Photoshop Taster

Creative Media

A course by

Wintec

A one-day introductory workshop for secondary school students to develop basic Adobe Photoshop skills, focused on image adjustment, color grading, and creative editing.

NZ$80

inc GST

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This course starts anytime


In-person study

Face-to-face learning in a physical classroom setting

Hamilton City Campus (The Hub), Hamilton

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Understand Photoshop basics

Gain a basic understanding of the Adobe Photoshop interface and its main tools.

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Perform image adjustments

Learn to adjust brightness, colour balance, hue and saturation for digital photographs.

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Convert color images to black and white

Demonstrate ability to change colour images into black and white using Photoshop tools.

What You're Signing Up For

The Photoshop Taster course offers secondary school students the chance to gain a basic understanding of Adobe Photoshop. Participants will learn essential techniques such as image adjustment, color grading, brightness and color balance manipulation, working with layers, retouching images, and converting images from color to black and white. The workshop is designed as a hands-on session to support students interested in photography, design, and digital media.

Course Content

  • Basic introduction to Adobe Photoshop
  • Image adjustment (brightness, color balance, hue, saturation)
  • Conversion of images to black and white
  • Working with layers
  • Retouching images
  • Creative color grading

What you need to know first

Year 11 and above (secondary students)

Understanding and basic knowledge of computers

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What sort of industry will this job lead to

  • Creative Industries

  • Digital Media

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Future employment opportunities might be

  • Pathway to further study in media arts, design, or digital content creation