Photoshop CC for the Digital Photographer Intermediate – Online

Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud (Photoshop CC) provides support and specialized editing tools for digital photographers and graphic artists. Because Photoshop CC is subscription-based, updates are automatic. Expand your Photoshop CC skills and put the power of Photoshop to work. Learn advanced techniques such as layering, special effects, and filters. Create collages and panoramic photos from multiple images. Learn retouch and restoration techniques. Apply high definition range (HDR) to multiple images of the same subject to create amazing color and contrast. Master a workflow for efficiently processing images in a final exercise that will bring all of your skills together.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn tools for fine-tuning portraits.
• Learn to use distortion tools to accentuate the positive in images.
• Use editing options to restore old and damaged photographs.
• Discover advanced techniques for using text, special effects, and filters.
• Learn advanced tools for layering, one of Photoshop’s most powerful capabilities.
• Create panoramics and add borders, captions and even watermarks to protect your images.
• Create dazzling images from ordinary ones using HDR processing tools.

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Requirements: Internet access, e-mail, Firefox, Internet Explorer (9.0 or above), Google Chrome, or Safari web browser, and a subscription to Adobe’s Photoshop CC (Windows 7 or 8, Mac OS X v 10.7 or 10.8). Subscription is not included in course fee. Students should be comfortable acquiring digital images, either with a digital camera, using images scanned onto CDs, or scanning film prints. Students should be familiar with basic computer skills such as using a mouse, creating and accessing folders, and downloading and saving files. All coursework and examples are based on Windows software. Macintosh users are welcome in this course but they should be comfortable with standard Windows/Mac conversions for keyboard differences.

You will need to create a login for your online classroom. Go to www.ed2go.com/ksuconed. Find your course by browsing the catalog or using the search bar. Click the ‘Add to Cart’ button (this site does not accept payments – you will not be charged here). Select your start date and then create a Username and Password. You must make an 80 or higher on the final exam (online) to successfully complete the course. You may only take the exam once.

If you have questions about this course, please contact the online coordinator at 470-578-6693 or online@kennesaw.edu.