Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is the industry-standard image editing software, and is used worldwide by photographers and graphic designers to perfect their digital images. If you work in the graphics field, learning Adobe Photoshop is a prerequisite. With courses and training from New Horizons, you can learn the skills to become a Photoshop expert.
Adobe Photoshop lets you enhance, retouch, and manipulate photographs and other images.
Photoshop allows you to transform your images to the workings of your imagination and showcase them for the world to see. If you are a photographer, graphic, or web designer, learning how to use Adobe Photoshop is a must! Whether you are new to Photoshop or a seasoned user, Adobe Photoshop courses at New Horizons will provide you will valuable tips and tricks to improve efficiency and make your work come to life.


Adobe Photoshop Course Topics

  • Understanding and working with Layers

  • Enhance images with paint and filters

  • Perform color adjustments

  • Work with vector paths

  • Automating tasks


Adobe Photoshop - Part 1

Course Overview
Adobe® Photoshop® CC: Part 1 focuses on some of the basic features of Photoshop so that the student can navigate the environment and use Photoshop tools to work with photographic images. In addition, the orientation to Adobe® Bridge and organization of files in Bridge is covered. Although Photoshop is used by a variety of professionals, from photographers to designers to videographers, Photoshop Part 1 will focus mainly on the photography component.
The illustration and animation techniques are covered in subsequent levels of Photoshop. This course is a great component of your preparation for the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE):
Photoshop CC exam and the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Visual Communication Using Adobe Photoshop CC exam.


Who Should Attend
Target students include professional or amateur photographers who want to use the robust features of Photoshop to enhance, modify, and organize their photographs, and anyone interested in working toward the Visual Communications with Adobe Photoshop CC certification.


Course Objectives
This course will prepare you to use the most common basic features of Adobe Photoshop CC. In
this course, you will:

• Identify the components and capabilities of Photoshop CC.
• Create basic images.
• Manage selections and layers.
• Modify and repair images, and manage color.
• Refine images by adjusting layers, using camera raw, and applying advanced image refinement.
• Import, export, organize, and save files.

Course Outline
1 - Getting Started with Photoshop
• Organize Photoshop Assets by Using Adobe Bridge
• Organize the Photoshop Workspace
• Customize the Photoshop Workspace


2 - Creating Basic Images
• Manage Image Elements and Formats
• Apply Design Principles, Elements, and Graphic Composition
• Work with Digital Devices


3 - Managing Selections and Layers
• Use Selection Tools
• Manage Layers


4 - Adjusting Images
Modify Images
Repair Images
Implement Color Management


5 - Refining Images

• Adjust Layers
• Apply Camera Raw
• Refine Images by Using Advanced Tools

6 - Managing Files in a Production Workflow
• Import, Export, and Organize Files
• Save Images for the Web
• Save Images for Print
• Format Images for Other Programs


Adobe Photoshop - Part 2

Course Overview
Adobe® Photoshop® CC is a leading graphic creation application, popular among graphic designers, illustrators, and photographers. Photoshop's numerous features work together to provide a comprehensive toolset for you, the design professional. This course delves into some of the more advanced image creation and editing techniques, and offers you hands-on activities that demonstrate how these techniques can be used in combination to create exciting visual effects. This course is a great component of your preparation for the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Photoshop CC exam and the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Visual Communication Using Adobe Photoshop exam.

Who Should Attend
Target students include professional or amateur photographers who want to use the robust features of Photoshop to enhance, modify, and organize their photographs, and anyone interested in working toward the Visual Communication with Adobe Photoshop exam certification.


Course Objectives

This course will prepare you to use the most common basic features of Adobe Photoshop CC. In this course, you will:
• Use brushes, gradients, and tool presets to create raster images.
• Apply vector paths, shape drawing tools, type, and type special effects.
• Apply advanced layer techniques with masks, filters, layers, and smart objects.
• Apply actions and batch processing to automate tasks.
• Edit video by using timelines, transitions, graphics, titles, and animation.
• Set project requirements by identifying the purpose, audience, copyright rules, and project
• management tasks.


Course Outline
1 - Creating Raster Images
• Draw with Brushes
• Create Gradients
• Apply Tool Presets

2 - Applying Vector Image Tools
• Create Images with Vector Paths
• Apply the Shape Drawing Tools
• Work with Type
• Apply Type Special Effects

3 - Applying Advanced Layer Techniques
• Modify Images with Masks
• Apply Special Effects by Using Filters
• Apply Special Effects to Layers
• Apply Smart Objects for Nondestructive Editing

4 - Automating Tasks
• Create and Apply Actions
• Batch Process Files with Photoshop and Adobe Bridge

5 - Editing Video
• Edit Video
• Add Graphics, Titles, and Animation to Video

6 - Setting Project Requirements
• Identify Purpose, Audience, and Audience Needs
• Adhere to Copyright Rules for Artwork, Graphics, and Graphics Use
• Determine and Evaluate Project Management Tasks and Responsibilities