Adobe Photoshop Workshop for Beginners | May 23

Photoshop is the industry standard photo image editing software for print and digital output. In this hands-on introductory workshop, we will walk through Photoshop's basic capabilities and use tools and techniques to edit images and create visual design mock-ups - no design experience required!

This workshop will help students visualise products and designs using Photoshop and learn some basic visual design tips.

In this session, we will cover:

• introduction to raster and vector graphics, pixels and resolution

• image size and file types for print and screen

• grid structure of a page layout

• white space and hierarchy of information

• how we read the page

• the photoshop tool box

• selection and move tools

• working in layers, labelling and grouping

• isolating an object from it's background using masks

• retouching or extending a background

• creating gradients, shadows and reflections

• transforming an object

• lockups and alignment

• type, legibility and placeholder text

• logos on products and mock-ups

• doing a resize - using transparency to help position and scale an image in context

Please have Adobe Photoshop installed and ready to run before the class commences (you can download a free trial version of Photoshop if you don't have one yet).

• This class is taken completely online via Zoom.
• We will provide a link to the session 24 hours before & again, on the day of the class, to the email used to purchase a ticket. If you have signed up on behalf of a friend or colleague, please forward along this information.

NOTE: this class will not be recorded, however, slides will be sent within 7 days following the session.

Michael is a designer with over 15 years experience under his belt. Most recently, he co-founded 3beards - the highly successful tech startup events and community company behind Silicon Drinkabout, Unicorn Hunt and more.

He started out as a teenager tinkering around in Photoshop and Flash, which led to working for an advertising startup building and designing software and adverts at the age of 17. Following that he studied at London Metropolitan University where he earned a degree in Digital Media.

Michael then spent 3 years with a web design agency in Soho, where he refined his skills and really developed his passion for design, along with a ton of client-facing skills. He co-founded and designed Pollarize, an iPhone app constructed for social decision making. He's won awards for his writing, and dabbled in everything from 'Alternate Reality Games' to timelapse video. He's extremely passionate about design, and loves making things which are not only beautiful but functional.

With 3beards, he helped transform the European startup community by building a unique and strong brand, backed up by amazing community management and events. He's been lucky enough to travel the world, enhancing & expanding out the startup community, launching new locations for Silicon Drinkabout and speaking at events.

When not designing, you'll find him either PC gaming, playing guitar or getting involved at a startup event!