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ACA - Photoshop (Pro bundle)

VoxLab code: [B-PS-PRO]

  • Duration (Hours): 35 hours
  • WDA code: CRS-N-0025462
  • Price (before grant & GST): $1230
  • SDF approved grant: $465

This training module has been created for those who are looking for a career change and for those who want to learn the design principles. The module is composed of a bundle of courses. Part of it conducted with Adobe® software and the remaining part is theory. The topics covered during theory part are typography, color management and bits of graphic design history.

Adobe Photoshop will cover from A to Z, the creative process for image manipulation and accurate color management. It is a unique chance to simulate how to:

  • collect pictures
  • touch them up
  • understand color management implications and address them
  • create vector art
  • layout vector and raster art
  • edit text using typography principles

Course Outline

Photoshop Level 1 - Foundation

Introduction to Photoshop

  • Workspace and Tools
  • Panel Settings
  • Mini Bridge
  • Customizing Settings

    • Introduction to digital images

    • Image size and resolution
    • Layers and transparency
    • Raster and Vector
    • Free Transformations

    Introduction to color management

    • Color space LAB
    • RGB and CMYK
    • Assign profiles
    • Gamut warnings

    Introduction to color cast

    • Understanding and spotting color cast
    • Correcting color cast in theory
    • Good color cast / bad color cast
    • The extremely quick color cast removal

    Auto Correction

    • "One-shot" auto correction
    • Auto Tone (formerly known as Auto Levels)
    • Auto Color
    • Auto Contrast

    Histogram

    • Understanding histogram in digital image
    • Channels
    • Levels adjustment

    The importance of adjustment layers

    • Advantages of using Adjustment layers
    • Hue and Saturation

    Levels

    • Shadows and highlights in the Input panel
    • Gamma
    • Channels
    • Flexible Auto corrections
    • Clipping

    Basic brush theory

    • Brush size
    • Opacity and flow
    • Free hand drawing

    Adjustment layers, Layer masks and Selections

    • The layer mask rules
    • Hide and show with a brush
    • Spot corrections
    • Magic Wand
    • Pen Tool for accurate selections

    File format

    • Which formats support layers?
    • Which formats support transparency?
    • Which formats for print?
    • Which formats for the web?
Group photos and sample works
Course Outline

Photoshop Level 2 - Photoretouch And Digital Make-up

Advanced colour correction

  • Levels (recap)
  • Curves
  • Shadow / Highlight
  • Hue / Saturation vs Vibrancy

    • Blending Modes

    • Multiply
    • Screen
    • Overlay
    • Darken
    • Lighten
    • Soft Light
    • Hard Light
    • Add
    • Dodge
    • Burn
    • Difference
    • Color
    • Luminosity
    • Fading blending modes with Blending Options

    Sharpen and Microcontrast

    • Unsharpen mask
    • High pass + Overlay
    • Filter > Custom

    Pen tool for accurate selections

    • Pathing raster elements
    • Transform vector path in raster selections
    • Combining multiple paths in single selections
    • Saving paths
    • Loading paths as raster selections
    • Apply multiple layer masks through groups

    Photo retouch (touch up)

    • Clone stamp advanced features
    • Healing brush from sampled source
    • Healing brush from saved pattern
    • Spot Healing brush
    • Body reconstruction

    Shadows and lights localized enhancement

    • Dodge tool
    • Burn tool
    • Sponge tool
    • Preserving original tones
    • Non-destructive technique for localized enhancement

    Colour replacement

    • Hue/Saturation adjustment layer with Layer Mask
    • Colour re-construction
    • Adding noise to simulate real photo grain (for example skin)
    • Sampling elements from other sources
    • Adjustment Layer Levels to uniform main light source

    Specific photo-retouch

    • Retouching landscapes
    • Retouching models
    • Retouching products
    • Retouching eyes
    • Retouching lips
    • Retouching hair

    Filters overview

    • Artistic filters
    • Sharpen filters
    • Blur filters
    • Other filters
Course Outline

Extended Program

ACA Exam

Inclusive of ACA exam and exam prep Fee of S$350

Course Outline

Visual Communication using Photoshop

Setting Project Requirements

  • Identify the purpose, audience, and audience needs for preparing images(s).
  • Demonstrate knowledge of standard copyright rules for images and image use.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of project management tasks and responsibilities.
  • Communicate with others (such as peers and clients) about design plans.

Identifying Design Elements When Preparing Images

  • Demonstrate knowledge of image resolution, image size, and image file format for web, video, and print.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of design principles and image composition.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of typography.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of image generating devices and their resulting image types.

Understanding Adobe Photoshop

  • Identify elements of the Photoshop CS5 user interface and demonstrate knowledge of their functions.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of layers and masks.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of importing, exporting, organizing, and saving.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of producing and reusing images.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of and select the appropriate features and options required to implement a colour management workflow.

Manipulating images

  • Demonstrate knowledge of working with selections and measurement.
  • Use Photoshop guides and rulers.
  • Transform images.
  • Adjust the tonal range and correct the colour of an image.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of retouching and blending images.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of drawing and painting.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of type.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of filters.

Publishing digital images using Adobe Photoshop

  • Demonstrate knowledge of preparing images for web, print, and video.
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