Course Title: Introduction to Photoshop CS4
Hours required: 24
Price: $99
Length course offered: 6 Weeks
Instructor: Sherry London [Bio]
Description:
This hands-on, project-oriented course is filled with detailed, step-by-step instructions you'll have no trouble following as you master editing photos, creating basic paintings, and preparing your images for printing.
Discover how to improve photographs by removing flaws, correcting for poor exposure, or adding new elements using the newest techniques Photoshop CS4 offers. You'll even find out how much fun it can be to paint again--without any mess to clean up. And, best of all, you don't need to have any artistic ability or prior Photoshop experience to take this course. Discover the fastest and most effective ways to use Photoshop from an expert and 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 CS4 has a host of impressive new features for photographers, and you'll meet a number of them. 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:
No matter where you live, you will be able to take any of our comprehensive, convenient online courses offered in connection with a college or university near you. Click "Enroll Now" to find the partner school for the course you want to take.
Instructor Bio: Sherry London
Sherry London is a noted Photoshop and Illustrator expert, an artist, a writer, and a teacher. Her fiber 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 has written for MacDesign, Mac User, Mac Week, Mac World, and Electronic Publishing.
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. She is also a two-time nominee for the Photoshop Hall of Fame.
