Private Photoshop Tuition...

Private Photoshop Training Courses...

We deliver private Photoshop Tuition which means the entire Photoshop Course is organised by you.  You determine the entire course criteria including the content, timings etc.  For complete beginners to Photoshop we can run our standard Introduction to Photoshop Course and Advanced Photoshop Course or mix and match from both Photoshop overviews.  Both the Photoshop Beginners Course and Photoshop Advanced overviews  are shown below otherwise get in touch to discuss your specific Photoshop needs. 

As well as Photoshop Training we also offer a variety of boot camp design training courses including InDesign Courses, Illustrator Courses, Photoshop Web Graphics Courses and PresentationTraining just get in touch to discuss organising a design training Course in your area.

Photoshop Introduction Private Tuition...

This Photoshop Introduction Course will give you the skills need to produce high quality images for either print or the web.  These Photoshop introduction courses take you beyond the basics of Photoshop and introduce you to the methods used in professional image design. 

Photoshop Introduction Photoshop Repairing and Replacing Images
Photoshop Interface
Control Bar
Photoshop Panels
Photoshop Techniques
Working None Destructively

Clone Tool (remove or replace part/s of an image
Healing Brush (fix damages to part or whole of image)
Spot Healing Brush
Red Eye
Photoshop Precise Positioning Photoshop Layers

Grids / Guides / Rulers
Print v Pixel
Image Resize / Resolution / Artwork sizing
Rotation and Crop

Understanding Layers
Creating, Editing, Shuffling Layers
Merging & Flattening Layers
Layer Palette
Photoshop Adjustment Tools Photoshop Filters

Blur, Sponge and Burn Tools
Sharpen Tool
Smudge Tool

Filter Gallery
Liquify
Oil Paint
Photoshop Selection & Selection Techniques Photoshop Automation

Lasso, Magnetic Lasso, Magic Wand,
Feathering Selections
Working with Tolerance Settings
Expanding / Reducing Selections
Modifying / Transforming Selections
Quick Masks
Save / Load a Selection

Contact Sheets
PDF Presentations
Photoshop Merge & Panoramics
Blending Panoramas
Editing Panoramas
Crop and Straighten
Photoshop Masking Photoshop Roundtripping

Quick Masks
Quick Mask Mode
Creating Accurate Masks
Adding to & Removing from a Mask

Placing Photoshop files in DTP software
Editing Photoshop Files
Save / Load a Selection
Photoshop Type Photoshop Colour

Creating Type
Editing Type
Type Masks
Type & FX Effects
Shaping Type
Type & Good Design

 Colour Palettes
Colour Models, CMYK, RGB, LAB
Gradients, creating & editing
Mixing & matching Colour
Pantones & Spot Colours
Colour Profiles

Adobe Photoshop Course Outlines...

All of our Adobe PhotoshopTraining Course outlines are available from the Photoshop Courses button in the Navigation bar or can be viewed on the Curve and Learn Training Page.  Any Adobe Course can be adapted - you could combine a one day Photoshop Course with a one day InDesign Course or take a 1/2 day Illustrator Course with 1½ day Photoshop Course- call us to discuss exactly what you need to achieve and we will build the Adobe Training Course around you.

Photoshop Advanced Private Tuition...

Photoshop Advanced Environment
Creating /editing Tool Preferences
Keyboard Shortcuts
Actions
Recording Actions
Batch Processing
Working with Batch Processes

Photoshop Advanced Painting & Retouching
Refine Edges
Mixer brush
The ‘calculations’ command
Smart Filters
Liquify 
Lighting effects

Perspective Cloning
Vanishing Point - Creating & Editing
Perspective Grids
Perspective Grid Clone
Perspective Grid Pasting
Grids - Paths or Lines?

Photoshop Advanced Blending
Working with Brushes
Adjusting Brushes
Adding Colour & Opacity
Blending Techniques
Blending Filters
Smooth Colour Transistion

Photoshop Advanced Layer Composition
Layer Composition
Working with Layer Compositions
Exporting Layer Compositions
(Layer Comps to other files)
(Layer Comps to PDF Presentations)

Photoshop Smart Effects
Use Repousse to Create 3D from Smart Filters
Smart Filters
Filters Smart Effects
Layer Masking for Dramatic Effect
Layer Styles, Create Plastic, Steel Textures
Work with Texture & Patterns
Fill, Opacity & Advanced Blending Modes

Photoshop Advanced Image Adjustments
Retouching Skin Tones & Blemishes
Working with hair
Sharpening with ‘LAB’ mode
‘Black and white’ conversion
Photo filters
Using Adjustment Layers with Photo Filters
Tint & Enhance

Photoshop RAW 7
Advantages of RAW format
Working with Camera RAW
RAW, JPEG, Tiff, DNG formats
Auto / Localised Adjustments
Adjustment Sliders
Adjustment Preview
Histogram

Photoshop & HDR Photography
Creating & Explaining Images & F Stops
What are HDR (High Dynamic Range) Images?
HDR Toning
Remove Ghosts
Edge Glow / Tone and Detail
*Training can be arranged for Photomatix for HDR

Photoshop Colour Management
Creating and using colour settings
ICC profiles explained
Precise image calibration
Understand Colour Issues

Photoshop Print
Optimise for the Web
Print to .PDF
Export Images

Photoshop 3D
3D Shapes from Layers
3D 'Postcards' from Layers
3D Elements with Reflections
Shadow Tricks & Opacity

Adobe Photoshop Workshops...

We also offer a number of Photoshop Training solutions which include workshops and consultancy to provide faster processes and flows in the workplace. 

So what is Photoshop CC?...

Photoshop CC is available for download from the Adobe Creative Cloud - we are currently working through new Photoshop Courses for CC but thought this quick preview from Adobe TV might be of interest for those currently considering upgrading.

Examples from a recent Photoshop Introduction Course...

Below are a couple of images from the Photoshop Introduction Course - the rose is an example of colour retouching using channels to change colours in an image whilst the second image demonstrates the popular technique of converting colour images to Black and White.  The last image an example of repairing a badly damaged old photograph.

Private Photoshop Training

Photoshop Introduction Course Black and White Conversion

Image Retouching Training

 Our Private Photoshop Tuition is delivered across the UK including Midlands, South, North, East Anglia and London