Adobe Photoshop Essentials-ONLINE

This fundamental course covers Adobe Photoshop CC most commonly used tools, menus and panels. You’ll learn all the basics of Photoshop to effectively work with selection and editing tools, layers, and masks to edit, retouch and enhance existing images or create your own composite digital art work. Impress your business organization, friends and family by enhancing their photos and create magazine cover quality enhanced images. Access to Adobe Photoshop software required.

Agenda
Unit 1
Getting to know the Interface and Selection Tools
Interface menus
Tools
Panels
Working with the various Selection tools
Unit 2
Working with Layers and Masks
Layers and layer management
Non- destructive editing using masks
How to type and format text
Using various type formatting and style tools and panels
Unit 3
Image Correction & Enhancement
Photo correction and enhancement tools
Crop, dodge and burn
Recoloring, retouching
Healing brushes
Unit 4
Using the Drawing Tools
How to use the Pen tool
Other drawing tools in Photoshop
Advanced drawing and selection
File formats
How to save files for print or web

How the Course Works

It is easy to participate in your online course. After you register, you will be given a web address to go to get into your online classroom. You will have a password and use your email address and password to gain access.

What You Will Do

For each Unit, you will: Read the print readings (about 20 pages a week) Have the option of accessing the online readings Listen to the audio presentation for the Unit and view the slides Have the option of taking a self-quiz to see how much you have learned Engage in written online discussion with your instructor and other participants For best learning, you should make one or more comments at 2-3 different times each week. The content (readings, audio lectures, slides) and self quizzes are accessible for the entire course, so you can work ahead, or go back and review again, at your convenience.

Participate When You Want

You can participate any time of day or evening. The online classroom is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are no live real-time requirements or meetings. You decide when you participate. For the best learning, participants should log into the course on 2-3 different days of the week.