Photoshop CS5 Introduction

Day one

1. The Photoshop interface

2. Creating, saving and navigating documents

3. Using Adobe Bridge

4. Using colours

5. How to choose a colour and use it in a composition

6. Type and text

How to add text to a Photoshop document and type
on a path

7. Image sizing

Learn how to resize and crop your images

8. Photoshop actions

Learn how to automate your workflow using actions

9. Making selections

Understand how to make, transform and save a selection from an image

10. Retouching

Learn how to use the various retouching tools to enhance your images, and how to remove the background from an image

Day 2

1. Layer styles

Exploit the power of layer styles to add exciting
design effects

2. Correction of tone and colour

Learn how to use levels and curves to correct colour

3 Photoshop creations

Create a simple animation, a web photo gallery and a PDF presentation

4. Using brushes

Loading and using brushes and making your own

5. Using layers

How to creatively use layers in Photoshop

Learn about adjustment layers and quick masks

6. Shapes

Creation of vector shapes and fill layers

7. Using the filters

Learn how to creatively use the filter gallery

8. Further techniques

Keyboard shortcuts, file formats, Q and A