SCT Computer Club Classes

PhotoShop Classes - Photoshop Overview, Photoshop Organizer, PS1 and PS2

Photoshop Overview

A Demonstration Workshop of Photoshop Elements Features

One, two-hour class

Fee: None

Pre-requisites :

There are no pre-requisites for this class. Registration is not required.

Intended Audience:

The intended audience is comprised of Computer Club members who want an overview of what a photo editing program such as Adobe’s Photoshop Elements 6 will do. This is intended as a “survey class” for those who do not yet know if they want to learn about Photoshop Elements. The class is appropriate for both Windows and Mac users.

This will be a demonstration workshop, with no “hands-on” activity by the students.

Performance Objectives:

We will briefly demonstrate material from all of the courses taught at the Computer Club on Photoshop, and will describe briefly what each of the Club’s classes covers.

After completing this workshop the student should be able to know what Adobe Photoshop Elements Versions 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7, can do, so that they can make a decision whether to obtain one of these programs and whether to enroll in the Photoshop Organizer or the Photoshop 1 class, which is a pre-requisite for all the other photo editing courses. There will be time for questions.

The class will be held in a meeting room.

2/24/09

Photoshop Organizer
Organizing Photos with Photoshop Elements for Mac and PC
Two two-hour classes

Fee: $10.00

Prerequisites:

All of the following (or equivalent experience ):

·          Windows Based:

Computer Intro XP or Computer Intro Vista
Windows XP 1 or Windows Vista 1
Windows XP 2 or Windows Vista 2
Knowledge and skill in using Windows Explorer
·          Mac Based:

Mac-Intro
Mac-Files and Folders
Knowledge and skill in using Mac Safari
·        Enrolling students must have Adobe Photoshop Elements version 3, 4, 5, or 6 installed on their home computer.

·        Students must know how to move photographic images into a computer.

Note: The Classroom computers equipped with Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, Windows version, which is identical to the Mac version in editing capability and function.

Intended Audience:

This class is limited in scope to the use of the Photoshop Elements Organizer, which enables the user to organize and search for photos stored in a computer by categories.

This is not a “survey class” for those with a cursory or exploratory interest in photographic editing. Those interested in a survey class are referred to Photoshop Overview, a meeting offered periodically by the Photoshop Instructors.

This class does not deal with photo editing. These skills are taught in Photoshop 1 and 2.

Performance Objectives:

After completing this course the student should be able to:

Use the “library functions” in Photoshop Elements (Cataloging) to organize photos in their computer.
Tag photos with searchable categories.
11/08/08

Photoshop 1

Basic Editing with Photoshop Elements 6 and Cataloging with the Mac and the PC

Three, two-hour classes

Fee: $15.00

Prerequisites:

All of the following (or equivalent experience ):

Windows Based:
Computer Intro XP or Computer Intro Vista
Windows XP 1 or Windows Vista 1
Windows XP 2 or Windows Vista 2
Knowledge and skill in using Windows Explorer Mac-Intro
Mac Based:

Mac-Files and Folders
Knowledge and skill in using Mac Safari
·        Enrolling students must have Adobe Photoshop Elements 3, 4, 5, or 6 installed on their home computer.

·        Students must know how to move photographic images into a computer.

Note: The course will use the Classroom computers equipped with Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, in either Windows XP or Vista, which is identical to the Mac version in editing capability and function.

Intended Audience:

Computer Club members who already have the ability to input photographic images into a computer, whether from a digital camera or from scanning a film or slide, and who intend to actively be involved in the editing of these images. (Refer to Computer Club Classes on “Scanning” and “Digital Cameras,” and the “Media Conversion SIG’s” activities.)

Note: This is not a “survey class” for those with a cursory or exploratory interest in photographic editing. Those interested in a survey class are referred to Photoshop Overview, which is offered occasionally as a meeting, not in the classroom. Watch for announcements in the Newsletter.

Performance Objectives:

After completing this course the student should be able to:

Perform edits to the images scanned by participants of the Media Conversion activities
Crop, Spot Clean, Size, Save, and Print an image.
Use the basic Quick Fix and Automatic tools called “Auto …….”
Perform other minor editing functions.
Use the “library functions” (Cataloging) of Photoshop
07/06/2008

Photoshop 2

Intermediate Editing with Photoshop Elements 6 with the Mac and PC

Three, 2-hour classes

Fee: $15.00

Prerequisites:

All of the following (or equivalent experience ):

Computer Intro XP or Computer Intro Vista
Windows XP 1 or Windows Vista 1
Windows XP 2 or Windows Vista 2
Photoshop 1

       Adept at using a PC or a MAC computer, and either Windows Explorer or Mac Safari.

       Enrolling students must have Adobe’s Photoshop Elements 3, 4, 5, or 6 installed on their home computer   The course will use the classroom computers equipped with Photoshop Elements 6.

Intended Audience:

Computer Club members who want to know the major functions of Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 and who intend to actively use it to edit photographic images. This is an advanced course which will include “homework assignments.” This course should be considered the “bread and butter” photo editing course for those who want to do all but advanced actions.

This course is suitable for both PC and Mac users.

Performance Objectives:

After completing this course the student should be able to:

Use most of the standard tools on the PSE Standard Edit toolbar such as adjustment layers, text tool, selections, levels with channels, sharpening, clone tool, healing tool and brush, image transformations, color corrections, compositing, applying a border, vignettes, and some filters.
Develop a workflow procedure for consistent and optimized enhancements.
Use Photoshop with competence and the confidence to produce quality prints.

07/06/2008

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