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Photoshop CC 2019 Essential Training: The Basics

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Overview

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Master the core features of Photoshop CC 2019. This course covers key concepts that all Photoshop users should know, regardless of how they use the program.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome to the essentials of Photoshop
  • What you should know
  • Using the exercise files
1. Opening Files
  • Opening documents in Photoshop
  • Opening files into Photoshop from Bridge
  • Opening files from Lightroom
  • Starting with Adobe Camera Raw
2. Documents and Navigation
  • A tour of the Photoshop interface
  • Working with multiple documents
  • Panning and zooming documents
  • Viewing with different screen modes
3. Customizing the Photoshop Interface
  • Arranging the panels you use most often
  • Switching and saving workspaces
  • Customizing the toolbar
  • Modifying keyboard shortcuts for speed
4. Digital Image Essentials
  • Understanding file formats
  • Choosing color modes and bit depth
  • Understanding color space
  • Understanding what document size you need
  • Changing document size
  • Multiple undo and the History panel
  • Saving documents
5. Cropping, Straightening, and Adjusting Canvas Size
  • Using the Crop tool
  • Straightening a crooked image
  • Cropping to the perfect size
  • Increasing canvas size
  • Auto-fill with Content Aware Crop
6. Layers
  • Exploring layer basics
  • Loading, selecting, transforming, and aligning
  • Working with layer groups
  • Merging and flattening layers
7. Color and Brush Essentials
  • Color basics
  • Brush options
8. Working with Layer Masks
  • Layer mask essentials
  • Using gradients to blend images
9. Making Selections
  • Using the Marquee and Lasso tools
  • Combining selections
  • Quick select and layer mask touch-ups
  • Selecting soft edge objects using Select and Mask
  • Using Select and Mask to refine a hard edge selection
  • Making selections based on color and focus
10. Local Pixel Editing and Retouching
  • Removing distracting elements with the Healing Brush and Patch tools
  • The magic of Content-Aware Fill, Move, and Scale
  • Using the Clone Stamp tool
  • Removing larger elements from an image
11. Blend Mode Essentials
  • Getting to know the blend modes
12. Smart Object Essentials
  • Smart Object basics
  • Opening a raw image as a Smart Object
13. Essential Transformations
  • Scaling, skewing, and rotating layers with Free Transform
  • Correcting perspective
14. Adjustment Layer Essentials
  • Introducing adjustment layers
  • Understanding the Histogram
  • Refining dynamic range using Levels
  • Adjusting local color and contrast using Curves
  • Changing vibrance, hue, and saturation
  • Custom black and white conversions
  • Limiting adjustments with clipping masks
15. Essential Filters
  • Overview of filters
  • Applying filters non destructively with Smart Filters
  • Sharpening images
  • Applying Camera Raw as a filter
  • Applying filters to multiple layers
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Julieanne Kost

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