Photoshop Essentials for interior designers and other disciplines with Federica Capitani

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About this course

Photoshop is an industry-standard image-editing program used by designers to add colour, texture and detail to visual materials and presentation. This course is aimed at design students and professionals, and examples and course materials will relate to interior design practice, but could be applied to other disciplines.

Course Description

The course will introduce you to the introductory skills needed to begin working with Photoshop. Strong emphasis is placed on best practices, and approaches are derived from experience and working solutions. During the course, you will cover:

  • Photoshop User Interface
  • Document Set Up – Image Setup Dialogue Box
  • Understanding the differences between: Canvas size; Image Size and Resolution in Pixels/mm; File size
  • Workspaces
  • Create, Open and Import Images
  • Layer Management and Manipulation
  • Selection Tools and Techniques
  • Most Commonly Used Transform Tools
  • Image Colour Adjustments
  • Layer Masks
  • Clone Stamp
  • Content Aware Fill
  • Save Photoshop Files and Save as JPEGs
  • Layer Management and Manipulation – Cont.
  • Brushes
  • Colours, Swatches and Gradients
  • Basic Floor Plan Rendering using Colours
  • Applying Layer Effects – Shadows and Glows
  • Filter Effects
  • Basic Floor Plan Lighting Effects
  • Apply Photoshop's Built-in Patterns as Overlays
  • Working with Type
  • Printing and Export Options

Course Materials

Included

A PC will be provided for each student for use throughout the course.

What students need to bring

  • Notebook and pen
  • bring a note of your own Adobe ID login. If you don’t already have one, Please register for a free account at www.adobe.com prior to the course, and remember to bring the details with you.
  • a USB memory stick or similar to save your work

Additional information

Please wear appropriate clothing/aprons for the workshop or studio, this includes stout covered footwear (no sandals or open toes).

Timetable

Student registration: 9.30am - 10am
Course teaching: 10am - 4.15pm
Morning teaching: 10am - 1pm
Lunch break: 1pm - 2pm (lunch is not included)
Afternoon teaching: 2pm - 4.15pm (15 minute break)
Teaching finishes: 4.15pm

General Information

"Short courses are open to anyone aged 18 and over. The course fee covers tuition and materials where stated. You will need to bring all other items listed under the ‘Materials to bring’ section.

Refreshments

Coffee and tea are included in the course fee, but you will need to bring lunch with you to eat in the refreshments room. There are also plenty of other local venues to purchase food.

Access

If you have any specific access needs, we will need to know about your access requirements in advance. Please tell us about your needs in confidence by emailing: [email protected] This venue has steps to the front reception, with limited access via a side gate to the ground floor. There is a small lift to higher floors or stairs.

Safety

Short course students are required to sign a safety compliance form as part of West Dean Health and Safety regulations.

Refunds and cancellations

Please refer to our terms & conditions below.

Disclaimer

The information given is accurate at the time of publication. However, West Dean College reserves the right to cancel or amend courses if circumstances require."

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Tutors

Federica Capitani

Italian designer Federica Capitani studied Industrial Design at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Genova.

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