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There are many excellent online courses. This has been hugely beneficial in my day to day work.
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- Louise Nolan
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Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Introduction
Course Aims
This course is designed to provide readers with knowledge of the fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop all the key skills necessary to achieve professional-looking results for press or web with ease. Readers will learn to save pictures in different formats, select and transform areas of an image, apply special effects and work with layers. |
Assumed Knowledge
A basic understanding of PCs and familiarity with the layout of a PC style keyboard, mouse and Windows is required. |
Course Audience
Intending, new or less-experienced users of Adobe Photoshop who wish to gain a good understanding of the software in a short space of time, plus others wishing to learn about the scope of the software. |
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Table of Contents
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Getting Started with Photoshop 6.0
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Start a Photoshop session
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Identify different elements of the Photoshop screen
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View the image using different screen modes
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Save an image into the native Photoshop file format
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Navigate through Photoshop
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Working with Images
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View and change image size and resolution
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Selecting Image Areas
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Use the Rectangle and Elliptical marquee tools
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Use the Lasso tools (Lasso, Magnetic Lasso, Polygonal Lasso)
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Manipulating Selections
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Change the perspective of an object
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Remove the background from an image
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Working with Image Modes
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Select an appropriate image mode to edit and output a picture
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Work in greyscale, bitmap, indexed colour and RGB modes
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Convert an image to CMYK, Duotone and LAB modes
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Working with Colour
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Select a colour from the colour palette or the image
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Replace one colour with another colour
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Fill a selection with colour
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Working with Layers
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Create, name, hide and delete a layer
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Apply transformations and effects to a layer
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Working with Filters
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Remove dust and scratches
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Apply different distortion effects
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Apply different texture effects
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Apply other types of effect
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Adjusting Images
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Adjust an image using the Variations tool
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Adjust the brightness and contrast of an image or part of an image
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Control the overall image tone
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Change hue and saturation
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Saving Completed Images
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Save an image for use in print applications
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Save an image for use on the web
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Glossary
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