Master the basics of digital image management and manipulation on this 2 day authorised beginners’ Adobe Photoshop course.
Our friendly, certified 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 practice 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.
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 practice 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:
For people looking to take their Photoshop skills further we also off an advanced Photoshop course and a combined Photoshop course discount.
Our usual trainer 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.
Photoshop contains a huge number of tools. This session introduces you to the various menus that Photoshop contains. It then shows you the basics of opening an image, using a brush and closing and saving an image. We get you working with Photoshop as quickly as possible.
The key techniques trained include:
The Photoshop gives you the ability to control and manipulate the colour and tone of images. It allows you to modify the contrast, colour, shadowing and levels of images very simply. This session will show you how to control all of these in your images and more.
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Photoshop can famously be used to edit photos. It allows you to whiten teeth, remove blemishes and remove red eye amongst other things. This session shows you how to ensure that your photo is looking perfect before you use it.
The key techniques trained include:
Each Photoshop image is composed of one or more layers. They are a very powerful concept that when used correctly allows for very rapid and simple editing of an image. Separating a composite image into a number of different layers means that when you would like to edit a certain effect or area you can work with just the relevant area on the relevant layer. This lets you focus on the specific change you would like to make and leave all other parts of the image unchanged.
The key topics trained include:
As your Photoshop images will be stored as digital images it is important to have a basic understanding of how that works and also some basic techniques for working with digital image files. This session will show you the most important controls that Photoshop gives you.
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So far we have only looked at making small-scale amendments to our images in Photoshop. This session looks at the possibilities for making larger scale edits to our images. For example, Photoshop allows you to straighten scanned images and even warp entire images by attaching an image to a grid and then manipulating the grid to create the image effect that you would like.
The key topics trained include:
As a user of Photoshop a key skill is to be able to select exactly the part of the specific section of your image that you want to work with. It is not until you have selected the relevant part of your image that you can begin to use the various tools available to modify your image. This session focuses on how to use the various tools that Photoshop has for making selections:
The key topics trained are:
Having introduced the concept of layers previously in this course we now return to them. We show you some of the effects that they allow to be created including soft focus and adding masks to images.
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This session focuses on annotating images. Once you have perfected your image in Photoshop you may want to add text to it as well. We show you how to add text as well as how to then format it to get just the effect that you want.
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The final section of this course focuses on outputing your Photoshop image. Having created and annotated your image so that it is ready for use, this session then shows you how to save and optimise your image. It also covers printing or digitally outputing your image.
The key topics trained include:
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.
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 a tasty, freshly prepared 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 A4 manual covering everything in the course so that you can recap.
✔ A USB stick for the course exercises to let you practise more in your own time.
✔ A Certificate of Attendance to show that you have been professionally trained.