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Advanced Photoshop $140 Adult ( 8 wks)
8:30 - 9:30 pm - Mondays - May 2 to June 20 * No class on Monday May 23rd long weekend

In Photoshop CS5 Training, you will learn how to produce high quality images with fantastic detail in the shortest amount of time, using a combination of Photoshop CS5, Adobe Bridge, and Camera Raw. This course shows the most efficient ways to perform common editing tasks, including noise reduction, shadow and highlight detail recovery, retouching, and combining multiple images. Learn the secrets of non-destructive editing, layers, adjustment layers, blending modes, layer masks, and much more.

Topics include:
  • Cropping, correcting perspective, and straightening images
  • Creating, naming, hiding, and deleting layers
  • How to make selections and masks quickly
  • Improving mask quality with Refine Edge
  • Techniques for combining multiple images
  • Non-destructive editing techniques with adjustment layers and Smart Filters
  • Retouching essentials, such as blemish removal and body sculpting
  • Color correcting images
  • Using the essential blend modes, layer effects, and styles
  • Creating contact sheets and web photo galleries
  • Adding keywords, ratings, and other metadata to images
  • Filtering a large collection of images down to the “keepers”