Fundamental Concepts
Understanding the Photoshop Workspace
Image fundamentals - pixels, resolution and colour depth
Understanding colour modes - RGB, CMYK and Greyscale
Adobe Bridge - managing and finding files
Setting preferences
Optimising performance

Basic Techniques
Tools and techniques for using brushes
Defining colours
Sampling colours from an image
Colour libraries
Multiple undo and snapshots using History
Gradients and patterns
Using the Crop tool
Changing image size and resolution
Rotating images

Retouching Techniques
Using the Clone Stamp tool
The Healing brushes and the Patch tool
The History brush
Red-eye correction

Selection Techniques
The Marquee tools
The Lasso tools
The Magic wand
The Quick Selection tool
Using the Refine edges command
Using Quick Mask
Adding, Subtracting and Intersecting
Saving a selection

Composition and Design Techniques
Working with Layers
Moving content to new layers
Opacity
Linking layers
Scaling and rotating tranformations
Colour Fill layers
Creating a Montage with Layer Masks

Image Correction
The Brightness/Contrast command
The Levels command
The Colour Balance command
Adjusting Hue and Saturation
The Colourise option
Non-destructive edits with adjustment layers

Working with Type
Working with type layers
Formatting type
Type warp
Converting text to pixels

Effects and Filters
Working with Layer Styles - drop shadows, glows, bevels etc.
Corrective and creative filtering techniques
Using the Filter Gallery

Production
Importing and exporting images
File formats and their uses
Integration with Illustrator, InDesign and Flash
Using the Save For Web command
Choosing a file format
Optimisation and compression

Printing
Recognising non-printable colours
Converting images to CMYK