For bookings from established businesses, we do not require payment at the point of booking.
We will send you an invoice which you can submit to your accounts payable system.
Purchase Orders
If your employer uses a purchase order (P.O.) system to manage supplier invoices that is no problem.
If you already have a P.O. number when booking add it to the PO number box on the booking form, and we will include it on your invoice.
If you need an invoice to generate a P.O. number in your accounts system, please book the course as normal and add a note in the PO number box – to be provided
We will send you an invoice (without a P.O.) which you can use to generate a P.O..
We will then re-issue your invoice with your P.O. included when you provide us with it
PAYMENT METHODS:
You are not able to pay directly online at the time of booking, we issue an invoice for all bookings.
We accept payment either via direct bank transfer or card
Our invoices contain our bank details if you would like to pay by bank transfer and there is also information on how to pay by card.
Please note, if you are using a business card there is a surcharge of 2% to cover the payment processing charges.
Master the basics of digital image management and manipulation on this 2 day beginners’ Adobe Photoshop course.
Our friendly, experienced Adobe trainers will quickly get you using Photoshop confidently and share the tricks that they have picked up over the years.
This is a hands-on course. It includes lots of time to practise what you are being taught and try things out for yourself.
By the time you finish, you’ll be comfortable using a wide range of Photoshop’s key features.
✔ A complete beginners’ course that covers all of the basics. ✔ Plenty of one-to-one attention and time to ask questions. ✔ Friendly expert trainers, small groups and a comfortable place to learn.
What Will I Learn?
By the end of this course you’ll be confidently using Photoshop to manipulate and touch up your images.
Photographs are provided for you to practise on during this course. They provide real-world examples of how to use the techniques that you are being taught.
You will learn how to:
Create stunning images by editing and retouching your photos.
Perfectly annotate your images using a variety of text effects.
Quickly and accurately select specific parts of your image to work with.
Optimise your images for print, web and other uses.
Watch one of our trainers give a taster on what you’ll cover:
The Trainer
One of our regular trainers for this course is Paul. He has been training people to use layout and graphic design packages for over 30 years.
He started his career working as a graphic designer. Then in 1989 he was asked to help train people use Aldus Pagemaker and CorelDraw and the rest is history.
He has focused on training Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustrator for the last 15 years.
Click on the sections below to see the full syllabus that is covered during this course.
Starting Photoshop
The Photoshop Workspace
Working With The Palette Dock
Working With Palettes And Palette Groups
Palette Techniques
About The Toolbox
Working With The Options Bar
Opening An Existing Document
Creating A New Image
Brush Tool Essentials
Selecting Colours Using The Swatches Palette
Undoing Actions
Exiting Photoshop
Understanding The Document Window
Navigating With The Navigator Palette
Navigating With The Hand And Zoom Tools
Navigating With Keyboard Shortcuts
Changing Screen Modes
Working With Multiple Documents
Understanding file formats
Understanding file size
Understanding colour mode
Understanding resizing and resampling
Resizing an image for printing
Resampling an image
Cropping images
Cropping to a target size
Using the Crop Tool to add a border
Understanding Tonality and Histogram Palette
Using levels to Improve Contrast
Adjusting Levels Automatically
Using Curves to Improve brightness
Adjusting shadows and highlights
Repairing photos that needed Fill Flash
Repairing Photos with too much flash
Using Auto Colour
Adjusting Colour Balance
Using Hue and Saturation
Using The Clone Stamp Tool
Using the Healing Brush Tool
Using the Spot Healing Brush Tool
Using Content-Aware
Repairing Large Areas
Removing Red Eye
Sharpening An Image
Understanding layers and the layers palette
Creating new layers
Working with Layers
Working with the background layer
Changing layer stacking order
Changing layer opacity
Creating a simple composite
Flipping And Rotating Images
Straightening Photos
Straightening Scanned Images
Correcting Perspective Problems
Skewing And Rotating Images
Warping Images
Working With Selections
Using The Lasso And Polygonal Lasso Tools
Using The Magic Wand Tool
Using The Magnetic Lasso Tool
Using the Object Selection Tool
Modifying selections using Quick Mask Mode
Extracting selections from the background
Cleaning up extractions
Creating Layer Masks
Using Clipping Masks
Applying a soft focus effect
Applying a blurred Lighting Vignette
Applying a focus Vignette effect
Using a Gradient Mask
Converting a colour image to greyscale
Using adjustment layers
Understanding blending modes
Dodging and burning with overlay blend mode
Adding Point Type
Changing Text Colour
Changing Text Size
Editing Text
Adding Paragraph Type
Warping Text
Adding Special Text Effects With Layer Styles
Drawing Paths For Text
Creating Text On A Path
Printing Single Images
Using the Print Dialog Box
Saving Layered Files
Saving Images in a New Format
Understanding the Save For Web Dialog Box
Creating a pdf presentation
Am I Ready?
This course is designed for complete beginners. You do not need any prior experience with Photoshop to attend.
Provided that you have a basic understanding of working with multiple windows and file storage on a computer, you’ll be absolutely fine.
The Training Day
You don’t need to bring anything with you. We provide everything that you’ll need for 2 really fun, productive days of training.
Our courses run from 9.30 am to roughly 4.30 pm with refreshments throughout the day and a break for lunch.
We offer a fun, supportive learning environment, and comfortable, fully air-conditioned facilities. We also have some of the nicest instructors on the planet.
Also, you’ll receive:
✔ A full-colour manual which covers everything in the course. ✔ Your course exercises so that you can practice at home. ✔ A Certificate of Attendance.
Online Training Requirements
To attend this PhotoShop course online, you will need:
✔ PhotoShop on your Windows PC/laptop with a camera, speakers & microphone ✔ A stable internet connection capable of running Zoom ✔ To be a confident computer user and able to use Zoom to attend the course
If you have access to a second screen, we would encourage you to use it as it improves the experience.
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