Digital Designing

Fundamentals of Image Editing

Learn essential image editing tools and techniques to enhance, retouch, and manipulate photos professionally.

Fundamentals of Image Editing
Track Digital Designing
Duration 30 hours
Skill Level Foundation
Language English

About this Course

Learn essential image editing tools and techniques to enhance, retouch, and manipulate photos professionally.
Learning Mode: Learn at ALC or at Home

Detailed Course Curriculum

Hands-on module breakdown aligned with MKCL production standards and industry requirements.

  • Principles of Photography
  • Camera Basics
  • Exposure Triangle
  • Composition and Framing
  • Lighting and color in Photography
  • Focus and Depth of Field
  • Creative Techniques
  • Photography Styles and Genres
  • Building Your Photography Portfolio
  • Photography Business and Career
  • A guide to mobile photography
  • Case Study: Importing image files from various devices to computer
  • Understanding the Basics of Photo Editing
  • Introduction to Popular Photo Editing Tools
  • Setting Up Your Editing Workspace
  • Importing and Organizing Your Photos
  • Foundations in Image Editing Mastery
  • Digital Artistry Essentials
  • The Working Place
  • Efficient File Organization and Management
  • Image and Color Modifications
  • Introduction to selection, drawing, text, and advanced tools
  • Using the Brush and Paint
  • Working with Selections
  • Using Scaling and Transform Tools
  • Using Content-Aware Scale
  • Utilizing Layers
  • Getting Creative with Types
  • Applying Masks
  • Exploring Filter Gallery
  • Playing With Palettes
  • Applying Color Adjustments
  • Automating
  • Settings and General Preferences
  • Digital Asset Management Primer
  • Case Study- Photo Background Remover
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Prisma, After light, Fotor, ProCam X, Mextures, Touch Retouch, A Color Story, Polar, Darkroom, Camera+ 2, Enlight, Adobe Spark Post, Prizmo, Snapseed
  • Basic Photo Adjustments (Exposure, Contrast, Color)
  • Cropping and Composition Techniques
  • Case Study - Food Photography Enhancement
  • Correcting Exposure Issues (Underexposure, Overexposure)
  • Case Study-Wildlife Photo Post-Processing
Eligibility Criteria
• Basic knowledge of computers and keen desire to build skills in this field.
• Open to students, job seekers, and working professionals.
Official Certification
• Official MKCL KLiC Certificate upon successful completion of the course and evaluations.
Work-Centric Learning Approach
• Step 1: Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work
• Step 2: Learners are exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
• Step 3: Learners are acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
• Step 4: Learners are acquainted with the architecture of the tool or tool map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions, utility and inter-relations.
• Step 5: Learners are exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level.
• Step 6: Learners perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made industry-standard outputs.
• Step 7: Learners are engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
• Step 8: Learners are encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
• Step 9: After the imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
• Step 10: Emulation is taken a level further from working with differential skills towards the visualization and creation of a complete output according to the requirements provided. (Long Assignments)
• Step 11: Understanding the requirements, communicating one’s own thoughts and presenting are important skills required in facing an interview for securing a work order/job. For instilling these skills, learners are presented with various subject-specific technical as well as HR-oriented questions and encouraged to answer them.
• Step 12: Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression, from self-expression to self-confidence and from self-confidence to self-reliance and self-esteem!

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Course Overview
  • Duration: 30 hours
  • Track: Digital Designing
  • Skill Level: Foundation
  • Language: English
  • Mode: Learn at ALC or at Home
  • Certificate: Official MKCL
Key Course Highlights:
  • At the end of this course, learners will be able to:
  • Apply basic principles of photography to capture aesthetically pleasing photographs
  • Illustrate the use of key photography principles in creating visually compelling images
  • Create and implement effective methods for operating camera equipment in different scenarios
  • Compare and contrast a variety of photography styles and genres
  • Utilize mobile technology to enhance photography skills
  • Create a professional photography portfolio
  • Identify various career paths in the field of photography
  • Differentiate among popular photo editing tools and their uses
  • Utilize Adobe Photoshop to edit and enhance photos
  • Create a workflow in Adobe Photoshop for efficient photo editing
  • Combine techniques in Adobe Photoshop for basic to advanced photo editing tasks
  • Experiment with advanced editing techniques to expand artistic expression
  • Implement essential photo corrections like exposure, color, and composition in their photographs
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