Adobe Photoshop Elements Training Course

Key Learning Outcomes:

• Fundamental principles of computer graphics and desktop publishing
• Techniques for defining and manipulating color
• Distinctions between vector and raster (bitmap) graphics
• Methods for enhancing and customizing photographs and graphics
• Core concepts of photo retouching and photomontage creation
• Skills to design original illustrations and graphics
• Best practices for adapting graphic compositions for print requirements
• Process of designing logos and branding marks
• Creating engaging charts and data tables
• Designing business cards and letterheads
• Producing labels, certificates, and invitations
• Preparing brochures and leaflets
• Text formatting techniques
• Utilization of spot colors
• Fundamentals of pre-press preparation
• Overview of digital, offset, and screen printing processes

Course Project Examples:

• Poster design
• Portrait editing
• Panorama creation
• Catalog layout
• Face retouching
• Billboard design
• Logo development

Participants will master the following during the training:

• Proficient program operation
• Imaging and printing technologies
• Photo adjustments and retouching
• Color correction
• Red-eye removal
• Brightness and contrast adjustments
• Image resizing
• Enhancing sharpness
• Compositing multiple photos into a single image
• Restoring quality to old or damaged photographs
• Creating sepia effects
• Cutting out objects from backgrounds
• Image construction, color models, basic concepts, and file formats
• Working with layers and masks
• Tool selection and vector paths
• Styles and effects
• Text editing
• Adjusting color photos and graphics
• Using adjustment layers
• Automation techniques
• Document history management
• Retouching and montages
• Saving and exporting work

We invite you to join a course dedicated to image processing using Adobe Photoshop.

This course is designed for individuals who wish to master color correction, prepare images for exhibition, perform editing and retouching, create collages, and utilize the RAW format.

We will demonstrate how to fine-tune your shots to achieve the best possible results. All the tools used by professional photo editors will be discussed in detail.

You will have the opportunity to acquire new knowledge through dozens of illustrated examples and reinforce it with exercises conducted under the guidance of the instructor. Additionally, you will have access to prepared course materials. Benefit from the expertise of professionals to save time and avoid ineffective trial-and-error.

This instructor-led live training guides participants through practical exercises designed to master Adobe Photoshop's photo-enhancement tools, with the goal of improving the quality of sample photographs.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Utilize Photoshop’s photo-enhancement capabilities to upgrade image quality
• Fine-tune sharpness and blur settings to highlight key photographic details
• Modify color tones and facial expressions within images
• Optimize photographs for printing or post-development processes

Audience

• Beginners and enthusiasts in photography

Course Format

• A blend of lectures, discussions, and extensive hands-on practice

What you will learn during the training:

• fundamentals of computer graphics and desktop publishing
• methods for defining and managing color
• distinctions between vector and bitmap graphics
• techniques for customizing color photos and graphics
• principles of retouching and creating photomontages
• creating original illustrations and graphics
• adapting graphic compositions to meet specific print and production needs
• designing logos and brand marks
• developing engaging charts and tables
• designing business cards and letterheads
• creating labels, diplomas, and invitations
• preparing materials for leaflets, banners, billboards, and printing
• text formatting techniques
• developing style sheets and applying formatting styles
• using additional color profiles
• principles of preparing publications for print
• understanding digital, offset, and solvent printing methods

Adobe graphic programs are a suite of tools for creating, editing, and manipulating graphics, multimedia, and documents. Adobe Systems is known for developing many professional programs dedicated to graphic design, multimedia, photo editing, web design, and more. Here are some of the main graphic programs created by Adobe: Adobe Photoshop This is one of the most popular programs for raster graphics editing. It allows you to manipulate photos, create graphics, retouch, correct colors, and perform many other advanced operations. Adobe Illustrator Focused on vector graphics, Illustrator enables you to create logos, illustrations, vector graphics, typographic projects, and other elements that can be scaled without loss of quality.