Design and Editing Images

Photoshop is a software program developed by Adobe that allows users to edit graphics. It’s used by graphic artists, designers and photographers, among others, and can enhance and manipulate images to improve their overall appearance. It is an excellent tool that makes photo editing easy and efficient. In Photoshop you can manage and edit photos in a fraction of the time it would take you to do it in other ways. For this reason, photographers, editors, designers and artists they are mostly working with this software.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO):

Learners will learn use the basic tools found in Adobe Photoshop to create and edit images.
Learners will learn how to optimize images for both the web and print media.
Learners will to gain knowledge and familiarize learners with a digital SLR bridge camera and some of its basic functions.
Learners will learn how to transfer images from camera to computer.
Learners will learn how to open, select, edit save photographs using Adobe Image editing.

Who should Attend:

Students and professionals who want to learn Graphic design
Diploma or Bachelor in media production or visual communication.
Those who want to improve career skill and career promotion.

Personal Impact:

Wil be a professional image editor
Able to design any image manipulation and editing’s
Able to manage design client.
Certified and skilled
Enhancing career development.

Organizational Benefits:

Increase productivity
Works will be professional
New technology implementing
Time saving.
Increasing reputation.

Certificate and Professional Qualification:

TPI accomplished Certificate

Course Duration: 20 hour

Daily Outline:

Image correction and using the toolbar

Working extensively with the Healing Brush, Spot Healing Brush and Patch Tools.
Using the CS5 Clone Source panel to rotate, align, and create up to 5 Clone sources.
Eliminating red eye in a photograph with the Red Eye Tool.
Cropping and Transformations.
Straightening a crooked image using the Ruler Tool.
Correcting the tonal range of a too dark/light image using the dodge/burn tool.

Digital Imaging

Understanding File Formats
Scanning
Choosing the resolution you need
Resize vs. Resample
Saving Image correction
Introduction to Layers and the Adjustment Panel
Apply the Target Adjustment tool to visually manage color adjustments
Vibrancy vs. Saturation
Image Correction with Curves & how they differ from Levels
Methods of Color Correcting

Masking

Selections in depth.
Saving/loading selections.
Combining selections, converting selections into a Layer Mask.
Introduction to basic Layer Masks.
Using an Adjustment Layer to effect only a portion of the image with a Layer Mask.

Text and shape layers

PSD’s Vector paths
Making text in PSD
Creating and editing a text layer
Font style, size, and color
Combining layer effects and type
Drawing a custom shape layer
Selecting and formatting a paragraph

Transformations

Transformation of Smart Objects
Scale, Rotate, Skew, Warp, Duplicate
Layer Creativity
Combining Multiple Images
Making a Realistic Composition
Compositing a Person into a new environment
Creative Layer Composite

Assessment Method:

Exams require candidates to engage in on-the-job types of problem-solving. Question types include multiple-choice single answer, multiple-choice multiple answer, drag-and-drop, fill-in-the-blank, simulations, and lab Exercises which is mapping the objectives of the course which will analyses the learners Indented Learning Outcome (ILO).

Job Role:

Graphic design.
Professional Image editor
Album, photo retouching expert.

Learning Path and Career Progression:

Bachelor in Fine Arts -> Adobe Photoshop -> Graphic designer, Social Media designer, Visual Merchandiser, Mockup designer, post photography editor
Bachelor in Multimedia -> Adobe Photoshop -> Graphic designer, Art director, Visual Merchandiser, Mockup designer, Social Media designer, post photography editor
Diploma in Graphics -> Adobe Photoshop -> Graphic designer, Art director, Visual Merchandiser, Mockup designer, Social Media designer, post photography editor
Personal Interest -> Adobe Photoshop -> post photography editor, Graphic designer , Social Media designer