| Lecturer |
Suzanne Keating |
| Duration |
Two Saturdays 10.00am – 4.00pm |
| Dates |
May 5, 12 |
| Fee |
$550 |
| Venue |
Billy Blue College of Design, 171 Pacific Highway, North Sydney |
Course Outline
Others will not believe you created such amazing images! Adobe Photoshop is a pixel-based program that allows you to retouch, manipulate and combine images. You’ll master the critical issue of pixel-resolution, and learn all the main operations so you can create images that can then be incorporated into other design programs.
Who should attend
If you want to be able to manipulate your photographs - to use images in corporate communications, to improve your personal photography to better capture those important moments, or to create fine art – this is the course for you.
Course Outcomes
At the end of this course you will be able to:
• understand basic tools and palettes of the working environment
• understand the importance of pixel resolution
• make composite images
• make and adjust Selections
• use Layers, Channels and Paths
• use Adjustment Layers
• create Masks
• use Retouch and Clone methods
• apply simple Colour Correction techniques
• Re-size images
• Understand and create smart objects
• save files for print and web
Course Content
• Introduction
Tailoring the course
• Getting Started
Understanding File types
Understanding the Photoshop environment
Using the toolbox and the tool options
Using palettes
Setting preferences
• Working with image selections
Making pixel selections
Adding to or subtracting selections
Magic wand tool
Saving and loading a selection
• Organising artwork on layers
Selecting and removing artwork on layers
Creating layers and layer sets
Modifying layers
Layer blending modes
• Working with type
Working with type layers
Adding layer effects
Applying a layer style
Flattening layers
• Improve and adjust images
Adjustment layers
Using levels and curves
Hue/Saturation
Brightness and contrast
• Masks and channels
Understanding masks and channels
Saving a selection as a channel
Loading a channel as a selection
• Re-touching images
Red eye tool
Re-touching tools, the basics
Improving shadows and highlights
• Painting and Editing
General painting and editing techniques to create illustrations
• Basic Pen techniques
Drawing paths with pen tool
Turn path into selection
• Filters
Exploring the filter gallery
• Re-sizing images
Understanding Image resolution
Understanding canvas size
• Preparing finished images
Preparing web ready images
Preparing print ready images
Prerequisites
Basic Computer/ Internet skills with PC or Mac.
Lecturer’s Biography
Suzanne Keating has many years experience in the Graphic Design field, working for highly-regarded agencies both here and in London. She has extensive design experience with print media, packaging, point of sale, corporate identity, illustration and web design.
Suzanne’s current love is book-publishing which she moved into 6 years ago working as Art Director on a number of titles including the award-winning Illustrated Atlas of the World.
Suzanne designs and art directs on a freelance basis, as well as working as a lecturer at Billy Blue College of Design.
