Course Title: Introduction to Photoshop CS3
Hours required: 24
Price: $99
Length course offered: 6 Weeks
Instructor: Sherry London [Bio]
Description:
If you want to work with photos or graphics, Photoshop is the program you most need to learn. Artists, photographers, designers, and hobbyists all rely on Adobe Photoshop for creating and editing images. Discover the fastest and most effective ways to use Photoshop from a columnist for Photoshop User magazine who has twice been nominated for the Photoshop Hall of Fame.
This course will teach you how to use Photoshop with detailed, step-by-step instructions that you'll have no trouble following-even if you've never used a computer for graphics before!
Photoshop CS3 has a host of impressive new features for photographers, and you'll meet a number of them-including the newest way to fix JPG images that come from your digital camera. We'll begin with an introduction to the Photoshop environment. Next, you'll learn how to create simple digital paintings. Then, you'll be editing your own photographs to remove red-eye, get rid of dust and scratches, and correct image exposure. You'll also learn how to switch the backgrounds on images and how to remove wrinkles and blemishes from photos, just like they do in magazines.
Goals:
By the time you finish this fun, hands-on, project-oriented course, you'll be well on your way to expressing yourself with the most exciting graphics program ever developed.
Grading System:
Confirmation of Completion awarded with passing score.
School Description:
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Instructor Bio: Sherry London
Sherry London is a noted Photoshop and Illustrator expert, fiber artist, writer, and teacher. Her art has been featured in magazines and exhibitions. Her published works include Photoshop CS2 Gone Wild, Photoshop Magic, Photoshop Effects Magic, Photoshop In Depth, Photoshop Textures Magic, and Illustrator f/x and Design. She writes the Tips and Tricks column for Photoshop User magazine and is a two-time nominee to the Photoshop Hall of Fame. She has taught for the prestigious Thunder Lizard Photoshop Conference and the Professional Photographers of America seminars, as well as for Drexel University, Moore College of Art, and Gloucester County College. Sherry holds a Master's Degree in Information Systems and has taken doctoral level courses in curriculum design.
