Digital Photography with Photoshop CS4
Course Outline

DURATION 1 Day
PREREQUISITES There are no pre-requisites for this course, however, you do need to own or have access to a digital camera to bring with you on the day. This can be a “point & shoot” variety, Digital SLR or anything in-between, (providing it’s digital)!
DESCRIPTION This course gives photographers a thorough introduction to the theory and practice of digital photography. You will also get hands-on experience with Adobe Photoshop. The course will give you a good understanding of the techniques needed to achieve high quality images that will be output from digital files. 
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Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Know your camera and its functions in detail

    Understand file types, file sizes and formats

    Have a good understanding of what RAW files can do for you

    Understand RGB / CMYK as well as bit-depths

    Have a basic knowledge of retouching images in Adobe Photoshop

How digital differs from film

  • Lens focus length

    Chips

    Image Quality

Digital file formats

  • Pixels

  • Compression

  • What settings to use

  • Mega-pixels needed for particular image sizes

File fundamentals

  • What file sizes to expect

  • System requirements

  • File format differences

  • Bitmap vs Vector

Raw

  • RAW images in Photoshop

  • Correcting raw images

Hardware

  • Display and output

  • Scanners, monitors and printers

Colour Theory

  • Additive and subtractive

  • Perceptual colour

  • Colour gamuts

  • Device and dependent colour

  • CMYK preview

  • Bit-depth - 8 and 16 bit

Retouching

  • Cloning images

  • Using patterns

  • Smudging, blurring and sharpening

  • Cropping and repairing scratches

  • Healing tools

  • Match colour tool

Image Adjustment

  • Brightness and contrast

  • Gamma

  • Hue / Saturation

  • Colour balance for shadows, highlights and mid-tones

  • Levels and curves

  • Converting to Black & White

Output

  • Re-sampling and printing

  • Resizing and adjusting resolution

  • File formats for export

  • Colour profiles

 

 


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