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“Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art" - Ansel Adams Photoshop For Photographers When you're ready to take the next step in your photo-education and learn to use Photoshop - our Photoshop for Photographers course will take you from Photoshop novice to someone who can confidently navigate it and use its super powerful tools to take your photos beyond what you thought was possible! So if you've ever dreamt about being able to use Photoshop, maybe even got as far as opening it and quickly get overwhelmed with all that's packed inside - we've got you. KEY COURSE INFO: Course type: Instructor-led Course level: 2 levels - Essential Photoshop ( L1) and Creative Photoshop (L2) Course duration: each course level consists of 4 weeks + prep module Course format: Online course with step by step tutorials, instructional videos and interactive edit-along live classes, feedback on your learning and support group WHAT YOU LEARN: Our Photoshop for Photographers is a 2 level course - the first one covering all the key aspects of understanding how to navigate and work in Photoshop along with its most widely used tools and techniques, the second one building on top of that to really boost the creative uses you can apply it to.  This incredibly in-depth course has everything you need as a photographer who wants to harness this amazing tool.  What you learn: from basic Photoshop tools to more complex photo manipulations, from playing with colour to portrait retouching, from adding light to removing any unwanted object from your photos and lots, lots more. key photoshop tools object removal and placements - face / sky swaps Overlays & blending modes The art of adding light Skin editing and retouching introduction to compositing THIS IS THE COURSE FOR YOU IF : You you already know basics of editing (in Lightroom) but want to take them further into Photoshop ( where more fun happens) You tried using Photoshop before only to close it immediately after opening due to all the overwhelmingly unfamiliar tools and options You followed youtube tutorials before but beside replicating what the person did exactly, you still don't really have a good idea of how to use Photoshop - or why you should!? You want to be able to take advantage of the tools that are missing in Lightroom or do not give you sufficient control over them to do the job seamlessly - such as precise ways of removing unwanted objects in your image - Photoshop's powerful tools, such as the Content-Aware Fill and Clone Stamp enable you to remove distracting objects or people from your photos, ensuring the focus remains on the subject You want to be able to manipulate or replace elements in your images - from turning your background blurry to replacing blank skies, doing face swaps and more You want to be able to bring beautiful light into your images - from haze to sun rays, from - with colours that pop and light that's perfectly balanced You want to be able to take yoru portraits to a new level - remove blemishes, retouch skin,and correct imperfections, giving your images a polished and professional finish. You desire to create stunning composites: With Photoshop, you can combine multiple images seamlessly to create captivating composite photos. This skill is particularly useful for photographers who want to tell stories or create imaginative and surreal images. ONE COURSE - 2 LEVELS ESSENTIAL PHOTOSHOP Pick this course if you're new to Photoshop or do not have a lot of experience in Photoshop In this course you learn to : Navigate the software and set it up for a proper, smart, non-destructive workflow Discover all the essential tools and techniques that take your images way beyond what you could do in Lightroom Learn the key skills : from masks to brushes, from blending modes to selections, from cloning to canvas extensions, from face swaps to sky swaps - and more!! CREATIVE PHOTOSHOP Pick this course if you're already familiar with the basic tools and ways of working in Photoshop  In this course you take all that you learned in the Essentials course and turbo boost it for creativity. You'll learn : How to play with light, colour and blur for unique creative outcomes How to get more out of the familiar tools - so advanced brushes, advanced selections, advanced blending More fun skills : from skin edits to retouching, from stitching photos to involved composites, from creating effects such as neon glow to turning your photos into comics and more! Learn more about Creative Photoshop WHAT'S INCLUDED IN EACH OF OUR PHOTOSHOP COURSES: 4 core modules - each with detailed step by step tutorials, downloadable videos and PDF workbooks Support Facebook group Weekly edit-along live webinar Practice files to learn on Feedback on your images ESSENTIAL PHOTOSHOP Next Essential Photoshop course starts 15 January 2024 The way you work in Photoshop is very different compared to Lightroom and a big learning curve for anyone who begins learning it for the first time. It's also a big reason why a lot of photographers open it for the first time, find it hard to recognise any familiar tools or make them work on the image and the give up.  In this course we take you through it step by step. We show you around this tool and teach you how to use it in a way that's smart, non-destructive, flexible and making the most of its amazing features.  Here is a non-exhaustive list of what you will learn:  A thorough understanding of Layers, masks and brushes - you cannot really work effectively in Photoshop if you do not know how to use these tools. An absolute must! Key Photoshop tools - Photoshop is a hugely vast tool used by lots of different creative professions and depending on what you use it for, you will be using different tools. We introduce you to the ones that are key for a photographer! Working with Adjustment layers - these fantastic tools allow you to change colours, adjust tone and mood of images Removing and replacing parts of your photos - powerful selection, healing, cloning, content aware tools and more to allow you to clean up your images of everything that's undesirable or distracting in your images Simple composites ( Face swaps / Sky swaps) - while composites can be hugely complex and challenging, we show you how to get started with a few simple - but effective ones!Understanding Precision tools and filters for blurring and sharpening Blending modes and their immense potential for transforming your images with the tools you already know - from working with overlays to CREATIVE PHOTOSHOP Next Creative Photoshop course starts 15 April 2024 In Level 2 we build on the foundation we establish in Level 1 and start applying what you have learned more creatively - as well as learning more tools, more techniques and starting more fun projects. This is where we really get to have fun with those powerful tools - we learn not just how to fix and clean up undesirable elements from the photos, but how to creatively treat them so that they reflect your creative vision and imagination.  The magic of Colour and blur - adding mood and softness to images to transform the images . We use several creative techniques to completel;y transform the images Adding and creating light effects in Photoshop - from light beams to sun burtsts to rainbows! Step by step skin editing and portrait retouching - from adjusting skin tones, removing unwanted colour casts, disappearing blemishes and creating highend, polished portraits that still retain healthy skin texture Using smart filters and creative adjustment layers to achieve effects such as turning your images into cartoons, watercolours or neon effects Working with and creating your own custom brushes, overlays etc - the power of photoshop brushes has to be experienced to be believed - from adding light rays to Playing with composites - adding magic to your images or creating new scenes and stories from scratch PHOTOSHOP For Photographers  Photoshop courses - KEY INFO Essential Photoshop ( Level 1) - 4 week course, starts 15 Jan 2024 Creative Photoshop ( Level 2) - 4 week course, 15 April 2024 Course cost: BOOKING A SINGLE COURSE: £179 ( payment plans available ) BOOKING A BUNDLE: Book Level 1 and Level 2 together :  £259  (payment plans available )  PHOTOSHOP FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Each course consists of 4 weekly modules with step by step illustrated tutorials and videos + prep module weekly edit along class online class ( also recorded) feedback and advice on your edits private support group PDF workbook and downloadable videos Practice images to learn on COURSE PREREQUISITES: Adobe Photoshop software installed on your computer or tablet.This can be purchased either as a standalone Photoshop Subscription or as part of the Photography Plan which includes also access to Lightroom and Lightroom Classic. Please note that you need to ensure that your computer can run Photoshop - please follow Adobe minimum system requirements guidelines

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“You don't take a photograph. You make it" - Ansel Adams Photography For Parents - Editing In Lightroom Next course starts 11 March 2024 Editing is an essential skill for anyone with even just a passing interest in photography. Much as we try, we can't always get everything right in camera and editing tools help us bring our vision to life, help correct problems and allow our images to look beautifully polished.  We teach how to do all these things in Adobe Lightroom because it's a powerful, intuitive and affordable tool used by Pros around the world for that very reason. KEY COURSE INFO: Course type: Instructor-led Course duration: 4 weeks + prep module Course format: Online course with interactive edit-along live classes, feedback on your learning and support group WHAT YOU LEARN: From being able to correct issues such as over/under exposure, issues with colour or graininess to bringing your vision to life, creating mood and tone to your images, knowing how to use editing software is a must. But good and purposeful editing goes way beyond just slapping on a preset or a filter - in our course we teach you all about the tools - not just what all of them do but how, and we teach you how to know what to use and when to achieve certain effects.everything you need to allow you to style your photos, confidently use the software and fix common problems. editing to correct common photo problems creating good editing workflow using powerful precision tools editing to achieve beautiful skin tones using light and colour creatively editing to bring out a mood of a feel THIS IS THE COURSE FOR YOU IF : Love taking photos but want them to look more polished - with colours that pop and light that's perfectly balanced You want to be able to fix common issues such as under- or overexposure, white balance or colour casts so that you never need to bin an image just because it wasn't right straight out of camera You want to get more creative with light and colour to make the images look just like the moment felt. Bring on the moody edits or sun soaked edits or light kissed skin tones or creative black and white conversions You want to confidently use the editing techniques so you can bring your vision to life every time, without guesswork You want to be able to prepare your images for print so that your walls can beam with pride at the beauty that you captured Next Editing in Lightroom course starts 11 March 2024  4 core course modules plus prep module Support Facebook group Weekly edit-along live webinar Practice files to learn on Feedback on your images HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL LEARN in this course :  Our Photo Editing in Lightroom course guides you through the photo editing process in Adobe Lightroom from start to finish – from setting it up correctly, organising your collections and creating a workflow that works for you, through learning the capabilities of all the editing tools - such as adjusting exposure, colours, light or sharpening the images; all the way to printing and creating photo books. We’ll show you how to create specific artistic effects ( high impact Black and white, vintage, light and airy, dark and moody etc ), and how to fix common photography problems ( grainy images, underexposed images, wrong colours etc). At the end of the course you will be able to confidently manage your photo collection with Lightroom, achieve desired artistic effects and make your photos truly stand out. Getting around in Lightroom and Lightroom Classic - shooting in full manual - but with clarity and purpose Correcting common problems - whether your photo started too dark or too bright, your child's face was in a shade, the white balance and colours were off, the grain was heavy, the light looked dull - you can fix it all within a couple of clicks in Lightroom Using Lightroom's super powerful intelligent masking tools to quickly and efficiently edit specific parts of your image - from brightening up the eyes to rescuing overblown skies Enhancing and adding beautiful light - light makes images stand out, but it can be hard capturing the atmosphere it creates in camera at times. Lightroom is where you can bring light to life and make your images feel how what you saw in real life Knowing how to shoot in camera so you can get the most in editing - photographers will often purposefully under or overexpose images in camera so that they have more chance of balancing the image just they way they want in Lightroom. INSIDE THE MODULES - aka WHAT DO YOU LEARN? Module 0: Getting set up in Lightroom This module is released a week before the course starts to give you a chance to fully familiarise yourself with the layout, structure and the best way of working in Lightroom Classic, including guidance of creating a smooth selection and culling process that helps you see and keep the best of your images, without getting bogged down with 100s near duplicates. Module 1: Getting Started In Lightroom - Global Edits In this module we introduce you to Lightroom's most powerful tools - the global edits. We help you understand how to tweak your images to achieve the effects you're after quickly - from adjusting over and under exposure, to correcting white balance in a few different ways, to having a play with my favourite Lightroom tool - the tone curve. Major Takeaways: At the end of the module you will have gained full control of lightroom key global tools and will be able to use them to correct any global - as in affecting the whole image - issues with your images. This includes perfecting your exposure, balancing your colour and white balance, sharpening and creating clarity and more. Module 2: Targeted Edits - Masks!  Lightroom allows us to apply edits to selected parts of the image through a range of its very powerful, intelligent and manual masks. This means you can now effortlessly select your subject from the photo to adjust them separately with just one click, you can pick only the sky, the subject's eyes or only colour green or any other element and treat them differently to the rest.  Major Takeaways: You will be able to use the full range of masks in lightroom and apply your edits exactly where they are needed, and nowhere else. This includes working with with the new AI powered masks which can detect a person's individual features and allow you to selectively edit them in a few simple steps, as well as those more manual tools, that allow you to literally paint with light and colour on your photographs. Module 3: Creative Editing in Lightroom  This is a brand new module in our course where we take all the tools introduced in Modules 1 and 2 and actually use them to achieve different effects on our photos. Wer show you how to be guided by light when editing, how to achieve a light and airy or a moody edit on your images, how to add light and how to convert to black and white, as well as how to edit skin in Lightroom! This module is all play!  Major Takeaways: You will learn how to create yoru own editing process - from knowing where to start and to understanding what elements of your photograph may need or benefit from adjusting and knowing how you can do so to achieve different outcomes. You will also learn how to edit your skin tones so they look delightful - no matter what your subject's complexion.  Module 4: After the edits We close the course with a module centered around all the things you might want to do after the edits - from preparation for print, creating photo books, but also sharing your images online and syncing them between different machines and adobe workplaces. PLUS there is a little Photoshop intro so you get a glimpse at how it's different and what it can do.    Major Takeaways: You will learn how to connect all of your Adobe ecosystem and sync and share your images across multiple devices. You will learn how to prepare your images for print so they look their very best and how to create photobooks. Next course starts 11 March 2024 Absolutely, without a doubt book Editing. I was very unsure at first. My interest in photography is to capture those memories so it felt like it was 'cheating' to edit. I can honestly say it's like magic.To finish off the pictures you love and just give you complete control over the exposure, colours to make them perfect, to rescue the disasters etc. I learnt so much in those few weeks and it made the biggest difference to my photos.  Kerry White Editing in LIGHTROOM Book your space now: COURSE STARTS : 11 March 2024 ( 4 weeks + 1 prep week)COURSE COST : £179 ( payment plans available ) What’s included: 4 weekly modules with step by step illustrated tutorials and videos + prep module weekly edit along class online class ( also recorded) - on Wednesday evenings feedback and advice on your edits private support group PDF workbook and downloadable videos Practice images to learn on Join our next group to really bring life to your images and make them look sleep, polished and full of light COURSE PREREQUISITES: Lightroom or Lightroom Classic CC software installed on your computer or tablet. RECOMENDED : Lightroom Photography Plan 25GB – a monthly subscription at approx £9pm – including Lightroom CC, Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop. This plan can also be occasionally purchased at a lower price via Amazon or Groupon if you purchase a year’s worth of subscription in one go ( average savings – around 2-4 months worth depending on the deal) Please note that Adobe also has a Lightroom Plan with 1TB of storage – we do not recommend this plan as it restricts you to one version of software only. The increased Cloud storage can always be purchased as an add on or your plan can be switched from Photographer plan to CC only at a later stage if you prefer.

Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training is regulated by Ofqual and prepares trainee teachers to teach in a wide range of contexts, adult qualifications. Level 5: Diploma in Education and Training DET or DTLLS course is a QCF qualification which is full 120 QCF Credit value. Formerly this course used to called Level 5 Diploma in Teaching in the Life Long Learning (DTLLS) course.

Diploma in Education and Training (DET) qualification is a recognised teaching qualification leads to QTLS status. This is a PGCE equivalent qualification which is full 120 QCF Credit value. Formerly this course used to called Level 5 Diploma in Teaching in the Life Long Learning (DTLLS) course. This course is suitable for trainers, teachers, and tutors who intend to work or already working in further education, university, training centre, college, adult and community learning or work-based training within public, private, community organisations or voluntary sectors.

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Description This course is aimed at the excel user who already knows the basics of Excel 2007. This course will help you to go beyond the basics - to reach a higher-intermediate level. With shortcuts, tricks and tips - you will be able to work smarter and faster. If you want to be fairly competent on the software, then this course will be very handy. Its a lot quicker to be shown things, then to try and muddle through and work things out by yourself. Guaranteed, there'll be some items which we cover, that you have no idea that Excel was capable of doing! We don't want you to spend a day of your life in the classroom... learn 99 quick and very useful, practical things which you can apply on your job or on your projects. We'll cover: Working with Data - using series, symbols and special characters, hide rows and freeze panels Formulas and Functions - Calculate the duration between two dates/times, best loan terms, create conditional formula and conditional sums Copying Data - transposing rows into columns and paste specials Using Excel lists - sort and filter a list, remove duplicate records, count filtered records, look up information in a list Data Patterns - Pivot tables, pivot charts, what-if analysis Creating charts - histogram, trendlines, piecharts, error bars Presenting data - formatting columns and numbers Saving and printing worksheets - printing multiple worksheets, area, cell ranges, repeat headings of a row or column Extending excel - hyperlinks, embed a chart, importing a worksheet Customizing Excel - custom workspace, custom view, macros The target audience is those who have a basic level with Excel and want to learn other handy functions and features. We use Excel 2007 only in this course. If you have Excel 2003, this course will be difficult to follow as although the functions and features exist in 2003, the layout changed very dramatically between the two versions. Excel 2007 isn't too dissimilar from 2010. Where necessary, we provide a spreadsheet - but as long as you have Excel 2007, you'll be able to copy and do exactly what you see on the screen by pausing the video and following along. The course will take approx 7.5 hours to complete. Take this course if you want to take your basic understanding of Excel to a higher intermediate-level. What Will I Learn? Work with Formulas and Functions Copy data and formats Use excel lists Create charts Present worksheets nicely Save and print worksheets Who is the target audience? This is for those who are beginners in Excel and want to take it further to higher intermediate level - using Excel 2007 You should know the 'basics' in Excel and we take it from near-beginner, to higher intermediate Requirements Students will need to have Excel 2007 installed, as this is the system used in the teaching Introduction to the course and your tutor Data Enter numbers and fractions 00:05:00 Dates and Times 00:08:00 Name Cells and Ranges 00:04:00 Validate Data entry using a pick list FREE 00:07:00 Extend a series of dates with autofill 00:04:00 Add a symbol or special character 00:04:00 Compare multiple spreadsheets using freeze panels 00:06:00 Hide rows 00:04:00 Keyboard 00:10:00 Speak Cells 00:04:00 Find and replace data 00:10:00 Formulas and Functions Add values 00:03:00 Function wizard 00:06:00 Formulas with comments 00:04:00 OneNote 00:06:00 Define a constant 00:04:00 Apply names in functions 00:05:00 Figure out the best loan terms 00:04:00 Internal Rates of Return 00:04:00 Nth largest value 00:04:00 Large, Small, Max, Min 00:04:00 Conditional formula 00:03:00 Conditional formula with names 00:04:00 Conditional sum 00:03:00 Count If 00:02:00 Inner calculator 00:02:00 Square Roots 00:03:00 Calculate the duration between two times 00:04:00 Calculate days between two dates 00:04:00 Copying Data, Formats etc., Copy a range 00:03:00 Transpose a row into a column FREE 00:02:00 Chart formatting 00:07:00 Copy styles to another workbook 00:07:00 Paste special and copying worksheets 00:06:00 Track changes while Editing 00:06:00 Lists Enter list data using a form 00:05:00 Searching through a data list 00:04:00 Import a word list into excel 00:04:00 Sort a list 00:02:00 Filter a list 00:02:00 Sort by multiple criteria FREE 00:03:00 Find averages in a sorted group 00:05:00 Filter by multiple criteria 00:03:00 Remove duplicate records from a list 00:03:00 Count filtered records 00:07:00 Filter by multiple criteria in the same column 00:06:00 Chart a filtered list 00:02:00 Look up information in a List 00:05:00 Data Patterns Create a PivotTable 00:05:00 Modify a PivotTable and layout 00:03:00 Find the average of a field 00:04:00 Create a calculated field 00:03:00 Calculated fields and charts FREE 00:02:00 Hide rows and columns in a PivotTable 00:02:00 AutoFormat a PivotTable 00:01:00 Create a PivotChart 00:03:00 Turning on the Data Analysis function so that statistical information can be run 00:02:00 Describe Data with Statistics 00:03:00 Discover associations within your data 00:03:00 Product Numbers 00:02:00 What-if analysis 00:05:00 Goal seek 00:06:00 Creating Charts Create a Chart 00:06:00 Modify Chart details 00:04:00 Change the Chart Type 00:03:00 Add a Trendline to a Chart 00:06:00 Remove Chart Data 00:02:00 Add chart data 00:02:00 Missing chart data 00:04:00 Error bars 00:04:00 Pull a slice from a Pie Chart 00:03:00 Label slices of a Pie Chart 00:04:00 Histogram 00:06:00 Paste a chart into Word 00:03:00 Amending a chart in Word 00:02:00 Paste-link a Chart into Word 00:05:00 Worksheets Format Numbers as Percentages 00:04:00 Format Currencies in Currency and Accounting Formats 00:03:00 Format Column Headings 00:05:00 Format Quickly with Format painter FREE 00:02:00 Insert a background image into your worksheet 00:03:00 Create a Transparent image 00:03:00 Saving and Printing Worksheets Save a workbook as a Template 00:07:00 Save a workbook as an XML spreadsheet 00:05:00 Print multiple cell ranges on One Page 00:03:00 Print multiple worksheets of a workbook 00:01:00 Page set up, header, footer, margins - 1 page printing 00:04:00 Repeat Headings of a Row or Column 00:07:00 Print functions to show calculations & comments 00:07:00 Extending Excel Hyperlink a worksheet to another office document 00:03:00 Embed a chart within PowerPoint 00:05:00 Publish an Interactive Workbook 00:05:00 Import a Worksheet into Access 00:09:00 Use Excel Data to create labels in Word 00:10:00 Customizing Excel Launch a specific Workbook when Excel Opens 00:03:00 Save Time by Creating a Custom View 00:03:00 Create a Custom Number Format 00:06:00 Changing Text to Columns 00:05:00 Create a Macro to Format Numbers 00:06:00 Online Live Webinar Course-S3_W4_L1 - 42 - Excel Made simple 01:00:00