Photoshop fundamentals/beginners

“Thanks for all the great info and teaching every tool in detail. I learnt more from your two day course than at the ‘Top Design School' I am currently studying at which presents it over eight weeks. I will recommend this course to anyone.” - Anel

"The previous course and tutorials (done at a Top South African SAQA approved design school) confused the daylight out of me. After this course I saw the light at the end of the tunnel. I am not afraid of Photoshop anymore!" - Magdel

“What I really appreciate about your course is the fact that you made us understand the workings of Photoshop and not just a recipe for doing things. Your enthusiasm is making the course an enjoyable experience...”

“This course is very hands-on and practical which makes a huge difference to learning. Johan was great, very patient and explained in great detail.”

“For someone that has never seen Photoshop, this was an amazing eye-opener to all the possibilities that it has to offer.”

Assuming that you have never worked on Photoshop before, we will take you from zero to hero in two days.

Every Architect and Engineer knows that you need a good, solid foundation to build anything on. Most people know this as well - a decent foundation in childhood will carry you far in adulthood.

But then why do so many institutions not follow the same principle with their courses? Most courses out there will teach you how to do this or that in Photoshop, but they never bother with the foundation.

This course was specifically designed with the Photoshop Foundation in mind. Once you know and understand how Photoshop works, you will be empowered to do so much more by yourself, and not only be reliant on specific procedures as teached in other courses.

Here you will learn about the basic building blocks of Photoshop, how it works, and why it works. Once completed with this course, you will have a basic understanding of the pillars on which this amazing tool stands - it's foundation. And we all know how important a good foundation is!

Give a hungry man a fish, and you feed him for one day. Teach a hungry man how to fish, and you feed him for life.

Well, basically, at the end of the course you will know:
* how to work with layers
* how to create drop shadow and other creative techniques on text or graphics
* how to create, and manage selections
* how to fix photos that are too dark or too light
* how to remove objects from photos
* how to do photo touch-ups
* how to make the photo black-and-white, but keep some objects in colour
* how to create various creative design elements
* how to apply vignetting to an image
* how to make text follow a shape or path
* how to create your own Birthday, Christmas or Valentine's cards
* how to create your own brush shapes / patterns
* how to change the colour of any object to any other colour

Here follows the course outline for the Photoshop Fundamentals course.

1. Creating a cover for your digital negative jewel case
2. Basic Photoshop Tools:

1. Marquee Tool
2. Move Tool
3. Lasso Tool
4. Magic Wand Tool
5. Crop Tool
6. Spot Healing Brush Tool
7. Healing Brush Tool
8. Patch Tool
9. Red Eye Tool
10. Colour Replacement Tool
11. Brush Tool
12. Pencil Tool
13. Clone Stamp Tool
14. Pattern Stamp Tool
15. History Brush Tool
16. Art History Brush Tool
17. Eraser Tool
18. Background Eraser Tool
19. Magic Eraser Tool
20. Gradient Tool
21. Paint Tool
22. Blur Tool
23. Sharpen Tool
24. Smudge Tool
25. Dodge Tool
26. Burn Tool
27. Sponge Tool
28. Shape Tool
29. Type Tool
30. Notes Tool
31. Audio Annotation Tool
32. Eye Dropper Tool
33. Colour Sampler Tool
34. Measure Tool
35. Hand Tool
36. Zoom Tool
37. Colour Selectors
38. Quick Mask Mode
39. Screen Modes

3. Introducing Layers
4. Basic Image Control

1. Reading a Histogram
2. Adjusting Levels
3. Basic Curves
4. Basic Colour Balance
5. Brightness and Contrast
6. Basic Hue and Saturation
7. Desaturate
8. Shadow/Highlight

5. Creating a visible watermark for your images
6. Creating your own © brush

For this course, we assume you know NOTHING about Photoshop. You will, however, at the end of this course understand how Photoshop works, and much more easily be able to follow other tutorials.

One thing you must have, is basic PC skills - how to locate, and open files from your computer.

Date: 10 April 2010 to 17 April 2010
Venue: Corporate Conference Centre, Edenvale, Johannesburg
Cost: R2500 - discount applicable