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Prerequisites:
Intermediate to Advanced working knowledge of Photoshop commands and techniques. *** Other recommended courses: Quark, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, OSX

Platforms: PC, Mac

Duration: 1 day
10:00am-5:00pm.

Further Details:
Learn To:
+ Work faster and more efficiently with essential program shortcuts
+ Consolidate exisiting Photoshop skills and resolve practical problems
+ Develop new working methods and creative effects to an advanced level
+ Use professional tips and tricks to create high quality results
+ Explore fully the use of masking with Alpha Channel and Layer Mask techniques
+ Edit and retouch colour professionally using Lab and CMYK modes
+ Automate and batch process your work working with Actions

Benefits:
This one day bespoke-style course for Intermediate to Advanced print users offers a chance further develop Photoshop skills, allowing users to solve specific problems, learn essential shortcuts and tips and achieve better working practice by linking and combining Photoshop commands . The outline is a recommended guide to topics of interest, and in addition individual specific requests are welcomed. Delegates are actively encouraged to bring along examples of their work.

Who Should Attend?
A one day course for Advanced users who wish to further enhance their Photoshop knowledge within a print and photographic environment.

Course Content:
Photoshop Essentials
Advanced shortcuts / context sensitive menus
Regulating memory /purge commands
Monitor calibration/ICC profiles/soft proofing
Setting file saving / custom preferences
Libraries/preset management
Tone and colour editing
Adjustment layers / masks
Curves and selective colour commands
Channel mixer command
Custom greyscale conversions
Apply image command
Lab, Multi-channel and Bitmap modes
Retouching and drawing techniques
Custom brushes and brush effects
Specifying paint and fill blending modes
Combining and grouping vector and paint layers
Shape drawing techniques / applications
Selection Techniques
Extract command
Creating selections in alpha channels
Building masks from colour channels
Combining and blending alpha channels
Techniques and shortcuts with paths
Calculations command
Spot colour channels
Using alpha channels to optimize web images
Exporting alpha channels
Layer techniques
Combining layer masks/vector masks
Tips for using layer styles
Creating contours
Perspective and reflected shadows
Techniques for creating Light, shade, perspective, depth and focus
Techniques and effects with Layer Sets
Pass through Mode
Using layer blend modes
layer blend sliders
layer opacity vs fill opacity
Layer knockouts
Special effects
Neutral layers for filter effects
Lighting effects,3D Transform filter and Displace filters
creating 3D surfaces and textures
Automation
Recording and saving actions
Batch processing / creating droplets
Automate plug ins

For more information or a tailored quotation on any of our listed courses, please contact MAVCOM Training by e-mail: training@mavcom.co.uk or telephone: 0845 644 0843

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