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Photoshop CS6 for Photographers Quick Start

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Discover strategies and techniques for making your Photoshop workflow smooth, efficient, and effective.

Often photographers who want to learn to use Adobe Photoshop just dive in and figure out how to do what they need to do. This is all well and good, but with this approach you're likely to miss out on features that could help you, ways of working more efficiently, and an overall understanding of how Photoshop works. In this course Tim Grey takes you systematically through Photoshop's interface and tools, then shows you how to make basic adjustments and output your work for sharing. Whether you've been using Photoshop for a little while or you're just getting started, this workshop will make sure you always know where you are and where you're headed.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. A Guided Tour
  • The Photoshop interface
  • The panels
  • The status bar
  • The menu bar
  • The toolbox
  • The options bar
  • Opening an image
  • Arranging images
  • Keyboard shortcuts
2. Setting Up Your Environment
  • Preferences
  • Color settings
  • View options
  • Navigating around an image
3. Some Fundamentals
  • Color modes
  • Bit depth
  • Image resolution
  • The histogram
  • File formats
4. Basic Adjustments
  • Enhancing RAW images
  • History and Undo
  • Cropping and straightening
  • Introduction to adjustment layers
  • Using adjustment layers: A basic workflow
  • Basic image cleanup
  • Converting to black and white
  • Creative filters
5. Wrapping Up the Workflow
  • Saving the master image
  • Output workflow
  • Saving for digital sharing
  • Saving for print

Taught by

Tim Grey

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