Photoshop CS5 for Photographers

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Adobe Photoshop is the leading image editing software for film and digital photographers worldwide. This Adobe authorised course is designed for professional photographers who have a basic knowledge of Photoshop but who would like to explore image enhancing techniques in greater detail and make greater use of Photoshop?s creative potential. Particular attention will be paid to digital camera workflow, colour treatments, compositing techniques and the use of specialist filters.

Course Description

Processing Camera RAW files
• RAW vs TIFF and JPEG images
• Using the Camera RAW plug-in
• Correcting exposure and white
balance
• Tone and contrast adjustments
• Managing Camera RAW settings
• Sidecar .xmp files

Local adjustments in
Camera RAW
• The Graduated Filter tool
• Using the Adjustments brush
• Removing Sensor marks
• Noise reduction

Creating a digital workflow to
improve productivity
• Editing shoots using Adobe Bridge
• Using Adobe Bridge stacks
• Filtering images
• Batch processing RAW files
• Renaming and copying files
• Adding Metadata

Using tone and colour
• Placing RAW files as Smart Objects
• Adjustment layers
• Editing Adjustment Layer Masks
• Using the Adjustments panel

Selection techniques
• Creating and editing paths
• Building selections from paths
• Refining selection edges
• QuickMask selections
• Alpha channels
• Content aware scaling

Enhancing images using
different layer techniques
• Compositing bracketed exposures using layers
• Using the Auto Align and Auto
Blend commands
• Creating a panoramic projection
• Using the Masks panel
• Working with Layer Masks
• Merging and flattening layers

Filter techniques
• Smart filter layers
• Blur effects
• Controlling image sharpening

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