Introduction

The seminar "Introduction to Photoshop" is organized by the specialized high-tech company Digital Academy created by the Group of Lecturers of the NTUA Multimedia Technology Laboratory.

It is an intensive seminar that is carried out exclusively by the Telelearning method, allowing the learner to follow a high-level training program from home, the office or from the place and time of his choice, via the Internet.

The seminar is aimed at people without previous experience in the Photoshop program. The only prerequisite for the course is basic knowledge of computer use as well as the English language.

The seminar has been designed in such a way that after its completion, the trainees will be able to use most of the tools and capabilities of the program with ease.

The seminar consists of 10 modules that are completed over a period of 4 weeks and corresponds to 140-160 hours of lessons.

Topics

Section 01: Introduction to Photoshop and its desktop

Section 02: Transformations and Selections

Section 03: Pen and Brush tools

Section 04: Type - About typographic elements

Section 05: Masks - Introduction to masks

Section 06: Adjustment Layers - What they are and how they are used

Section 07: Filters and Smart Objects

Section 08: Introduction to Layer Styles

Section 09: Save, exporting and printing

Section 10: Final exercise - Creating a Web design template from scratch

Methodology

According to our educational program, the material is divided into 10 educational units where the last one is completed through a final assignment lasting two weeks. The program uses the latest version of the free software (open source) Moodle, which is based on the PhP programming platform. The online courses are hosted on proprietary servers incorporating state-of-the-art technologies such as: Processor 2 x Intel Pentium XEON hyperthreading, Memory 32 GB DDR RAM, Hard Disks IBM SCSI U320 HDDs @ 15000 rpm Raptors HardWare RAID 5. The central interface with the Internet is carried out through EDET (National Research and Technology Network) and is of the order of 1 Gbps (EDET has a 2X622 Mbps connection to the INTERNET - Pan-European Research Internet GEANT).

After the seminar

After the seminar, the trainee will have acquired the necessary knowledge and skills to:

• To understand concepts related to the field of graphic design.
• Be able to use a wide range of Photoshop features with ease.
• To be able to create simple and moderately difficult compositions with the program.

In order to fully understand the concepts that will be mentioned in the sections of the seminar, exercises related to the corresponding chapter have been included, which the trainee is invited to carry out.

Purpose of the seminar

The purpose of the training program is to provide the necessary supplies to people who are already working or studying and wish to acquire basic knowledge on the Photoshop program. The seminar starts from scratch and is aimed at people who have no or limited experience in the program and want to deepen or expand their knowledge of the specific subject.

The aim of the seminar is to give the trainees the basic supplies to be able to work in the field of graphic design.