Adobe Photoshop Elements Training Course

Course Learning Outcomes:

• Fundamental principles of computer graphics and desktop publishing
• Methods for defining and managing color
• Distinctions between vector and bitmap graphics
• Techniques for customizing color photos and graphics
• Principles of image retouching and photomontage creation
• Creating original illustrations and graphics
• Adapting graphic compositions to meet specific print requirements
• Designing logos and branding assets
• Developing engaging charts and tables
• Designing business cards and letterheads
• Creating labels, diplomas, and invitations
• Preparing leaflets and brochures
• Text formatting techniques
• Utilizing spot colors
• Principles of print preparation
• Overview of digital, offset, and screen printing processes

Sample Class Topics:

• Designing a personal poster
• Portrait retouching
• Panorama stitching
• Designing a personal catalog
• Face retouching and enhancement
• Billboard design
• Logo creation

During this training, participants will learn:

• Efficient program operation
• Issues related to printing technology
• Adjustments and photo retouching
• Color correction
• Red-eye removal
• Brightness and contrast adjustments
• Size adjustments
• Sharpness enhancement
• Combining multiple photos into a single image
• Restoring the quality of old, damaged photographs
• Creating a sepia effect
• Cutting objects out from the background
• Image composition, color models, basic concepts, and formats
• Working with layers and masks
• Tool selection and vector tool paths
• Styles and effects
• Text editing
• Adjusting color photos and graphics
• Adjustment layers
• Automation techniques
• Document history
• Retouching and montages
• Saving work

We invite you to participate in a course focused on image processing using Adobe Photoshop.

This course is designed for those who wish to master color management, prepare images for exhibition, perform editing and retouching, create collages, and work with RAW formats.

We will demonstrate how to fine-tune your shots to achieve the best possible results. We will cover all the tools essential for a photo editor's workflow.

You will have the opportunity to acquire new knowledge through dozens of illustrated examples and reinforce it with exercises guided by the instructor. Additionally, you will have access to prepared learning materials. Benefit from expert experience to save time and avoid unnecessary trial and error.

Through this instructor-led live training, participants will master Adobe Photoshop's photo-enhancement capabilities by engaging in a series of practical exercises aimed at improving the quality of sample photographs.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Utilize Photoshop's enhancement tools to modify and improve photographic quality
• Fine-tune sharpness and blur effects to highlight key details in images
• Adjust color tones and facial expressions within photographs
• Optimize images for printing or digital development

Target Audience

• Beginners and enthusiasts in photography

Course Format

• A blend of lectures, discussions, exercises, and extensive hands-on practice

What you will learn during the training:

• fundamentals of computer graphics and desktop publishing
• methods for defining and managing color
• distinctions between vector and bitmap graphics
• techniques for customizing color photos and graphics
• principles of retouching and constructing photomontages
• creating your own illustrations and graphics
• adapting graphic materials to meet specific composition and printing requirements
• understanding logos and logo design
• designing engaging charts and tables
• producing business cards and letterheads
• designing labels, diplomas, and invitations
• preparing leaflets, banners, billboards, and print-ready files
• text formatting techniques
• creating style sheets and applying formatting styles
• utilizing spot colors
• principles of preparing publications for print
• understanding digital printing, offset printing, and solvent printing

Adobe graphic programs are a set of tools for creating, editing and manipulating graphics, multimedia and documents. Adobe Systems is known for creating many professional programs dedicated to graphics, multimedia, photo editing, web design and more. Here are some of the main graphic programs created by Adobe: Adobe Photoshop This is one of the most popular programs for raster graphic editing. It allows image manipulation, graphic creation, retouching, colour correction and many other advanced operations. Adobe Illustrator Focused on vector graphics, Illustrator enables the creation of logos, illustrations, vector graphics, typography designs and other elements that can be scaled without loss of quality.