Adobe® Photoshop® — A One-Day Workshop

If you're like most Photoshop users, you picked up the basics quickly and then your learning curve ended as quickly as it began.

Oh, you might dabble a little bit from time to time, exploring new tools and functions on your own or with a manual by your side. But the minute you get stuck in unfamiliar territory, there's always that powerful urge to retreat quickly to safe ground doing the same old things the same old way.

But isn't it frustrating seeing all of Photoshop's menus, submenus, settings and palettes and realizing how few you know how to use?

In one day, you'll acquire dozens of new tricks, tips and shortcuts that you can put to use immediately. Any Photoshop pro will tell you that you can't learn it all in a single day (and be wary of courses that make that claim). The content of this workshop is built around topics that will give you the biggest, fastest payback. It doesn't waste your time on pointers and techniques you'll seldom use or need.

Your newly acquired Photoshop savvy will help you replicate practically any graphic treatment that catches your eye. You'll be able to skim through magazines, ads, Web sites and brochures, find the "look" that really grabs you and mentally go through Photoshop steps that accomplished it.

With a little practice, you'll soon be creating similar "hot" looks that can make your own work stand out and get the reaction you want from the readers.

Everything you learn at this workshop opens a new door of Photoshop understanding. Not only will you take home specific skills, shortcuts and techniques, but you'll also come away with greater insights into how Photoshop works.

That means that any self-teaching you do, any manual-assisted training you attempt, any "experiments" you want to try will all come easier. You'll know enough and be confident enough to venture further and further into Photoshop's endless possibilities.

Adobe Photoshop — A One-Day Workshop — Seminar Overview

Fundamentals of Photoshop
Planning Your Projects
Tools and Palettes
Creating a Selection
Color Manipulation
Layers
Special Effects

Fundamentals of Photoshop

What makes Photoshop unique? Key differences between it and other graphics programs
The best and fastest ways to navigate around images
Tips on resizing images without ruining them
What you see isn't always what you get — why that is, and what you can do about it

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Planning Your Projects

Deciding which file formats to use for which projects
Video graphics and web graphics — specific instructions about each
Why planning projects "from back to front" speeds things up and minimizes mistakes
Various ways to get an image into Photoshop

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Tools and Palettes

What each tool does
How tools and palettes work together
Quick steps to customizing palettes so you work faster
Options that are common to multiple tools
Why the tool box is broken into sections

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Creating a Selection

Why choosing the right selection tools can mean the difference between good and great images
Using the pen as a selection tool
The best way to add to or subtract for a selection
Using quick masks for isolating and empasizing elements of your image
Easy ways to make a selection based on color

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Color Manipulation

RGB vs. CMYK vs. Index — demystifying your choices
Understanding the differences and similarities between Levels and Curves — and why it's important you know the distinctions
How to improve the chances that the color you want is the color that prints
Tricks to using duotones and spot color — the benefits when you do them right
The fastest, easiest way to change color: a demonstration using Adjustment Layers

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Layers

Insider tips and tricks on using Preserve Transparency
Various way to create a layer mask, and how masks relate to channels
How to create patterns in type and achieve other special effects using clipping groups
The different modes in the Layers palette and how to use them to create dramatic collages

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Special Effects

Filters and their endless possibilities
Special 3-D effects built into Photoshop
How to bring black-and-white photos to life with color
How to put motion into still photography
Best ways to eliminate dust and fix scratches on old photographs

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*NOTE: This is not a hands-on workshop. Instead, you'll learn via "computer-less" training that makes every moment count.

To find out more about Adobe Photoshop — A One-Day Workshop, contact our customer service department at customerservice@pryor.com or by phone at (800) 780-8476.