24hrs – ICDL Image Editing (Photoshop)

Imaging Concepts

• Common Uses of Digital Images
• Digital Images and Pixels
• Copyright

Graphics Formats

• Raster and Vector Images
• Proprietary Application Formats

Colour Concepts

• Colour Models
• Colour Palette and Depth
• Understanding Common Colour Terms

Capturing Images

• Saving Images from a Digital Camera
• Using the Print Screen Facility
• Saving Images from Image Library
• Scanning Images

Creating Images

• Photoshop Interface and Creating Images
• Opening, Placing and Closing Images Files
• Switching Between Open Files
• Creating New Image File
• Saving Images

Layout Settings

• Foreground and Background Colours
• Setting Grid Properties

Settings

• Setting Basic Options and Preferences
• Using the Help Function
• Using Magnification and Zoom Tools
• Performing Undo and Redo with History Panel
• Manipulating Toolbars and Panels

Selection Techniques

• About Selection Techniques
• Selecting an Entire Image or Layer
• Selecting with Marquee and Lasso Tools
• Selecting Based on Colour
• Manipulating Selections
• Feathering and Anti-aliasing
• Inversing Selection
• Saving and Loading Selections

Image Manipulation

• Changing Image Canvas Size
• Resizing Images
• Cropping Images
• Moving and Copying Selection
• Rotating and Flipping Selection/Image

Layers

• Understanding Layers
• Creating, Copying and Deleting Layers
• Setting Layer Properties
• Merging and Flattening Layers
• Transforming Layers
• Rasterizing Layers
• Creating Animated GIF from Layers

Working with Text

• Creating and Editing Text
• Formatting Text
• Applying Text Warp

Effects and Filters

• Understanding Effects and Filters
• Applying Artistic and Distortion Effects
• Applying Blur Effects
• Applying Lighting Effects
• Working with Image Adjustments
• Working with Sharpen and Unsharpen Mask
• Applying Red Eye Reduction

Drawing Tools

• Working with Drawing Tools
• Adding Lines and Shapes
• Adjusting Shape’s Path

Painting Tools

• Working with Painting Tools
• Selecting Colour with the Eyedropper
• Filling with Gradient Fill
• Colouring using the Paintbrush
• Using the Eraser
• Filling with Paint Bucket
• Cloning with the Clone Stamp

Preparing Outputs

• Setup
• Print

The course, Image Editing (Photoshop), is designated for the learners to understand the main concepts underlying digital images and to use an Image Editing application to enhance images, apply effects, and prepare an image for printing and publishing.

User: Adobe Photoshop is a very popular Image Editing Software among the designers in the designing industries. This software helps the consumers to further enhance their photos in their designing project. Effectively all companies would require several people with effective Image Editing skills.