Photoshop Jumpstart

Hours: 8 / Access Length: 3 Weeks / Delivery: Monthly, Mentor Supported

Retail Price: $250.00

Course Overview:

Students will learn the basics of image correction in Photoshop. Students will learn to correct the overall appearance of the image by improving contrast, color and composition. Students will learn to save their images to be used on web pages. Students will need a copy of Photoshop. A 30-day trial version is available. No book is required for this course.

Course Outline:

• Students will use the selection tools to select parts of an image to edit.
• Students will use Levels, Brightness and Contrast and Color Balance to adjust their images.
• Students will use the repair tools to fix minor flaws in their images.
• Students will print their images and save them to be used on web pages.

All necessary materials are included.

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

• Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

NOTE: While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system.  This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections.   Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware Requirements:

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher.  1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating System Requirements:

• Windows 7 or higher.
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions
  

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.