Adobe Photoshop Course And Certification

What is Adobe Photoshop? 

Adobe Photoshop is a powerful photo and image editing software application developed by Adobe Inc. Photoshop is considered by many to be a benchmark in the world of professional digital image solutions. The real usefulness of Photoshop lies in working with existing images. There are lots of things you can do with Photoshop, some of which includes; editing, treating and manipulation, composition, reshaping, converting to different forms and formats, cutting, slicing etc.  

Adobe Photoshop was first developed in the year 1987 by brothers Thomas and John Knoll, they later sold rights and distribution license to Adobe Systems Incorporated in the year 1988. It all happened when Thomas Knoll started coding on his Macintosh Plus to present grayscale images on a monochrome display. This program (at that time called Display) caught the attention of his brother John, an Industrial Light & Magic employee, who recommended that Thomas turn it into a full-fledged image editing program. 

Features and Benefits of Adobe Photoshop: 

There are numerous uses and benefits of Adobe Photoshop, some of which are: 

1. Adobe Photoshop interface is easy to use and timesaving compare to other editing softwares.

2. Adobe Photoshop has a very strong foundation in the world of web graphics and print graphics due to its versatility, and is popular with publishing companies and outlets.

3. Adobe Photoshop is built also to work well with other applications.

4. It integrates seamlessly with other Adobe products (such as Premiere, Illustrator, etc).

5. Photoshop formats are also widely recognized and able to be imported into other programs such as Macromedia Fireworks, Corel Draw, etc. 

6. Photoshop files have the default file extension as .PSD, which means "Photoshop Document." A PSD file usually stores an image with support for most imaging options available in Photoshop. These options include layers with masks, transparency, text, alpha channels and spot colors, clipping paths, and duotone settings. 

7. Adobe Photoshop offer numerous possibilities in graphics editing.

8. Photoshop is widely known to offer advanced editing in both print and web graphics

9. Photoshop creates job opportunity

10. It offers self-employment opportunity for graphic designers and freelancers.

In the Full Course you will learn everything you need to know about Adobe Photoshop with Certification to showcase your knowledge/skill gained.

Adobe Photoshop Course Outline: 

Adobe Photoshop - Introduction

Adobe Photoshop - Raster vs. Vector 

Adobe Photoshop - Marquee Tool Selection

Adobe Photoshop - Lassos and Magic Wands

Adobe Photoshop - Move Tool & Crop Tool

Adobe Photoshop - Selecting and working with Color

Adobe Photoshop - Fixing Images with the Clone Tool

Adobe Photoshop - Gradients, Fills & Erasing

Adobe Photoshop - Smudge, Blur and Sharpen Tools

Adobe Photoshop - Dodge, Burn and Sponge

Adobe Photoshop - Pen and Path Tools

Adobe Photoshop - Text Tools

Adobe Photoshop - Vector Shape Tools

Adobe Photoshop - Eyedropper / Color picker (& notes)

Adobe Photoshop - Distorting and Transforming 

Adobe Photoshop - Introduction to Layers  

Adobe Photoshop - Layers & How to Use Them

Adobe Photoshop - Layer Styles & Blending Options

Adobe Photoshop - What are Channels for Anyway

Adobe Photoshop - Masks that make you look cool

Adobe Photoshop - A Quick Look at Filters & Plug-ins

Adobe Photoshop - Hip and Trendy Styles

Adobe Photoshop - Artistic Brushes, expanded 

Adobe Photoshop - Patterns; Fills & Backgrounds

Adobe Photoshop - Actions, Scripts & Automation

Adobe Photoshop - Preparing & Saving Files 

Adobe Photoshop - Introduction to Exposure

Adobe Photoshop - Correcting Image Exposure

Adobe Photoshop - The Basics of Color

Adobe Photoshop - Correcting Image Color

Adobe Photoshop - Increasing Sharpness

Adobe Photoshop - From Color to Black and White

Adobe Photoshop - Resizing and Cropping

Adobe Photoshop - Images for the Internet and Email

Adobe Photoshop - Correcting Lens Distortion

Adobe Photoshop - Adding a Soft Focus Effect

Adobe Photoshop - High Dynamic Range Images

Adobe Photoshop - Creating Panorama Compositions

Adobe Photoshop - Hand Coloring a B&W Photo

Adobe Photoshop - Introduction to Graphic Layout

Adobe Photoshop - Designing a "For Sale" flyer

Adobe Photoshop - Designing a Logo

Adobe Photoshop - Creating an Animation

Adobe Photoshop - Web Buttons and Rollovers

Adobe Photoshop - Animated Web Banners

Adobe Photoshop - Website Design

Adobe Photoshop - Graphics for Screen Printing

Adobe Photoshop - Business Card Design

Adobe Photoshop - Building an Ad for Print

Adobe Photoshop - Working with Clipart

Adobe Photoshop - Creating Seamless Textures

Adobe Photoshop - Combining Renderings

Adobe Photoshop - Video Lectures 

Adobe Photoshop - Exams and Certification