Overview
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Learn how draw and paint digitally using Adobe Photoshop. This course is designed specifically for artists who want to transition their skills to a digital canvas.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Drawing and painting in Photoshop
- Fundamentals of image files
- Image size in inches
- Size in pixels
- More settings
- Handling multiple files
- Navigating inside the file window
- Rotate View tool
- A second view
- Navigation options
- Navigation shortcuts summary
- Choosing a color in HSB mode
- Choosing a color in RGB mode
- Using the Color picker
- Color palette
- Swatches palette
- Eyedropper Tool
- The Brush tool and graphic tablets
- Basic Brush tool settings
- The standard brush tip settings
- Creating a custom brush tip
- The Natural Media Bristle Brush settings
- Shape dynamics
- Scattering
- Texture
- Dual Brush
- Color dynamics
- Transfer
- Graphic tablet and pen pressure
- Fade
- Mixer brush
- Paint Bucket
- Gradient tool
- Blend modes
- Rectangular Marquee tool
- Lasso tool
- Selection from Path
- Quick Mask mode
- Handling selections
- Straight lines with the Shift key
- Smoothing
- Stroking a path
- Symmetry
- Smudge, Blur, and Sharpen tools
- Mixer brush
- Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools
- Clone Stamp tool
- Moving and duplicating selections
- Transforming selections
- Puppet Warp tool
- Hue/Saturation
- Curves
- Color Balance
- Painting on separate layers
- Moving and transforming layers
- Locking transparent pixels
- Eraser tool
- Layer masks
- Clipping masks
- Duplicate and merge layers
- Grouping layers
- Layer Opacity and Blend modes
- New file and Brushes overview
- Rough sketch
- Perspective grid
- Final drawing: Part 1
- Final drawing: Part 2
- Final drawing: Part 3
- New file and Brushes overview
- Rough sketch
- Final drawing: Part 1
- Final drawing: Part 2
- Flattening
- Adding shadows
- Highlights
- Finishing touches
- New file and Brushes overview
- Rough color sketch
- Preliminary drawing
- Resizing and Layer setup
- Painting the foreground: Part 1
- Painting the foreground: Part 2
- Painting the midground
- Painting the far background
- Finishing touches
- Final adjustments
- Farewell
