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Duration One day
   
Public scheduled course £N/A plus VAT
   
Individual tuition £495 plus VAT

The cost of this course includes six months telephone Helpline support, course notes, lunch and a certificate
 

This course is only available as private tuition
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Photoshop CS3: Advanced

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Course Overview

This is an Adobe authorised power-user course for those who need to harness the full power and potential of Adobe Photoshop CS3. The course includes advanced colour techniques, advanced selection techniques, working with 3D layers, working with Smart Objects and efficient layering and filtering techniques. If you would like a private version of this course built around your specific requirements, please give us a call.

Course content

Introduction

Photoshop essentials
• Essential shortcuts
• Colour settings and ICC profiles
• Profile to Profile conversions
• Soft Proof and Gamut warning
• Working with Scripts

Colour techniques
• Using the Shadow/Highlight command
• Editing in Lab mode
• Working with Curves
• The Channel Mixer command
• Using Blend modes to manipulate tone and colour

Selection techniques
• Working with Alpha channels
• Selections in Alpha channels
• Building selections from Colour Channels
• The Calculations command
• Spot Colour channels

Working with 3D layers
• Importing models as 3D layers
• Vanishing Point and 3D layers
• 3D transformations
• Editing textures
• Viewing cross-sections

Introducing video layers
• Timeline based animations
• Creating video layers
• Working with keyframes and tweening

Layer techniques
• Working with Smart Objects
• Smart Objects and Image Stacks
• Refining Mask Edges
• Techniques with Layer Masks
• Creating layers from styles
• Understanding Layer Blend modes
• Neutral Fill layers
• Using Blend If sliders

Filter techniques
• Working with Smart Filter layers
• Using the Lens Blur filter
• Using Alpha Channels with filters
• The Displace filter
• Advanced Sharpening techniques

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