Photoshop document. You will also organise the different components of the design as layers. With the layered Photoshop document thus created, you will apply layer effects and other special effects in order to enhance the appearance of the design. Once the design is finalised, you will save images in both print and web formats.

Audience

Adobe Photoshop – Basic is intended for a diverse audience including, but not limited to, computer-savvy professionals who want to create and enhance graphics for marketing materials, newsletters, blogs, and websites; photographers who want to work with and prepare photos for print or web; students with an interest in graphic design or those with novice design skills; and professionals who want to learn and use Photoshop as a complement to other programs, such as Illustrator.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Initiate a project
Explore the Adobe Photoshop CS5 environment
Determine the resolution and graphic type
Work with selections
Work with multiple layers
Enhance images with paint and filters
Identify the characteristics of various image modes and colour adjustment options
Save images for web and print

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, students should be familiar with the basic functions of their computer’s operating system such as creating folders, launching programs, and working with windows. Students should also have basic Windows application skills, such as copying and pasting objects, formatting text, saving files, and so on.