Overview
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Master the core features of Photoshop CC 2019. This course covers key concepts that all Photoshop users should know, regardless of how they use the program.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome to the essentials of Photoshop
- What you should know
- Using the exercise files
- Opening documents in Photoshop
- Opening files into Photoshop from Bridge
- Opening files from Lightroom
- Starting with Adobe Camera Raw
- A tour of the Photoshop interface
- Working with multiple documents
- Panning and zooming documents
- Viewing with different screen modes
- Arranging the panels you use most often
- Switching and saving workspaces
- Customizing the toolbar
- Modifying keyboard shortcuts for speed
- Understanding file formats
- Choosing color modes and bit depth
- Understanding color space
- Understanding what document size you need
- Changing document size
- Multiple undo and the History panel
- Saving documents
- Using the Crop tool
- Straightening a crooked image
- Cropping to the perfect size
- Increasing canvas size
- Auto-fill with Content Aware Crop
- Exploring layer basics
- Loading, selecting, transforming, and aligning
- Working with layer groups
- Merging and flattening layers
- Color basics
- Brush options
- Layer mask essentials
- Using gradients to blend images
- Using the Marquee and Lasso tools
- Combining selections
- Quick select and layer mask touch-ups
- Selecting soft edge objects using Select and Mask
- Using Select and Mask to refine a hard edge selection
- Making selections based on color and focus
- Removing distracting elements with the Healing Brush and Patch tools
- The magic of Content-Aware Fill, Move, and Scale
- Using the Clone Stamp tool
- Removing larger elements from an image
- Getting to know the blend modes
- Smart Object basics
- Opening a raw image as a Smart Object
- Scaling, skewing, and rotating layers with Free Transform
- Correcting perspective
- Introducing adjustment layers
- Understanding the Histogram
- Refining dynamic range using Levels
- Adjusting local color and contrast using Curves
- Changing vibrance, hue, and saturation
- Custom black and white conversions
- Limiting adjustments with clipping masks
- Overview of filters
- Applying filters non destructively with Smart Filters
- Sharpening images
- Applying Camera Raw as a filter
- Applying filters to multiple layers
- Next steps
