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Photoshop 2020 One-on-One: Fundamentals

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Master the fundamentals of Photoshop 2020. In this course, Photoshop expert Deke McClelland shows you everything you need to know, in the order you need to know it.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome to One-on-One
1. Open
  • How image editing begins
  • Opening from the Windows desktop
  • Opening from the Macintosh Finder
  • Closing one or more images
  • The home screen
  • The Open command
  • Opening from Adobe Bridge
  • Opening an image in Camera Raw
2. Navigate
  • Let me show you around
  • Zooming in and out
  • Using the more precise Zoom tool
  • Reassigning Spotlight and Siri on Mac
  • Five ways to zoom continuously
  • Scrolling (panning)
  • Bird's eye and other scrolling tricks
  • Switching between open images
  • Cycling between screen modes
  • Using the Navigator panel
  • Panels and workspace: Do not skip!
  • Resetting and updating workspaces
  • A few important preferences
3. Layers
  • The layered composition
  • Introducing the Layers panel
  • Converting flat background to a layer
  • "Jumping" an image onto a new layer
  • Flipping and scaling a layer
  • Adding a vector-based layer
  • Creating a basic layer mask
  • Clipping one layer inside another
  • Merging two layers into one
  • Auto-Select and the Move tool
  • Inverting a layer mask
  • Adding depth with layer effects
  • Softening a mask with Feather
  • Three ways to copy and paste layers
  • Auto-zooming one or more layers
4. Save
  • The many ways to save
  • Five essential things to know about saving
  • Revert, auto-save, and more
  • Saving layers to the native PSD format
  • The Maximize Compatibility option
  • Saving a flatprint image to TIFF
  • Saving an interactive image to PNG
  • Saving a flat photograph to JPEG
  • Saving a cloud-based PSDC file
5. Brightness
  • Introducing luminance
  • How luminance works
  • The three Auto commands
  • Auto-correcting photographs
  • Auto Brightness/Contrast
  • Custom Brightness/Contrast
  • Applying a dynamic adjustment layer
  • Adjustment layer tips and tricks
  • Adjustment layers and blend modes
  • Introducing the Histogram
  • Putting the Histogram to use
  • Isolate an adjustment with a layer mask
6. Balance
  • Color cast versus color harmony
  • Identifying the color cast of a photo
  • Correcting a color cast automatically
  • Using the Color Balance command
  • Revisiting the last-applied settings
  • Correcting white balance in Camera Raw
  • When Camera Raw disappoints
  • Adjusting a color cast with Photo Filter
  • Applying Auto Color nondestructively
7. Develop
  • Introducing Camera Raw
  • Camera Raw basics
  • Working with a developed image
  • Capture raw, convert to DNG
  • Correcting for lens distortion
  • Exposure and Contrast
  • Highlights, Shadows, Whites, and Blacks
  • Working with Texture, Clarity, and Dehaze
  • Opening and editing multiple images
  • The real purpose of the White Balance tool
8. Color
  • Hue, saturation, and “vibrance”
  • Color = Hue + Saturation
  • How Vibrance works
  • Adjusting Vibrance in Photoshop
  • Deleting color sample markers
  • Adjusting Vibrance in Camera Raw
  • Introducing Hue/Saturation
  • Using the Targeted Adjustment tool
  • Selectively adjusting colors in Camera Raw
9. Select
  • The selective power of Photoshop
  • Selection and Move tool basics
  • Selecting an elliptical object
  • Using the Paste Into command
  • Using the Copy Merged command
  • Add, subtract, and intersect selections
  • Using the Magic Wand tool
  • Using the three Lasso tools
  • Painting with Quick Selection tool
  • Using the Object Selection tool
10. Crop
  • Too many pixels
  • Introducing the Photoshop Crop tool
  • Cropping without deleting any pixels
  • Aspect ratio and other tricks
  • Working with the reference point
  • Finessing a crop with Canvas Size
  • Using Content-Aware crop
  • Two ways to use the Straighten tool
  • Straightening with the Ruler tool
  • Cropping away all transparent pixels
  • Cropping and straightening in Camera Raw
  • Using the Perspective Crop tool
  • Cropping everything outside the canvas
11. Paint
  • Learning to paint
  • Introducing the Brush tool
  • Painting pressure-sensitive brushstrokes
  • Changing the size and hardness on the fly
  • Previewing size and hardness
  • Opacity vs. Flow
  • Erasing with the tilde key
  • Roundness, Angle, and the arrow keys
  • Using the Smoothing options
  • Painting with automated symmetry
  • Rotating and resetting your view
  • Using an iPad as a Sidecar tablet
12. Retouch
  • Your best face forward
  • Using the Spot Healing Brush
  • Healing to an independent layer
  • Using the standard Healing Brush
  • Using the Clone Source panel
  • Rotating the source pixels
  • Restoring blown highlights
  • Using the Patch tool
  • Shift-clicking to heal in straight lines
  • The Dodge and Sponge tools whiten teeth
  • Camera Raw’s Spot Removal tool
13. Resolution
  • How digital images work
  • Image size and resolution
  • Introducing the Image Size command
  • Common resolution standards
  • Upsampling vs. real high-resolution data
  • Changing the print resolution
  • Downsampling for print
  • Downsampling for email and photo sharing
  • The seven interpolation settings
  • Real-world rules for downsampling
  • Upsampling with Preserve Details 2.0
14. Print
  • Print from RGB, not CMYK
  • Using my customizable printer test file
  • The Print command and color management
  • Print size and position
  • Using printer-specific options on the PC
  • Using printer-specific options on the Mac
  • Brightening your image for print
  • Description and printing marks
  • Establishing a borderless bleed
15. Web
  • Free-range images
  • Assigning copyright and contact info
  • Copyrighting multiple images at a time
  • How color works on the web
  • Quick Export as PNG
  • Quick Export as JPEG
  • Introducing the old-school Save for Web
  • Saving an 8-bit GIF or PNG
  • Saving an animated GIF file
  • Exporting vector-based layers as SVG
  • Exporting multiple layers and groups
Conclusion
  • Until next time

Taught by

Deke McClelland

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