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Learn Basic Image Techniques with Photoshop

Published Date September 2012
84 Videos
5 hours 59 minutes
2584 Happy Students

About the course

This Foundations of Photoshop class is for people who are completely new to Photoshop or who want to understand it better. It covers the foundational skills that you need to use Photoshop. Work through 25+ exercises while watching the videos to learn some of the basic tools of Photoshop. Topics include: Layers, Adjusting your images, Photo Retouching, Design Tools and more.

Published Date September 2012
84 Videos
5 hours 59 minutes
2584 Happy Students

What students say..

Being relatively new to Photoshop, this course helped me to understand the use of the tools and layers. I would recommend this class to anyone starting to use Photoshop.

mbranch1

I love the course, it helped me so much! Everything is explained really nicely and it is extremely easy to follow. Now I feel much more confident about my work with Photoshop. Thank you!

Radim Hejny

Courses Outline

Lesson 1: Getting around in Photoshop

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Introduction

3:31

Exercise Files

Pixel Editor

2:03

The Workspace

8:19

Preferences

6:05

Zooming

6:42

File Management

4:33

The Mini Bridge

6:07

Reviewing Images

4:39

Undo and Redo Work

5:09

Lesson 1 Reference Sheets

Lesson 2: Image Resizing and Cropping

Image Resizing and Cropping

0:35

Exercise Files

Cropping

4:15

Cropping Options

10:00

Perspective Cropping

2:14

Background Layers

2:42

Image Size

8:14

Canvas Size

7:09

Putting it all together

11:20

Lesson 2 Reference Sheets

Lesson 3: Understanding Layers

Understanding Layers

1:25

Exercise Files

The Layers Panel

5:52

Organizing Layers

4:49

Layer Opacity

4:30

Locking Layers

4:21

Blending Modes

7:42

Masking with Blending Modes

2:25

Layer Styles

9:48

Lesson 3 Reference Sheets

Lesson 4: Selections and Masks

Selections & Masks

1:22

Exercise Files

Marquee Selection Tools

3:36

Lasso Selection Tools

6:11

Quick Selection Tool

4:50

Refine Edge

4:36

Layer Masks

5:45

Smart Filters with a Mask

4:44

Combining Images with a Mask

6:59

Lesson 4 Reference Sheets

Lesson 5: Making Adjustments

Making Adjustments

1:08

Exercise Files

The Adjustments Panel

8:05

Adding Contrast to Images

7:37

Isolating an Adjustment with a Mask

4:14

Hue Saturation Adjustment

6:22

Selective Color Adjustment

2:20

Fixing a Color Cast

8:21

Color Balance

2:58

Understanding Color

5:05

Black and White Adjustments

4:28

Lesson 5 Reference Sheets

Lesson 6: Retouching Images

Retouching Images

1:16

Lesson 6 Files

Content-Aware Scale Tool

3:30

Content-Aware Fill and Move

5:23

Healing Brush Tools

7:09

The Patch Tool

8:47

The Clone Tool

7:47

Final Retouching Project

5:18

Lesson 6 Reference Sheets

Lesson 7: Design Tools

Design Tools

0:43

Lesson 7 Files

The Brush Tool

9:13

The Shape Tools

8:32

The Text Tool

7:30

The Gradient Tools

6:11

The Transform Tool

9:21

Lesson 7 Reference Sheets

Lesson 8: Final Project

Final Project

0:47

Lesson 8 Files

Grids and Guides

5:14

Creating a Template

6:38

Copying a Selection

5:13

Rotate and Crop

4:26

Duplicate Layer

3:26

Smart Objects

8:59

Adjusting Layers

5:39

Problems

3:26

Adding Text

10:04

Wrap Up

1:58

Reference Sheets

What's Next?

Learn Basic Image Techniques with Photoshop

Published Date September 2012
84 Videos
5 hours 59 minutes
2584 Happy Students