Photoshop 2020 Essential Training: The Basics

Photoshop 2020 Essential Training: The Basics

English | MP4 | AVC 1280×720 | AAC 48KHz 2ch | 6h 18m | 2.52 GB

Photoshop is the industry standard for creative visual expression. Whether you’re an experienced creative pro or just starting on your creative journey, learning how to use Photoshop is the best investment you can make in your work. In this course, Julieanne Kost teaches you the essentials of Photoshop 2020. Discover how to open and navigate documents, customize the Photoshop interface, and start editing photos. Julieanne shows how to crop and transform images, make detailed selections, work with layers and masks, retouch photos, and use Smart Objects and adjustment layers to apply nondestructive modifications to your images. Plus, get tips for working with type and layer effects. By the end of this course, you’ll be empowered to use Photoshop to quickly get the image results you want.

Topics include:

  • Opening and viewing files
  • Customizing the interface
  • Document size, bit depth, and color space
  • Crop, transform and warp
  • Managing layers and masking
  • Making detailed selections
  • Editing and retouching
  • Using adjustment layers
  • Applying smart filters
  • Working with type and layer effects
Table of Contents

1 Welcome to the Photoshop Essential Training series
2 Opening files in Photoshop
3 Opening files from Bridge
4 Opening files from Lightroom Classic
5 Opening files from Lightroom
6 Starting in Adobe Camera Raw
7 A tour of the Photoshop interface
8 Working with multiple documents
9 Panning and zooming documents
10 Viewing images using different screen modes
11 Arranging the panels you use most often
12 Switching and saving workspaces
13 Customizing the Toolbar
14 Modifying keyboard shortcuts to boost productivity
15 Understanding file formats
16 Color modes and bit depth
17 Understanding color space
18 Understanding document size
19 Using Image Size to change document dimensions
20 Multiple Undo and the History Panel
21 Saving documents
22 Using the Crop tool
23 Straightening a crooked image
24 Crop and change image size in one step
25 Increasing canvas size
26 Auto fill with Content Aware Crop
27 Exploring layer basics
28 Loading, selecting, aligning, and distributing layers
29 Changing layer opacity, adding shape layers, and creating layer groups
30 Merging and flattening layers
31 Quickly exporting images
32 Color basics
33 Brush essentials
34 Brush presets and settings
35 Layer Mask essentials
36 Using Gradients to blend images
37 Using the Marquee and Lasso tools
38 Combining selections
39 Using Object Select and the Quick Select tool
40 Making selections based on subject and color
41 Selecting soft edge objects using Select and Mask
42 Removing a halo using Select and Mask
43 Removing distracting elements with the Healing Brush and Patch tools
44 The magic of Content-Aware Fill
45 Content Aware Move and Scale
46 Using the Clone Stamp tool
47 Removing larger elements from an image
48 Getting to know the Blend modes
49 The advantage of Smart Objects
50 Opening raw images as Smart Objects
51 Scaling, skewing, and rotating layers with Free Transform
52 Correcting perspective
53 Warping images
54 Introducing Adjustment Layers
55 Understanding the Histogram
56 Refining dynamic range using Levels
57 Adjusting contrast and correcting color using Curves
58 Three easy ways to adjust color in images
59 Custom black and white conversions
60 Limiting adjustments with Clipping Masks
61 Overview of filters
62 Applying filters non destructively with Smart Filters
63 Sharpening images
64 Applying Camera Raw as a filter
65 Applying filters to multiple layers
66 Using the Shape tools
67 Modifying, combining, and saving custom shapes
68 Using Shapes to mask layers
69 Applying layer effects and styles
70 Creative layer effect styles
71 Exploring Headline (point) type
72 Using leading, kerning, and tracking
73 Next steps