Photoshop Advanced

Two Days

This course is designed for those who are already familiar with the fundamentals of Photoshop but wish to advance to the next level of PhotoShops skills. 

In addition to Photoshop's more advanced features, the course covers tone and colour correction, using adjustment layers and layer masks, advanced retouching techniques, automating tasks, working with shapes and brushes and using powerful layering and filtering techniques. 

• Setting up the Workflow
  • Power users keyboard shortcuts
  • Customising the interface
  • Setting colour profiles for screen and print
  Colour Control
  • The power of Adjustment Layers
  • Using the new Adjustments Panel
  • Colour manipulation with Curves
  • Colour manipulation with Levels
  • Assessing colour casts by RGB value
  • Making Gamma corrections
  • The Channel Mixer command
  • Photo Filters as correction tools
  • Using Blend modes to manipulate tone and colour
• Advanced Exposure and Brightness Control
  • Analysing and understanding Curves
  • Work-through of industry standard curves
  • Advanced use of Levels to control highlight, shadow and midtone
  • Using the new Adjustments Panel
  • The Channel Mixer command
  • Using Blend modes to manipulate tone and colour
• Advanced Selection techniques
  • Working with Alpha channels
  • Selections in Alpha channels
  • Building selections from Colour Channels
  • Combining Alpha Channels using image calculations
  • Using Alpha Channels as Layer Masks
  • Creating an edge mask in channels
  • Accurate use of the pen tool
• Focus and Perspective Control
  • Advanced techniques for sharpening images
  • Selective blurring techniques for depth of field
  • Selective blurring techniques for motion
  • Wrapping artwork and images around objects
  • Advanced use of Layers
    • Working with Smart Objects
    • Nesting Layers within Smart Objects
    • Using the Masks panel
    • The Mask Edge command
    • Cut out techniques with Layer Masks
    • Applied effects using Layer Blend modes
    • Neutral Fill layers
    • Using Blend If sliders
    Using Photoshop 3D
    • Importing models as 3D layers
    • Editing diffuse textures
    • Creating primitives
    • Applying 2D images to 3D primitives
    • Object and camera transformations
    • Editing and creating lights
    • Viewing cross sections and render modes
    Using Video Layers
    • Timeline based animations
    • Creating video layers
    • Working with keyframes and tweening
  • Understanding Filters
    • Working with Smart Filter layers
    • Combining Filters creatively
    • Understanding the Lighting Effects Filter
      Creating texture maps
    • Creating progressive focus effects
    • Using Alpha Channels with filters
  • Professional Image Retouching
    • Professional Industry techniques work-through
    • Removing blemishes and artefacts
    • Body shaping and enhancing
    • Correcting skin tones
    • Whitening eyes and teeth
    • Changing eye and hair colour
    • Enhancing lips and other key features