To add to our list of speciality services, Jam Factory now also offers Adobe Photoshop CS5 courses for beginners.

The Jam Factory Photoshop course will run over 6 x weeks, every Tuesday and Thursday morning. An additional evening course can be conducted if there are more than six people interested. Individual, private classes can also be requested at R250 per class.

This course is compiled to cover the basic functionalities and image editing features of Adobe Photoshop CS5. You’ll get familiar with the Photoshop platform, from which you can then easily further explore Photoshop’s advance editing capabilities in your own time or via Jam Factory’s advanced Photoshop classes.

The twelve Photoshop lessons will cover:

• Exploring the Photoshop Interface
• Customising the Workspace
• Exploring the Navigation Tools
• Learning the Functionalities of all the Main Tools, including:
  - Move Tool
  - Marquee & Lasso Tools
  - Magic Wand
  - Crop Tool
  - Eye Dropper Tool
  - Patch & Healing Brush Tools
  - Red Eye Removal Tool
  - Brush & Pencil Tools
  - Clone Tools
  - History Brush Tool
  - Erasers
  - Gradient Tool
  - Paint Bucket
  - Blur, Sharpen & Smudge Tools
  - Dodge, Burn & Sponge Tools
  - Type Tools
  - Shape Tools
• Selecting Image Areas & Modifying Selections
• Working with Layers
• History Functions & History Brush
• Basic Canvas Adjustments
• Basic Filters
• Characters & Paragraphs
  - Altering Type Properties
  - Creative Text Techniques & Effects
• Photo Touch-Ups:
  - Creating a Black-&-White / Sepia Photo from Colour
  - Creating a Black-&-White Photo, leaving a Single Element in Colour
  - Red Eye Removal
  - Removing Blemishes
  - Changing Exposure / Making Images Darker or Lighter
  - Removing Objects from Photos
  - Apply Vignetted Corners
• Creating & Applying Actions
• Creating & Applying Layer Styles
• Working with Colours
• Working with Shapes
• Working with Texture
• Adjusting Levels & Curves
• Adjusting Colour Balance, Hue & Saturation
• Adjusting Brightness & Contrast, Shadow & Highlights
• Saving Images for Print & Web
• Exploring Adobe Bridge

For example, learn how to do this:

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