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This course is the ideal introduction to the skills and techniques needed to excel in graphic design and is ideal for the small business owner or home-based entrepreneur keen to develop their own web presence.
This free e-learning course is also a useful complement to ALISON's Graphic Design suite of courses.
The lessons explore the fundamentals of design principles and examines their application using Adobe Photoshop CS3.
CERTIFICATIONTo qualify for your official ALISON Diploma, Certificate or PDF you must study and complete all modules and score 80% or more in each of the course assessments. A link to your Diploma certificate will then appear under the My Certificates heading of your My Account page.
LEARNING OUTCOMESYou will gain a great knowledge of Adobe Photoshop CS3 features such as the workspace, brightness, curves, transparancies, colour, smart filtering masks and much more. It will enable you to edit pictures using different tools in Photoshop, such as move, lasso, quick selection, crop, red eye, eraser, magic eraser, gradient, paint bucket, blur, sharpen and much more. This will give you a great knowledge of the significant changes that can be applied to a picture to make it more effective for the purpose intended. Additionally, this course will introduce you to more advanced features of Photoshop such as unlocking layers, creating banners, art work, curves, digital enhancements, brush dynamics, iPod graphics and many more interesting features.
Outline
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Assessment
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