Adobe Photoshop

Getting Around Photoshop

• Computer Requirements
• What’s new in the current version?
• Raster vs Vector
• Creating A New Document
• Workspaces Overview
• Opening an Image
• Place Embed vs Place Linked
• Interface Layout and Navigation
• Navigational Keyboard Shortcuts
• 2019 Properties Panel Update

Basic Image Retouching

• Fixing Blemishes using the Spot Healing Tool
• Fixing Blemishes using the Healing Brush Tool
• Removing and modifying elements using the Clone Stamp Tool
• Using the Patch Tool group fixes
• Removing Red Eye with the Red Eye Tool

Selecting with Magic Wand, Quick Selection Tool & Quick Mask Mode

• Starting the Selection using Traditional Selection Tools
• Using the Magic Wand
• Using the Quick Select Tool
• Redefining the Selection in Quick Mask Mode

Replacing Backgrounds & Tweaking Color

• More Work with the Magic Wand Tool
• Simple Image Compositing
• Working with Brightness & Contrast
• Working with Color Balance

Creating Text & Adding Effects

• Creating Text
• Adding Drop Shadows Manually
• Working with Layer Styles
• Adding a Drop Shadow

Image Tweaking & Effects

• Using the Crop tool
• Crop Awareness
• Ratio vs Resolution
• Straightening Crooked Photos
• Image Size vs Canvas Size
• Size Interpolation
• Adding the Text Layer
• Adjust the Opacity of the Layer
• Feathering the Layer to Add More Subtlety
• Using simple drop shadows and border effects
• Cleaning Up the Background

Retro Movie Poster

• Making a Selection using the Polygonal Lasso tool
• Desaturate the Background to make the Foreground “Pop”
• The Layers Panel
• Adding Basic Type
• Warping Text

The Basics of Preparing Digital Photos for Print

• Image Size
• Resampling
• Saving as PSD
• Saving as TIFF
• Document Size
• Preparing for Print

Saving Photos for the Web

• Resizing an Image for the Web
• Saving Images as JPEGs
• Reducing the Image File Size
• Resampling
• Adding Metadata
• Comparing GIF and PNG
• Saving as GIF and PNG
• Web Transparency

Non-Destructive Editing: Adjustment Layers and Masks

• Color Correction with Adjustment Layers
• Using Layer Masks to Mask out Unwanted Adjustments
• Using the Curves Tool
• Using Hue/Saturation Tool
• Tricks for Hue Shifting Black
• Tricks for Hue Shifting White

Non-Destructive Editing: Working with Smart Objects & Other Amazing Tools

• Understanding Smart Objects
• Creating a Smart Object
• Smart Objects & Resolution
• Smart Objects & Filters
• Working with Layer Masks
• Working with Textures and Layer Masks
• Working with Clipping Masks

Type Mastery 

• Formatting Special Titles
• The Character and Paragraph Panels
• Lorem Ipsum, Ligatures and Glyphs
• Formatting a Paragraph
• Drop Caps
• Getting creative with fonts
• To rasterize text or not

The Pen Tool: Working Creatively with Paths

• Working with the Pen Tool
• Stroke & Fill Effects across a Path
• Accent Lines & Florals
• Erasing across a path
• Sharpening Hi-Res Photos for Print
• Removing Motion Blur

Type Mastery 02: Text & Effects

• Text in a Path
• Text on a Path
• Closed Paths vs Open
• Controlling The Position of your Text
• Concentric Rings of Text
• Flow text across objects

Working with Presets

• What are Presets?
• Preset Management
• Create Custom Shapes
• Create Patterns
• Creating Swatches
• Creating Brushes

Project Essentials: Working for Print

• Setting up Photoshop for print art
• RGB vs CMYK vs Other
• Resolution and Pixel Density
• Important Preferences affecting print
• Setting up bleed
• Formatting guides
• Process vs Spot Colors
• Delivery essentials
• Working with TIFF, PDF, and more

Working with Illustrator

• Sending media and paths to Illustrator
• How much should a Photoshop user need to know about Illustrator?
• Creating simple text elements in Illustrator
• Cleaning and Saving Elements in a Vector Format
• Transferring Vector to Photoshop (The Best)
• Made for TV or the Big Screen: Photoshop has it all
• Setting up your project in Photoshop
• Setting up a quick project in Illustrator

Filter Highlights

• What are Smart Filters?
• Blurring the Background
• Motion & Radial Blurs
• Adding Spinning Blur to the Wheels
• Layers
• Working with Distortion Effects
• Lens flares and lighting Effects
• Sketch and Cartoon Conversions

 Special & Legacy Effects

• Working with Paths to Define Effects
• Using Fibers for Texture
• Generated Effects: Flame,Trees and Picture Frame

Color Grading using Levels

• Color Correction with Adjustments Layers vs Adjustment Filters
• What is Tone?
• What is a Histogram?
• Levels Adjustment Explained
• Practical Work with Levels
• Repairing Photos

Color Grading Using Curves

• The Curves Tool Explained
• Setting White, Black, and Gray Points
• Setting Midpoints
• Saving and Loading Curves Presets
• Correcting Tone & Color
• Setting White, Black, and Gray Points

Retouching Techniques Part I

• Understanding Healing & Awareness
• Using the Clone Stamp Tool
• Using the Spot Healing Tool
• Using the Healing Brush Tool
• Using the Patch Tool
• Removing Blemishes & Stray Hairs

Retouching Techniques Part 2

• The Power of Frequency Separation In Theory and Practice
• Creating High and Low Frequency Layers
• Isolating Skin Texture
• Isolating Skin Tone
• Re-combining Layers
• Using Masks & Brushes for Airbrush Effect

Retouching: Liquify

• An Overview of the Liquify Panel
• Brush Tool Options
• Using the Liquify Filter: Bloat, Pucker, Forward Warp, Restoration Tools
• Artistic Retouching of Facial Features
• Having fun with Face-Aware
• Freezing and Unfreezing

Displacement Technique

• What is Displacement?
• How Displacement is used Professionally
• Displacement Workflow
• Creating a Displacement Map
• Working with Displacement Filter
• Improving the Distortions

Blending Modes Techniques & Effects

• About Blending Modes
• Experimenting with different Blend Modes (Screen, Multiply, Overlay)
• Using the Color Blending Mode to Tint an Image
• Mask Blending
• Adding Scars and Blood

Working In Perspective

• Manually putting in perspective
• Manually Editing Perspective
• Using Perspective Filters
• Troubleshooting perspective issues
• Selecting In Perspective
• Healing In Perspective

Compositing: Matching Color

• A Over B
• It’s All About Selections
• Lighting & Shadow
• Backlight Technique
• Matching Color
• Curves Color Channels
• Contrast Matching
• Clipping Masks
• Matching Noise/Grain

Working with Lighting Effects

• Compositing Lighting Effects
• Creating & Working with Flares
• Creating A Neon Sign
• Techniques for Sabers

Organic Text

• Endless Possibilities of Organic Text
• Text Out of Grass
• Working with Smoke

Advanced Selection Techniques

• Select & Mask Review
• Going off-road with Procedurals
• It’s All About Channels
• Working with Levels to create contrast maps
• Configuring your Selection Brushes to isolate edges
• Selecting Hair – No Easy Thing
• Employing the Burn and Dodge Tool

Large Project Design

• Working with Large Projects
• Photoshop limitations and workarounds
• Tweaking Preferences for a smoother workflow
• Design a large format poster

Working with Camera Raw

• Opening & Editing Raw Files
• Camera Raw Panels
• Editing Color and Tone
• Fixing Exposure Issues
• Selective Corrections
• Applying Grades to Multiple Photos
• Removing Noise
• DeHaze Images
• Saving Settings and Versions
• Opening Images in Photoshop

• Viewing/navigating around images and use some basic Photoshop tools.
• Perform common retouching tasks: eliminating red eye, erasing facial blemishes.
• Quick Mask Mode and other tools to make or refine selections with greater precision.
• Learn the basics of using text and commonly used effects.
• Create a social media post and learn several new ways to modify, tweak and add effects to your images.
• Make selections and learn some new tools and techniques to create this retro B-Movie poster.
• You will use an image taken with a digital camera (RGB image) and convert it an image ready for print (CMYK image) with a resolution of 300 ppi (pixel per inch)
• You will prepare images for the Web, converting them to RGB, reducing the resolution to 72 ppi, and reducing the file size to ensure fast download times.
• You will use the power of Adjustments and Masks to non-destructively alter color and manipulate images.
• You will use Smart Objects and other tools to create entirely non-destructive artwork.
• You will go beyond fundamentals and harness the effects of Photoshop to create specialize titles and creative paragraphs.
• You will unlock the creative power of the Pen Tool to create amazing effects and art.
• You will explore the more advanced text features like text on a path and more.
• You will learn how to create, save and manage presets.
• You will learn how to use the deeper Photoshop color and formatting features to create and deliver print art.
• You will create a feature film title for the big screen using Adobe Illustrator dynamically with Photoshop.
• You will use some of Photoshop’s most popular filter effects affect images and artwork.
• You will use some of Photoshop’s lesser know filter effects to create surreal artwork.
• You will fix several photos color and contrast using Levels.
• Using Curves to adjust an image.
• You will retouch some headshots by removing facial blemishes such as acne, scarring and more.
• You will take retouching to the next level by using professional techniques to remove blemishes, even out skin tone and replace skin texture.
• You will do more than just straighten a model’s smile. You will become a digital plastic surgeon!
• You will use the Displacement Filter to map one image over another.
• We will explore a few techniques to alter human skin using blending mode and masking methods.
• Use Photoshop to map images accurately in perspective.
• Use the most advanced techniques to make complex selections
• Learn some of the issues with managing large format projects like posters, banners and ads. Design a large format poster.

This course is ideal for designers, marketers and anyone who is pursuing a career in graphic design.