Adobe Photoshop Elements Training Course

Key learning outcomes:

• Fundamental principles of digital graphics and desktop publishing
• Methods for defining and managing color profiles
• Distinctions between vector and bitmap graphics
• Techniques for optimizing color photos and graphics
• Core concepts of photo retouching and photomontage creation
• Creating original illustrations and graphics
• Adapting designs to meet specific composition and printing requirements
• Designing logos and identity marks
• Designing engaging charts and data tables
• Creating business cards and letterheads
• Designing labels, diplomas, and invitations
• Preparing and laying out leaflets
• Best practices for text formatting
• Utilization of spot colors
• Principles of print preparation
• Overview of digital, offset, and screen printing processes

Sample class projects:

• Designing a poster
• Portrait retouching
• Panoramic image processing
• Designing a catalog
• Face retouching and enhancement
• Billboard layout design
• Logo creation

During the training, participants will acquire the following skills:

• Proficiency in navigating and operating the software
• Understanding issues related to printing technology
• Techniques for adjustments and photo retouching
• Color correction methods
• Removal of red-eye effect
• Adjusting brightness and contrast levels
• Resizing images
• Enhancing image sharpness
• Compositing multiple photographs into a single image
• Restoring and enhancing the quality of old or damaged photographs
• Creating sepia effects
• Isolating and cutting out objects from their backgrounds
• Fundamentals of image construction, color models, core concepts, and file formats
• Working with layers and masks
• Utilizing selection tools and vector paths
• Applying styles and effects
• Typography and text editing
• Adjusting color photos and graphics
• Using adjustment layers
• Automating repetitive tasks
• Managing the document history
• Executing retouching and photo montages
• Properly saving and exporting work

We invite you to join a course dedicated to image processing with Adobe Photoshop.

This course is designed for those who wish to master color correction, save and prepare images for display, perform editing and retouching, create collages, and utilize the RAW format.

We will demonstrate how to fine-tune photographs to achieve the best possible results. We will also cover all the tools available in professional photo editing.

You will have the opportunity to acquire new knowledge through dozens of practical examples and reinforce this learning with exercises guided by the instructor. Additionally, you will have access to prepared course materials. Benefit from expert experience to save time and avoid aimless exploration.

This instructor-led live training enables participants to master Adobe Photoshop's photo enhancement capabilities through a series of practical exercises designed to improve the quality of sample photographs.

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Utilize Photoshop's photo enhancement tools to modify image quality
• Adjust sharpness and blur settings to highlight key photographic features
• Modify coloring and facial expressions within photographs
• Prepare images for printing or photo development

Audience

• Beginners and enthusiasts in photography

Course Format

• A blend of lectures, discussions, exercises, and extensive hands-on practice

What you will learn during the training:

• fundamental principles of computer graphics and desktop publishing
• methods for defining and manipulating color
• distinctions between vector and bitmap graphics
• techniques for customizing color photos and graphics
• core concepts of retouching and constructing photomontages
• how to create original illustrations and graphics
• adapting graphic compositions to meet specific printing and production requirements
• principles of logo design
• creating engaging charts and tables
• designing business cards and letterheads
• producing labels, certificates, and invitations
• preparing leaflets, banners, and billboards for print
• text formatting techniques
• developing style sheets and applying formatting styles
• utilizing spot colors
• principles of preparing publications for print
• types of printing methods: digital, offset, and solvent

Adobe graphic programs are a suite of tools for creating, editing, and manipulating graphics, multimedia, and documents. Adobe Systems is known for developing many professional programs dedicated to graphics, multimedia, photo editing, web design, and more. Below are some of the main graphic programs created by Adobe: Adobe Photoshop This is one of the most popular programs for raster graphics editing. It allows image manipulation, creating graphics, retouching, colour correction, and many other advanced operations. Adobe Illustrator Focused on vector graphics, Illustrator enables the creation of logos, illustrations, vector graphics, typography projects, and other elements that can be scaled without loss of quality.