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Photoshop Editing Diploma Course

Course overview:

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10 Modules

5 Videos

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What Will You Learn?

The long-standing industry standard photo editing software, Photoshop is known for its power and versatility. In the Photoshop Editing Diploma Course, you’ll follow illustrated instructions and video tutorials to discover how to use Photoshop's fundamental tools and techniques – mastering the basics before moving on to more advanced techniques and faster workflow tips used by graphic designers, graphic artists and content creators.

The course provides a deep understanding of the software and includes instruction on advanced brush techniques, layer techniques, colour adjustment, selection tools and techniques, and tonal adjustments for retouching and editing. You’ll gain confidence in using the software to create stunning, organic graphics and improve and enhance photographs.

Learn how to adjust colour balance, hue and saturation, change the colour of image elements, correct background lines, and efficiently remove and add parts of an image.

You’ll discover how to clean images using the spot healing, patch, clone stamp and mixer brush tools, and edit and improve an image's look by correcting its perspective. We’ll also look at how to add realistic shadows, reflections, and radial gradients.

Examine the differences between a vector and a pixel, why vector shapes are used and how to create your own. Learn about blending modes, how they can affect an image, and how they can be used to enhance the emotional connection of an image. Discover smart filters and their importance in creating professional and creative-looking work.

Using paragraph panels, character panels and kerning, you’ll explore various ways to manipulate text to match the styles of your images.

By studying this course, you will:

Follow illustrated instructions and video tutorials to learn fundamental tools and techniques
Learn how to perform basic to intermediate image corrections
Be able to enhance images using advanced editing tools
Understand how to use layers, masks and vector shapes
Become familiar with creating composite images using multiple images
Learn how to manipulate text using type tools and panels

Whether to start a career in art or design, add to existing skills, become more rounded in your role or simply improve your photographs, the Photoshop Editing Diploma Course is ideal for those who wish to master basic Photoshop skills, work with more advanced tools and features, and learn how to increase the speed of your daily work practice.

Introduction
Part 1: Getting Started with Photoshop
Part 2: Adjusting the Colour Balance
Part 3: The Establishment of Black, Grey, and White Points
Part 4: The Adjustment of Hue and Saturation
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment

Part 1: Changing the Colour of the Background
Part 2: Correcting the Background Lines with Polygonal Lasso Tool
Part 3: Selective Tools (Marquee Tools)
Part 4: Selective Tools (Quick Selection Tool)
Part 5: Selective Tools (Pen Tool)
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment

Part 1: Spot Healing Tool
Part 2: Clone Stamp Tool
Part 3: Dust and Scratches Filter
Part 4: Mixer Brush Tool
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment

Part 1: Correcting Image Perspective
Part 2: Adding the Missing Part of the Image
Part 3: How to Edit and Improve the Image’s Look
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment

Part 1: How to Add a Realistic Shadow of a Product
Part 2: How To Add a Reflection on a Product
Part 3: How to Add a Radial Gradient to Make a Product Stand Out
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment

Part 1: How to Remove the Background from Complex Subjects
Part 2: How to Create a Coloured Background Quickly
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment

Part 1: Differences Between a Vector and Pixel
Part 2: How to Draw Vector Shapes
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Module 7 Assessment

Part 1: How to Blend the Content of Different Layers
Part 2: What are Lighten Blending Modes
Part 3: Enhancing the Emotional Connection of an Image
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Module 8 Assessment

Part 1: Making Advanced Adjustments to Text with Character Panels
Part 2: How to Adjust Kerning and Other Styles
Part 3: How to Make Paragraph Text
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Module 9 Assessment

What are Smart Filters?
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Module 10 Assessment

The Photoshop Editing Diploma Course will take up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course; it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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