Photoshop Elements 10

About this course

If you want to learn how to manipulate and change images, there is no better software than Photoshop. We see its’ effect every day of our lives on magazine covers, newspapers and brochures where designers will tweak photos to enhance and edit them to look their absolute best.

This course works with Photoshop Elements 10 and you’ll work with real-life photos, so you can really build up some essential, practical, hands-on experience.

Once your training is complete, you will gain a Pitman Training Certificate and be able to put the highly regarded Pitman Training name on your CV.

The course comprises eight lessons:

• Understanding the Elements Organiser and creating and adding photos to a catalogue, as well as adding star ratings and key words to tag images;
• Getting to know and use Photoshop Editor in full, guided and quick modes; basic image manipulation such as cropping and adjusting colours;
• Using the full range of tools provided by Photoshop Elements 10 such as the magic wand, lasso and eraser tools. You’ll then move on to more sophisticated tools such as the eyedropper, paint bucket, sponge, bund and dodge tools;
• Layers – creating, hiding and viewing layers as well as editing layers, aligning, flipping, linking, merging and deleting layers;
• Converting images and adjusting images to change images in whole or part and printing images;
• Using tools to refine images such as the spot healing tool, the dust and scratches filter and the clone tool as well as using text masks;
• Creating photo collages, changing their layouts, adding artwork and text and sharing your photos.