Photoshop Class - Master Series
Photoshop is one of the most popular graphics applications on the market today. More importantly, Photoshop has reached the mainstream consumer. Walk into your local bookstore and you will find Photoshop now has its own section. With literally thousands of books on the subject where do you begin?
Media Cats blends the right combination of “Ooh! Ah!” presentation with hands-on-training during our beginner Photoshop class. This 16 hour session builds a solid foundation towards mastering Photoshop for the novice user. You can view examples of class assignments on the Photoshop sample page.
This course is about more than just Photoshop. It focuses on how to work with images, whether your input is from a digital camera, scanner or copied off the Internet. The instructor will walk you through the various types of images you can manipulate in Photoshop and what is best for print versus the web. We will show you how to work with your images from start to finish.
The Photoshop Course 1 covers the following:
- Photoshop Environment (A.J.’s Keyboard Shortcuts)
- Raster vs. Vector Images
- Image Size & Resolution
- Image & Color Modes
- Understanding RGB vs. CMYK Colors
- Using History
- Using Painting & Adjustment Tools
- Cropping & Cloning
- Image Adjustments
- Making Selections
- Layers
- Styles & Special Effects
- Saving Images
The Photoshop Course 2 includes:
- Masking for Selections
- Layer Masks
- Vector Paths
- Vector Masks
- Gradients/Patterns
- Transformation & Warping
- Smart Objects / Vanishing Point
- Layer Comps
- Automating Photoshop