Photoshop CC

Is This for You?

Design and marketing enthusiasts who are keen to develop specialist skills in photo and image editing, and creating marketing materials including web design elements such as graphic design and logo creation. This course is also suitable for budding photography enthusiasts.

Award and Associated Qualifications

cpd

Awarded 18 CPD points upon successful completion

About This Course

Having the ability to doctor images and edit photographs is a highly sought-after skill across the marketing and fashion world. Editing images is also a skill used by photographers, and across the corporate marketplace, meaning this is a talent always in demand.

There are five Domains in the Photoshop course:

Domain 1: Working in the Design Industry
Purpose, Audience and Audience Needs, Design Plans, Copyright, Permissions and Licensing, Key Terminology, Basic Design Principles and Best Practices.

Domain 2: Project Setup and Interface
Creating Documents, The Application Workspace, Non-Printing Design Tools, Importing Assets, Colours, Swatches and Gradients, Brushes, Styles and Patterns.

Domain 3: Organising Documents
Use Layers to Manage Elements, Layer Visibility, Destructive vs Non-Destructive Editing.

Domain 4: Creating/Modifying Visual Elements
Raster and Vector Elements, Typography, Selection Types, Refine Selections, Transform Graphics and Media, Reconstruct and Retouch, Filters and Styles.

Domain 5: Publishing Digital Media
Prepare Images for Export, Export or Save Digital Images. Extra Tools.

BENEFITS

  • Access to our LiveTutor service to help answer any content or learning queries you may have on a 24/7 basis.
  • The opportunity to gain industry recognised certification*.

 

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Aims and Objectives

This course is designed to help you gain the practical skills required to create your own marketing and graphic material, with the option to also take the Adobe Certificate in Visual Design.

Pre-Requisites

It would be ideal, but not essential, if you have a basic knowledge of marketing/design elements – speak to your Course Advisor to find out more.

Finance Options

Wherever possible our training is tailored to your needs. The cost of our training programmes depend on the course(s) you choose and varies according to duration and breadth. Rest assured we have a number of payment options available to ensure the cost of training is affordable and can be worked alongside your other financial commitments. Common ways people fund their training include: –

Self-Funded:

  • Flexible payment plans to help you spread the cost* available at many of our centres;
  • You could opt to pay upfront.

Company Funded:

Requesting funding from your employers needn’t be a daunting task. Many employers support and encourage their employees with their professional development and consider it a worthwhile investment to fund any training required.

What we can help with:

  • Providing a comprehensive training programme outlining learning outcomes
  • Tailored personnel letters
  • Communication with finance departments to arrange payment options (upfront or payment plan*).

Funding & Grants:
There may be the opportunity to apply for funded grants that can help towards the cost of training. These include the Skills Development Scotland ITAs and the ReAct programme in Wales. All schemes will have different terms and conditions that will need to be met in order to qualify for a grant and these are managed by each individual centre.

We’d recommend you speak to a Course Advisor in your local centre to find out whether they are registered to offer any such schemes and discuss your requirements further.

* Terms and Conditions apply. Speak to a Course Advisor for full information on the options available to you.

Career Path

This is the latest version of Photoshop and would be useful for anyone looking for a career in Graphic Design, Artwork Design, Marketing or Web Design.

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