Photoshop for Photographers - online - beginners

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Course Overview

Course Overview
This course is designed to help develop your Photoshop skills in conjunction with your photography. This five week courses consists of five distinct sections: Introduction to Photoshop – where you will learn about the basics of the programme, and photography; Tools and Transformations – finding out which best tool to use when working with your photographs; Editing Tools and Curves – how to apply traditional darkroom techniques in Photoshop; Colour, and Making Colour Adjustments – how to work with colour photographs; Retouching, Masks, and Layers – how to retouch images, for example retouching a face, using the appropriate tools. You will be encouraged to work on your own photographs.

Objectives

Objectives
Objective 1
Objective 1
Work with your colour photographs to improve, enhance, change and correct colours – to be able to make informed choices about using colour, for instance desaturation and duotones.
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Objective 2
Objective 2
Work with b/w photographs. To improve, evaluate, and analyse the quality of images to be able to make tonal adjustments and balances.
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Objective 3
Objective 3
Retouch images. To be able to retouch photographs using a range of retouching tools, for example the Clone and Patch tools on landscapes and portraits.
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Objective 4
Objective 4
Use layers. To be able to use and control layers, layer masks, and adjustment layers effectively.
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Objective 5
Objective 5
Understand and apply traditional skills borrowed from the darkroom. To be able to use and understand Curves, and how to correct under exposure and over exposure – and how to use editing tools.
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Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements
Access to a Mac or PC that has Photoshop. To be able to use Zoom. To be able to use a computer keyboard. Access to a camera, and to be able to upload your photographs on to a computer.
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Equipment Required

Equipment Required
You will need a computer and access to Zoom to take part in the online classroom.
You will need an email address.
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What courses can I go on to?

What courses can I go on to?
You could attend other photography courses at Idea Store Learning
including the: Basic Digital Photography, Intermediate Digital
Photography, Portrait Photography,
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What examination is there?

What examination is there?
There is no examination on this course.
Your work will be assessed by the tutor, as we progress though the course.
There will be regular quizzes



Your tutor will let you know how you are getting on throughout the course to you will help you
work to your full potential.
At the end of the course you will receive written feedback.
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How will I know I am making progress?

How will I know I am making progress?
Your tutor will assist and monitor your progress and offer constructive criticism.
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Other Info

Other Info
To maximise your chances of benefiting from the course fully we expect you to attend all scheduled sessions and that you do so punctually and are ready to start learning at the start of the class.

The printmaking studio is accessed by stairs only.
Learners are respectfully informed that they are responsible for collection of their work; Idea Store Learning cannot be held responsible for any losses.
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Extra Support

Extra Support
Come and see one of our experienced and friendly advisors. For further information, email ideastore@towerhamlets.gov.uk and a member of the team will get back to you.
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C6287
Mark Batley
10/06/2021
08/07/2021
2.50 hrs per wk
5 weeks
£59.00 (tuition)
Tuition Fee
£16.00 (concessionary)
Conc Fee
£119.00 (overseas)
Overseas Fee
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