Is this for you?

Design and marketing enthusiasts who are keen to develop a specialist skill set in photo and image editing, and creating marketing materials including flyers, web design elements including graphic design and logo creation. This course is also suitable for budding photography enthusiasts.

About this course

Having the ability to doctor images and edit photographs is a highly sought after skill across the marketing and fashion world, but it doesn’t stop there! Editing images is also a skill used by photographers, and across the corporate market place, meaning this is a talent always in demand.

By studying Photoshop CC, you will gain an understanding of hundreds of new updates and features, not just learning how to edit images and photos, but also create marketing materials and logos.

You will take a look at aspects including improved smart guides, terminology for digital images, and 3D exporting and printing.

Your local course advisor will be able to recommend other courses which will support your graphic design knowledge, and provide further information on this course.

There are 3 sessions within this Photoshop course: –

Session 1

Section A: Intro to Photoshop CC

Section B: The Capture

Section C: Open Files in Photoshop CC

Section D: Navigate Documents

Section E: Creating a New Document

Section F: Color Theory and Management

Section G: Understanding Image Formats

Session 2

Section A: Resolution and Cropping

Section B: Evaluate Image

Section C: Basic Tonal Adjustments

Section D: Selections

Section E: Basic Retouching

Section F: Content-Aware

Session 3

Section A: Understand Layers

Section B: Work with Layer Masks

Section C: Work with Type

Section D: Filters

Section E: Shape Tool and Pen Tool

Aims and Objectives

This course is designed to help you gain the practical skills required to create your own marketing and graphic material, with the option to also take the ACA Visual Communication Certification.

Pre-Requisites

It would be ideal, but not essential, if you already held a basic knowledge of marketing and design elements – speak to your Course Advisor to find out more.

Career Path

This is the latest version of Photoshop and would be useful for anyone looking for a career in Graphic Design, Artwork Design, Marketing or even Web Design.