Our combination courses are split over two sessions, one at the start of the month and one at the end - (two days and two days.) Please contact us to arrange payment and the dates you wish to study. Our combination courses offer the very best value for money. You will learn two packages in this training that integrate to have more control of the final output. You will save 25% on our combination courses, than if you were to book each one separately.*
(* We add the cost of the two courses together and deduct 25% from the final price.)
In the Beginners Adobe Illustrator course, you will learn how to use the software to a good standard and start creating your own designs. We'll explore all of the different tools, shapes and layout features before moving onto groups, layers, and different formats to export in.
In the Beginners Photoshop part of the course, you will learn the basics, enabling you to use the programme to an intermediate working level. You will discover the essential fundamentals of Photoshop such as RGB vs CMYK, image resolution, layers, cropping and rotating artwork, before going on to more complex tasks such as cutting out parts of an image.
1.) The Photoshop workspace
2.) The Photoshop toolbar
3.) Image navigation tools
4.) Working with tabbed windows
5.) RGB and CMYK colour modes
6.) Image resolution, dimensions and file size
7.) Understanding layers
8.) Understanding file formats
10.) New document sizes
11.) Cropping and rotating artwork
12.) Changing image size
13.) Importing images
14.) Colour mode conversions
15.) Saving for web and print
16.) Using curves
17.) Using the levels command
18.) Adjusting colour balance
19.) Editing hue and saturation
20.) Replacing object colour
21.) Lassoo, pen and marquee tools
22.) Quick selection and magic wand tools
23.) Feathering selections
24.) Modifying selection shape
25.) Saving and loading selections
26.) Removing imperfections
27.) The clone stamp tool
28.) The spot healing tool
29.) Content aware tools
30.) Best practices for retouching
31.) The Toolbox
32.) Different palette types
33.) Setting up preferences
34.) Outline and GPU views
35.) The Selection Tool
36.) The Direct Selection Tool
37.) The Pen Tool
38.) Adding and removing points
39.) Drawing paths
40.) The Pencil Tool
41.) The Reshape Tool
42.) Customising workspaces
43.) Saving a workspace
44.) Using rulers, guides and smart guides
45.) Using the grids
46.) The Group function
47.) How to distribute
48.) Using the align functions
49.) The Stacking order
50.) The colour palettes
51.) Spot colours (Pantone)
52.) Understanding colour
53.) Saving custom palettes
54.) Custom gradients
55.) Creating and editing type
56.) Typeface properties
57.) Kerning, tracking and leading
58.) Creating paths for type
59.) Compound Paths
60.) Placing images
61.) Importing images
62.) Linking and embedding images
63.) Matching colour successfully
64.) The difference in file formats
65.) Best practice when saving images
66.) Saving for web
Most of our Adobe courses come with a free Adobe authorised training manual for your reference during and after the training. The courses where no manual is available come with comprehensive notes for you to take away with you. We always have a maximum of six delegates in our classrooms which will give you more one on one time with the instructor.
You are encouraged to ask us examples of how to do things that you need to learn for you role. We try and tailor a portion of the day to accommodate this, so that everybody leaves with relevant knowledge suited to their job.
Our trainers are all Adobe certified (Adobe Certified Instructors) and more importantly, have worked in relevant roles using all of the software they teach. We check all of our trainers credentials thoroughly before we employ them, to give you the student, the very best learning experience.
For those new to Dimension and the 3D workspace.
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