Photoshop for Teaching and Learning

Introduction

• Welcome
• Why Photoshop for teaching and learning?
• Exercise files
• What you need to know

1. Getting Started with Photoshop

• Mastering the Photoshop user interface
• Working with layers
• Making selections
• Masking basics
• Making selective adjustments
• Scaling images
• Using actions for repetitive tasks
• Quickly exporting images
• Working with Bridge

2. Image Basics for Teaching and Learning

• Capturing good image compositions
• Creating clean compositions
• Creating breathing and looking room
• Using leading lines
• Understanding image types
• Raster vs. vector images

3. Fixing Common Image Problems

• Cropping images
• Straightening images
• Repairing an image basics
• Repairing an image with masks
• Fixing image exposure with Camera Raw
• Fixing image exposure in Photoshop
• Making editable adjustments
• Using layer masks to obscure identity
• Removing objects from images
• Challenge: Fix a scanned image
• Solution: Fix a scanned image

4. Preparing Images for Presentations

• Presentation resolutions and load times
• Scaling images for presentations
• Modifying slide backgrounds
• Using vector masks
• Creating presentation color pallets
• Matching looks with a custom 3D LUT
• Challenge: Prepare a slide image
• Solution: Prepare a slide image

5. Creating Web Graphics

• Preparing images for use on the web
• Using artboards
• Finding appropriate image sizes
• Using Smart Objects
• Working with type
• Using layer styles
• Using type in Smart Objects
• Generating web graphics
• Challenge: Create course banner graphics
• Solution: Create course banner graphics

6. Videos, Animations, and 360 Media

• Extracting a still image from video
• Making an animated GIF
• Refining an animated GIF into a meme
• Making a time-lapse video
• Creating 360 VR panoramas
• Working with text in 360 panoramas
• Challenge: Create a 360 image from video
• Solution: Create a 360 image from video

7. Exporting Images

• Exporting images for the web
• Exporting multiple versions of an image
• Maintaining transparency during export
• Exporting layers to separate files
• Using the Image Processor
• Challenge: Prepare images for PowerPoint
• Solution: Prepare images for PowerPoint
• Extra challenge solution: Prepare images for PowerPoint

Conclusion

• Next steps