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Adobe Photoshop CS5

Application Overview:
Adobe Photoshop CS5

Adobe Photoshop CS5 software allows you to scan, create, modify and enhance digital photographs and images. This latest version of the digital imaging standard introduces new levels of power, precision and control, with an exciting combination of revolutionary new features and next-generation enhancements.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 software introduces revolutionary new features like Vanishing Point to help you make the most of every creative impulse. Vanishing Point gives you groundbreaking ability to clone, paint and transform in the perspective of your images. Warp any object, with customizable presets and adjustable control points. Adobe Photoshop's Spot Healing Brush give you fast, efficient one-click retouching of dust, scratches and other image flaws. You can telligently counteract common photo blurring with advanced control using Smart Sharpen. Simple discrete adjustment of shadows and highlights, now also for CMYK images, can be accomplished through the use of the Shadow/Highlight feature.

Users: Photography, Web, Creative, Marketing and Admin Professionals as well as anyone who needs to create, edit, manipulate, colour correct digital imagery.

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Course Information

Duration: Two-Day Course
Platform: Windows and Macintosh
Fee: $765 CDN (+HST)

This class is limited to eight people.

*Note: As of February 2011 DPA Communications will offer Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Premiere, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash and Flash Catalyst courses on version CS5 (Creative Suite 5).

If you are currently using previous versions see the CS4 version of this course outline for any differences in training course content. Please contact DPA for more details or to have an instructor contact you.

Course Overview

Learn new design ideas and timesaving tips as you study tonal ranges, work with histograms and custom tables for colour separation. Designed for photographers and graphic arts professionals, in this course you will cover Photoshop's layer channels and paths capabilities.

Course Content

  • Coverage of Photoshop's general preferences
  • Working with Adobe Bridge
  • Channels in depth
  • Layers in depth
  • Paths in depth
  • Creating special effects using layer masks
  • Creating vector based shape layers
  • 3D
  • Creating text on a path
  • Creating Layer Comps
  • Working with custom shapes
  • Colour: understanding colour modes
  • Colour correction using curves and levels
  • Adjustment layers for tonal and colour correction effects
  • Combining a spot colour with a four colour separation
  • Using the Liquefy tool
  • Advanced layer and blending techniques
  • Composing multiple images
  • Working with smart objects
  • Using the vanishing point filter

Calendar Dates:

Feb 13/14, 2012

Mar 15/16, 2012

Apr 26/27, 2012

Jun 7/8, 2012

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