Introducing Photoshop

Photoshop Wants to Be Your Friend

• A bright and confident beginning

1. The Image File

• Welcome to the Home screen
• Using the Open command
• Opening an image from the desktop
• Opening an image from Bridge
• Introducing the Photoshop interface
• Zooming in and out
• Using the Hand and Zoom tools
• Understanding selections and layers

2. Selections and Masks

• Using the Rectangular Marquee tool
• Using the Elliptical Marquee tool
• Freeform and straight-sided lassos
• The Select > Subject command
• Pasting a selection in place
• Using the Object Selection tool
• Converting a selection to a layer mask
• Refining a layer mask

3. The Wonders of Layers

• Copying and duplicating images
• Modifying the opacity value
• The three essential blend modes
• Creating a double-exposure effect
• Cropping and straightening
• Applying an adjustment layer
• Painting on an independent layer
• Select All, Copy Merged
• Dropping out whites or blacks
• Scale, rotate, and move
• Applying a layer effect
• Zooming in on a layer

4. Working with Type

• Setting up guidelines
• Creating text inside a frame
• Formatting text from the Properties panel
• Creating and aligning big display type
• Blending text with a photograph
• Curving type and adding perspective
• Separating text onto a new layer
• Hiding, moving, and dismissing guides

5. Clone, Heal, and Content-Aware

• Using the Clone Stamp tool
• Cloning to an independent layer
• Cloning vs. healing
• Using the Spot Healing Brush
• The Content-Aware Fill command
• Adjusting the Color Adaptation setting
• Flipping and rotating the source

6. Saving and Exporting

• Saving a layered PSD file
• Saving to cloud documents
• Adding a copyright and URL
• Quick Export as PNG
• Using the Export As command

Congratulations on Completing the Course

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